I have managed to fix it. A strace suggested an issue reading the contents of:
/home/me/.local/share/resources/gwibber.stream_model open("/home/me/.local/share/resources/gwibber.stream_model", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 9 fstat64(9, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=1515351, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1515351, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 9, 0) = 0xb29f4000 close(9) = 0 write(2, "\n(gwibber:9711): GLib-CRITICAL *"..., 105 (gwibber:9711): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_type_equal: assertion `g_variant_type_check (type1)' failed ) = 105 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ Segmentation fault Simply remove this file. Gwibber will rebuild it and you should be good to go. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gwibber in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1093797 Title: Gwibber does not open main window Status in “gwibber” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Fresh Ubuntu 12.10 install. After configure online accounts., Gwibber crashes when is executed. Message indicator, however, shows tweet counts and other interactios normally. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gwibber 3.6.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Dec 26 09:38:07 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-24 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gwibber UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/1093797/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp