Comment #1 on issue 319 by exlevan: Yi fails to start with pango frontend http://code.google.com/p/yi-editor/issues/detail?id=319
I had this issue too. Installing without the GNOME integration (cabal install -f-gnome) solved it for me. Shouldn't it be disabled by default?
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