Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb on Mono/XSP - mono

Question

I've managed to get Katana/OWIN running on Mono using the HttpListener host.
I'm now experimenting with Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb on Mono and XSP4. I'm using the code found in the this repo. It has a Startup class:
using Owin;
namespace KatanaSystemWebTest
{
public class Startup
{
public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
app.UseDiagnosticsPage();
}
}
}
In web.config, we define the Configuration() method as that one that starts the app:
<appSettings>
<add key="owin:AppStartup" value="KatanaSystemWebTest.Startup.Configuration, KatanaSystemWebTest" />
<add key="owin:AutomaticAppStartup" value="true" />
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
</appSettings>
This works great when debugging in Visual Studio, but not on Mono. I'm guessing it's some sort of assembly-loading hook that doesn't get fired. Any suggestions?
Here's an app running the code: http://peaceful-forest-6785.herokuapp.com/
Full source code.

Answer 1

I get this to work by telling XSP which is the Startup class and method via assembly attribute:
using Owin;
using Microsoft.Owin; // <--- this is new

// this is new:
[assembly: OwinStartup (typeof (KatanaSystemWebTest.Startup), "Configuration")]
namespace KatanaSystemWebTest
{
public class Startup
{
public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
app.UseDiagnosticsPage();
}
}
}
I have also created a pull pull request with this fix in the repo.