Package: gnome-characters Version: 3.20.0-1 Severity: grave Since the upgrade to 3.20.0, gnome-characters fails to start. There is no output on stdout/stderr, but in the journal I get:
Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: (org.gnome.Characters:12455): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: TypeError: Main.settings is null Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: CharacterListView<._init@resource:///org/gnome/Characters/js/characterList.js:369 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:178 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: MainView<._createCharacterList@resource:///org/gnome/Characters/js/window.js:295 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:178 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: MainView<._init@resource:///org/gnome/Characters/js/window.js:273 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:178 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: MainWindow<._init@resource:///org/gnome/Characters/js/window.js:107 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:178 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: MyApplication<.vfunc_activate@resource:///org/gnome/Characters/js/main.js:99 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:178 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: main@resource:///org/gnome/Characters/js/main.js:112 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/package.js:192 Apr 04 15:27:13 pluto org.gnome.Characters[2091]: @/usr/share/org.gnome.Characters/org.gnome.Characters:6 Maybe some of the gsettings schemas I have installed are too old -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages gnome-characters depends on: ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.26.0-1 ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.32.3-1.2 ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.46.0-4 ii gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 3.18.2-1 ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.18.9-1 ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.38.1-1 ii gjs 1.44.0-1 ii libatk1.0-0 2.20.0-1 ii libc6 2.22-5 ii libcairo-gobject2 1.14.6-1 ii libcairo2 1.14.6-1 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.4 ii libfreetype6 2.6.3-3 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.32.3-1.2 ii libglib2.0-0 2.48.0-1 ii libgtk-3-0 3.18.9-1 ii libpango-1.0-0 1.38.1-1 ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.38.1-1 ii libpangoft2-1.0-0 1.38.1-1 gnome-characters recommends no packages. gnome-characters suggests no packages. -- no debconf information