On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 4:42 AM Yvan Masson <y...@masson-informatique.fr>
wrote:
> Le 13/03/2020 à 05:22, Default User a écrit :
> > Hey, I have:
> >
> > Debian Unstable
> > 64-bit
> > Cinnamon DE
> > Linux dummy 5.4.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.4.19-1 (2020-02-13) x86_64
> > GNU/Linux
> >
> > I update obsessively.
> >
> > Just today, gedit will not start, as user. I logged in (as usual) as
> > user. Gedit will not start from the GUI. It just shows a small rotating
> > symbol indicating an application program trying to start, for about 15
> > seconds, then it disappears.
> >
> > Gedit will not start from Gnome Termminal, as user. Here's what I get:
> >
> > dummy@dummy:~$ gedit
> >
> > (gedit:2229): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: 18:01:47.152: Settings schema
> > 'org.gnome.Terminal.Legacy.Profile' does not contain a key named
> > 'allow-bold'
> > Trace/breakpoint trap
> > dummy@dummy:~$
> >
> > A web search engine showed various somewhat similar entries, but nothing
> > exactly the same, and generally above my competence level.
> >
> > But if I do, in Gnome Terminal:
> >
> > sudo gedit
> >
> > Gedit DOES start, but with no customizations, except perhaps
> > default customizations for the root user.
> >
> > I tried:
> >
> > sudo aptitude reinstall gedit
> >
> > No change.
> >
> > I started to try:
> >
> > sudo aptitude purge gedit
> >
> > but canceled that after I got this:
> >
> > dummy@dummy:~$ sudo aptitude purge gedit
> > The following packages will be REMOVED:
> > gedit{p} gedit-common{u} libamtk-5-0{u} libamtk-5-common{u}
> > libtepl-4-0{u}
> > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 16.0 MB will be freed.
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > gedit-plugin-multi-edit : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-bracket-completion : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is
> > not going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is
> > not going to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-draw-spaces : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36.0) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-synctex : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not going to
> > be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not going to
> > be installed
> > gedit-plugin-git : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not going to be
> > installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not going to be
> > installed
> > gedit-plugin-translate : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-character-map : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-session-saver : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-color-schemer : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > cinnamon-desktop-environment : Depends: gedit but it is not going to
> > be installed
> > gedit-plugin-smart-spaces : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-commander : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-find-in-files : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36.0) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-code-comment : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-word-completion : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36.0) but it is
> > not going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-color-picker : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-terminal : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not going to
> > be installed
> > gedit-plugin-join-lines : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > gedit-plugin-bookmarks : Depends: gedit (>= 3.36.0) but it is not
> > going to be installed
> > Depends: gedit (< 3.37) but it is not going
> > to be installed
> > The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> >
> > Keep the following packages at their current version:
> > 1) gedit [3.36.0-3 (now, unstable)]
> > 2) gedit-common [3.36.0-3 (now, unstable)]
> > 3) libamtk-5-0 [5.0.2-1 (now, unstable)]
> > 4) libamtk-5-common [5.0.2-1 (now, unstable)]
> > 5) libtepl-4-0 [4.4.0-1 (now, unstable)]
> >
> >
> >
> > Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
> > Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
> > Abort.
> > dummy@dummy:~$
> >
> > For what it's worth:
> >
> > dummy@dummy:~$ sudo ls /usr/bin/gedit
> > [sudo] password for dummy:
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15K Mar 9 10:11 /usr/bin/gedit*
> >
> > And I did check the Debian bug reports. I did not see anything that
> > seemed to be an obvious cause of my problem - but there were a
> > surprisingly large amount of bugs for gedit!
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> Maybe:
>
> 1. Move or delete ~/.config/gedit
> 2. Reset Gedit dconf settings:
> - all settings with dconf command line: `dconf reset -f /org/gnome/gedit/`
> - or with dconf-editor GUI (from package with the same name). Right
> click on a folder allows to reset all sub-keys
>
> Yvan
>
>
Yvan, that did work.
Thank you!
Now I just have to wait patiently for bug #953676 to be fixed (if ever . .
. ).
It seems to have been introduced by an update to gedit 3.36.0-3, which I
did on 2020-03-09.
: )
