the error is weird, that key has been removed before 3.18 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gedit/commit/?id=1faf67980e17acbd3e1692c33e19cf22e3c510f4
and shouldn't be read by gedit ... do you have some non standard gedit plugin installed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615359 Title: gedit crashed with signal 5 in g_settings_get_value() Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi, After upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, gedit can't be started anymore. apt-cache policy gedit gedit: Installiert: 3.18.3-0ubuntu4 Installationskandidat: 3.18.3-0ubuntu4 Versionstabelle: *** 3.18.3-0ubuntu4 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Title: gedit crashed with signal 5 in g_settings_get_value() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-13 (7 days ago) See the attached crash report for details. Martin To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1615359/+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