Bug#556393: gedit: fails to start

[Andreas J. Guelzow]

Package: gedit
Version: 2.28.2-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


When trying to start gedit, I get:

[aguelzow at kirkman ~/Desktop/coursematerial/Math200/m200-slides/08]$ gedit
sys:1: Warning: invalid cast from `GtkButton' to `GtkNotebook'
sys:1: GtkWarning: gtk_notebook_set_show_tabs: assertion `GTK_IS_NOTEBOOK
(notebook)' failed
process 4842: type array 97 not a basic type
process 4842: type array 97 not a basic type
process 4842: type invalid 0 not a basic type
process 4842: type invalid 0 not a basic type
process 4842: type struct 114 not a basic type
[aguelzow at kirkman ~/Desktop/coursematerial/Math200/m200-slides/08]$


-- Package-specific info:
Active plugins:
  - changecase
  - docinfo
  - indent
  - externaltools
  - sample
  - devhelp
  - sort
  - spell
  - taglist
  - time
  - bracketcompletion
  - filebrowser
  - modelines
  - charmap
  - snippets
  - codecomment
  - colorpicker
  - drawspaces
  - joinlines
  - sessionsaver
  - showtabbar
  - terminal
  - GeditLaTeXPlugin
  - seahorse-pgp
  - bookmarks

Plugins in $HOME:

Module versions:
  - glib                  2.22.2
  - gtk+                  2.18.3
  - gtksourceview
  - pygobject
  - pygtk
  - pygtksourceview
  - enchant
  - iso-codes             3.11.1

Python module versions:
  - python                2.5.4
  - pygtk                 2.16.0 (GTK+ 2.18.3)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gedit depends on:
ii  gconf2                      2.28.0-1     GNOME configuration database
syste
ii  gedit-common                2.28.2-1     official text editor of the
GNOME
ii  iso-codes                   3.11.1-1     ISO language, territory,
currency,
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.28.0-1     The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                    1:2.4.44-1   Extended attribute shared
library
ii  libc6                       2.10.1-7     GNU C Library: Shared
libraries
ii  libcairo2                   1.8.8-2      The Cairo 2D vector graphics
libra
ii  libenchant1c2a              1.4.2-3.3    a wrapper library for
various spel
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.28.0-1     GNOME configuration database
syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.22.2-2     The GLib library of C
routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.18.3-1     The GTK+ graphical user
interface
ii  libgtksourceview2.0-0       2.8.1-1      shared libraries for the
GTK+ synt
ii  libice6                     2:1.0.5-1    X11 Inter-Client Exchange
library
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.26.0-1     Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii  libsm6                      2:1.1.1-1    X11 Session Management
library
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.2.2-1    X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.6.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  python                      2.5.4-2      An interactive high-level
object-o
ii  python-gobject              2.18.0-1     Python bindings for the
GObject li
ii  python-gtk2                 2.16.0-1     Python bindings for the GTK+
widge
ii  python-gtksourceview2       2.8.0-1      Python bindings for the
GtkSourceV
ii  python-support              1.0.4        automated rebuilding support
for P
ii  python2.5                   2.5.4-2      An interactive high-level
object-o

Versions of packages gedit recommends:
ii  python-gnome2                 2.28.0-1   Python bindings for the
GNOME desk
ii  zenity                        2.28.0-1   Display graphical dialog
boxes fro

gedit suggests no packages.

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Andreas J. Guelzow
Pyrenenan Shepherds