On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 4:59 PM, P Levine <plevine457@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:

System is ~amd64. If i try to open a text file in gnome via double click, i get;
$ journalctl -b | grep segf
Dec 29 12:17:32 phat kernel: gedit[1177]: segfault at 7f7c0d36e880 ip 00007f7c2550ba74 sp 00007fff66834850 error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.5200.3[7f7c254c0000+114000]

The following work;

Open gedit first, then open the file

Use right click -> Open With Other Application and chose LibreOffice writer.

I've rebuild glib and gedit. Are there any clues on the issue in this trace?

$ strace gedit <filename>

<snip>

Try opening the file via gedit in a user shell and see if segfaults and if there is any other output.

The "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" from above is the only non-strace output (or have I misunderstood your instruction?)