That solved my problem. Some times ago I installed some exiv (or libexiv) software manually due to a bug in the Ubuntu variant making ufraw crash with some olympus raw files. After removing those files (make uninstall) and reinstalling libexiv etc. from synaptic, the problem is now solved.
Thanks. ** Changed in: shotwell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709892 Title: shotwell crashes on startup, symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgexiv2.so.0: undefined symbol: _ZTVN5Exiv25ErrorE -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs