Thank you for your bug report, does it happen every time you try to open that file? It seems a bit similar to https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317800
Could you get a stacktrace using gdb when it happens? ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #317800 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317800 ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908718 Title: gedit crashed with SIGSEGV To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/908718/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs