I get a different crash on 17.10, can you confirm this is the version you're using as well?
ouroumov@Artful-a2:~/Desktop$ apt-cache policy gnome-orca gnome-orca: Installed: 3.24.0-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.24.0-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.24.0-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ouroumov@Artful-a2:~/Desktop$ which orca /usr/bin/orca ouroumov@Artful-a2:~/Desktop$ orca Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/orca", line 272, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/usr/bin/orca", line 251, in main manager.activate(args.user_prefs, settingsDict) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/settings_manager.py", line 131, in activate raise Exception('SettingsManager._loadBackend failed.') Exception: SettingsManager._loadBackend failed. ouroumov@Artful-a2:~/Desktop$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1704847 Title: orca crashes on startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-orca/+bug/1704847/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs