Public bug reported: If users have been using Geary (installed from .deb) in previous Ubuntu releases, after upgrading to 20.04 LTS, Geary doesn't launch.
Attempting to launch it from terminal, the below message shows: GLib-GIO:Settings schema 'org.gnome.Geary' does not contain a key named 'single-key-shortcuts' Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) This is due to the new /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.Geary.gschema.xml not being compiled and placed into /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas/. The new changes were introduced in Geary 3.35.2. In order for the new changes to apply and be made available for Geary, a working post-install hook must be included with the .deb. Upstream uses this post-install hook for Flatpak: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/-/blob/mainline/build- aux/post_install.py Perhaps we can use the above and add an extra step of moving the compiled file to /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ is needed for our situation as the compiled output goes to /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ but Geary reads from /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas/? I have done a quick write-up about how to manually fix the problem as an interim solution: https://link.medium.com/4I8KKvqLb6 For my specific situation, this happened after upgrading to 20.04 [amd64] with this package from 19.10 [amd64] running Geary 3.34.2-eoan-1 from https://launchpad.net/~hkdb/+archive/ubuntu/geary. 1. Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Release: 20.04 2. geary: Installed: 3.36.1-1 Candidate: 3.36.1-1 Version table: *** 3.36.1-1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3. Geary would launch normally 4. Geary crashes on launch Thanks! ** Affects: geary (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876771 Title: GLib-GIO:Settings schema 'org.gnome.Geary' does not contain a key named 'single-key-shortcuts' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geary/+bug/1876771/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
