I did have the same problem. I fix this.
I have edited file /home/ulises2k/.gtk-bookmarks and eliminated "odd" caracter. It is "ยบ". Automatically worked gedit, openoffice, etc. I have Ubuntu 8.04 update -- gedit segmentation fault karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418450 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
