Thank you for your bug report, that seems to be reported upstream on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742469 and they suggest using the command "gedit --wait --new-window" instead
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #742469 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742469 ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Also affects: gedit via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742469 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1636406 Title: UnknownMethod DescribeAll Status in gedit: Unknown Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Running gedit with -s -w fails: $ gedit -s -w bla.txt Failed to register: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "DescribeAll" with signature "" on interface "org.gtk.Actions" doesn't exist Omitting the -w parameter however works correctly and the calling process is blocked, so perhaps the -w parameter is no longer needed? Anyway, just wanted you to know that -w is borked. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: gedit 3.22.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-26.28-generic 4.8.0 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Oct 25 11:25:15 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-05 (49 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-09-30 (24 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/1636406/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
