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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908718 Title: gedit crashed with SIGSEGV Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: gedit crashed while loading a very big file about 50MB. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gedit 3.2.5-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-6.12-generic-pae 3.2.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-6-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Sun Dec 25 22:51:48 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcCmdline: gedit /media/07EF-002F/Android/data/com.navfree.android.OSM.ALL/files/UserData/maps/$com.MAP.OSM.DEU/map_osm_5.3.0.99/deu/map_osm_5.3.0.99/saarland.12.ydb ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x8083816: mov 0x8(%eax),%eax PC (0x08083816) ok source "0x8(%eax)" (0xaaaaaab2) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%eax" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gedit StacktraceTop: ?? () ?? () ?? () Title: gedit crashed with SIGSEGV UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-18 (7 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/908718/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp