I got the same error "gnome-software crashed with signal 5 in g_main_context_new()" on startup and solved it with:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1647187 Title: gnome-software crashed with signal 5 in g_main_context_new() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1647187/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
