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Comment 25 for bug 839219

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Robert Ward (rob-ward78) wrote : Re: synaptic crashes immediately on startup with SIGABRT in raise() [Only when accessibility is enabled, e.g. screen reader]

hey there. this seems to work

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface toolkit-accessibility false

Is there any chance to release as a patch so that the not as savy people and the newbies can also get the benefit?

>> It appears that it's related to accessibility settings. I was able to fix this problem on my system by opening Universal Access, >> enabling then disabling the screen reader, then opening Synaptic again.
>>
>> Try:
>>
>> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface toolkit-accessibility false
>>
>> It worked for me.
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/synaptic/+bug/607605/comments/6