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[Damico <damicoahr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I found the solution only by reading a very similar bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1245589
Titled: Doesn't run, reports a zeitgeist/dbus error

This was the key suggestion that solved the problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1250314/comments/2

The reason I file this bug is that it took me a while to find this
solution, and, I still don't know the cause, and, others may run into
this problem also - so the ubuntu team would want to know about this. If
this turns out to be a duplicate, I understand. If it turns out
(somehow) to be user error, I understand - although - I never heard
about this zeitgeist stuff before - so - if it was user error - I have
no idea how that happened.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1275303

Title:
  Ubuntu 13.10 "gedit" fails every time unless user removes zeitgeist
  directory

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ uname - a
  => Linux machine1 3.11.0-14-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12 17:04:55 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  $ gedit --version
  => gedit - Version 3.8.3
  $ which gedit
  => /usr/bin/gedit
  $ ls -l /usr/bin/gedit
  => -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 597776 Jul 13  2013 /usr/bin/gedi
  $ gedit
  => 
  ** (gedit:7079): CRITICAL **: file log.c: line 980: unexpected error: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/zeitgeist-daemon exited with status 21 (g-dbus-error-quark, 25)
  $ rm ~/.local/share/zeitgeist -R
  => rm: descend into write-protected directory ‘/home/foo/.local/share/zeitgeist’? y
  => rm: remove write-protected directory ‘/home/foo/.local/share/zeitgeist’? y
  => rm: cannot remove ‘/home/foo/.local/share/zeitgeist’: Permission denied
  $ sudo rm ~/.local/share/zeitgeist -R
  => 
  $ gedit
  Now works!

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