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0017708ScribusGeneralpublic2025-12-11 10:08
Reporternotoo1 Assigned To 
PriorityurgentSeveritycrashReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version1.7.0 
Summary0017708: scribus: crashes with "Settings schema 'org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser' is not installed"
DescriptionScribus crashes immediately on launch with GTK schema error on NixOS.

Steps To Reproducenix run nixpkgs#scribus
Additional Information(scribus:5880): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: 21:27:47.362: Settings schema 'org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser' is not installed
fish: Job 1, 'nix run nixpkgs#scribus' terminated by signal SIGTRAP (Trace or breakpoint trap)

System info
NixOS version: 25.11.20251120.117cc7f (Xantusia)
Scribus version: 1.7.0
Channel: nixos-unstable

Workaround
Creating a wrapper script with proper GTK environment setup works:

(writeShellScriptBin "scribus" ''
  export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gsettings-desktop-schemas.name}:${gtk3}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gtk3.name}:$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
  export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR="${gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gsettings-desktop-schemas.name}/glib-2.0/schemas"
  exec ${scribus}/bin/scribus "$@"
'')
This creates a wrapper that sets up the GTK schemas environment before launching Scribus.
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ale

2025-12-11 10:08

manager   ~0053363

thanks for copying the ticket in here!

do you have ways to create a backtrace, so that it's a bit easier to know if it's Scribus or Qt that crashes and have a first estimation of possible cause and the effort needed for a fix?

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-12-10 21:34 notoo1 New Issue
2025-12-11 10:08 ale Note Added: 0053363