Segmentation fault when launching System Settings

Question

When I launch the System Settings application from the terminal, it shows this error.

(unity-control-center:3291): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strsplit: assertion 'string != NULL' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

What should I do to fix it?

NBTX · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-20T16:32:27.867

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I had this issue myself.

I was able to fix it by running this command: setsid unity and then restarting.

When Unity relaunched, it was working.

edited Nov 20 '16 at 16:32

answered Oct 22 '16 at 08:42

NBTX

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This worked for me (on ubuntu 16.04). Could you explain a bit on what is happening here and why it works? Thanks – lampShadesDrifter Jan 15 '18 at 05:17
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@lampShadesDrifter 'setsid' on Linux runs the program in a new session so when you restart, essentially, you are starting a new version of Unity. – NBTX Jan 16 '18 at 07:20

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