gedit will never start on first attempt

[Paul Kenyon]

For whatever reason, in Ubuntu OO, gedit never starts on the first attempt. It always starts on the second and additional attempts.

I did find this in .xsession-errors:
** (process:1675): DEBUG: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:174: Inserting 1 events

The icon shows up in the task bar for a few seconds, fading in and out. Then it just disappears when you click on it.

To reproduce, go to the dash search, type in gedit, then click on it.

Release: 11.10
gedit: 3.1.5-0ubuntu1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gedit 3.1.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 12 17:03:31 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Paul Kenyon (rixoff)]

Ah, found something else out:

In on terminal, run gedit. Nothing will happen. Then, in a second terminal, run gedit again. Now a window pops up. The interesting thing is the second instance exited immediately. The first instance is still running, but now the following message appears on STDERR:

** (gedit:5671): CRITICAL **: _gedit_app_get_window_in_viewport: assertion `GEDIT_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

I had a similar problem with empathy's chat window not showing up the first time you click Chat (but it does the second time.) Is this perhaps a problem with Unity?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

duplicate bug #827414?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[hdante (hdante)]

I have the exact same problem desbribed by comment rixoff:

In on terminal, run gedit. Nothing will happen. Then, in a second terminal, run gedit again. Now a window pops up.

Only happens on unity 2d;