Comment 28 for bug 839219

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Guy Hillyer (m-launchpad-foxhillyer-org) wrote : Re: synaptic crashes immediately on startup with SIGABRT in raise() [Only when accessibility is enabled, e.g. screen reader]

I had this problem and none of the advice here fixed it. I had uninstalled onboard, one of the screen keyboard programs. I finally got synaptic working by re-installing onboard and then disabling "Screen Keyboard" in System Settings->Universal Access->Typing->Typing Assistant. Weird.