14.04 - Gedit opens only when opened twice after every fresh login - Ask Ubuntu

i having weird kind of problem after having tried gnome desktop , switching unity in ubuntu 14.04. have tried uninstall unnecessary gnome packages.

now after this, have been observing after first login, gedit opens after opening twice. once opened , closed in login, behaves normally. wonder tweaked here ?

edit #1:

error message when executing gedit in terminal

** (gedit:3422): critical **: file log.c: line 980: unexpected error: error calling startservicebyname org.gnome.zeitgeist.engine: gdbus.error:org.freedesktop.dbus.error.spawn.execfailed: failed execute program /usr/bin/zeitgeist-daemon: success (g-dbus-error-quark, 23)

edit #2:

output of apt-cache policy libzeitgeist0.8-cil zeitgeist-datahub libzeitgeist-1.0-1 gir1.2-zeitgeist-2.0 zeitgeist-core python-zeitgeist zeitgeist-explorer zeitgeist zeitgeist-extension-fts libzeitgeist-2.0-0 libqzeitgeist0

harish@harish-desktop:~$ apt-cache policy libzeitgeist0.8-cil zeitgeist-datahub libzeitgeist-1.0-1 gir1.2-zeitgeist-2.0 zeitgeist-core python-zeitgeist zeitgeist-explorer zeitgeist zeitgeist-extension-fts libzeitgeist-2.0-0 libqzeitgeist0 libzeitgeist0.8-cil:   installed: (none)   candidate: 0.8.0.0-5   version table:      0.8.0.0-5 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 packages zeitgeist-datahub:   installed: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   candidate: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   version table:  *** 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status      0.9.14-0ubuntu4 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 packages libzeitgeist-1.0-1:   installed: 0.3.18-1ubuntu2   candidate: 0.3.18-1ubuntu2   version table:  *** 0.3.18-1ubuntu2 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status gir1.2-zeitgeist-2.0:   installed: (none)   candidate: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   version table:      0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 packages      0.9.14-0ubuntu4 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 packages zeitgeist-core:   installed: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   candidate: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   version table:  *** 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status      0.9.14-0ubuntu4 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 packages python-zeitgeist:   installed: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   candidate: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   version table:  *** 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status      0.9.14-0ubuntu4 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 packages zeitgeist-explorer:   installed: (none)   candidate: 0.2-1   version table:      0.2-1 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 packages zeitgeist:   installed: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   candidate: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   version table:  *** 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status      0.9.14-0ubuntu4 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 packages zeitgeist-extension-fts:   installed: (none)   candidate: (none)   version table: libzeitgeist-2.0-0:   installed: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   candidate: 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1   version table:  *** 0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status      0.9.14-0ubuntu4 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 packages libqzeitgeist0:   installed: (none)   candidate: 0.7.0-1build1   version table:      0.7.0-1build1 0         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 packages 

edit #3:

note: simulation!       apt-get needs root privileges real execution.       keep in mind locking deactivated,       don't depend on relevance real current situation! reading package lists... done building dependency tree        reading state information... done following packages automatically installed , no longer required:   apturl apturl-common empathy-common folks-common gedit-common   gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gstreamer1.0-nice libavahi-gobject0 libfarstream-0.2-2   libfolks25 libgtksourceview-3.0-1 libgtksourceview-3.0-common   libmission-control-plugins0 libpococrypto11 libpocofoundation11 libpoconet11   libpoconetssl11 libpocoutil11 libpocoxml11 libtelepathy-farstream3   libtelepathy-logger3 libwhoopsie-preferences0 linux-image-4.4.0-42-generic   linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic signon-plugin-password telepathy-gabble   telepathy-haze telepathy-logger telepathy-mission-control-5 telepathy-salut   whoopsie-preferences use 'apt-get autoremove' remove them. following packages removed:   account-plugin-aim* account-plugin-jabber* account-plugin-salut*   account-plugin-yahoo* activity-log-manager*   activity-log-manager-control-center* empathy* gedit* libfolks-telepathy25*   libzeitgeist-1.0-1* libzeitgeist-2.0-0* mcp-account-manager-uoa* nautilus*   nautilus-sendto* nautilus-sendto-empathy* nautilus-share* python-zeitgeist*   rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist* totem-plugins* ubuntu-desktop* unity*   unity-lens-applications* unity-lens-files* unity-lens-video*   unity-scope-video-remote* unity-tweak-tool* zeitgeist* zeitgeist-core*   zeitgeist-datahub* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 29 remove , 0 not upgraded. purg account-plugin-aim [3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2] purg account-plugin-jabber [3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2] purg account-plugin-salut [3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2] purg account-plugin-yahoo [3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2] purg activity-log-manager-control-center [0.9.7-0ubuntu14.1] purg activity-log-manager [0.9.7-0ubuntu14.1] purg nautilus-sendto-empathy [3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2] purg mcp-account-manager-uoa [3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2] purg empathy [3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2] purg ubuntu-desktop [1.325] purg gedit [3.10.4-0ubuntu4] purg libfolks-telepathy25 [0.9.5-1ubuntu5] purg nautilus-share [0.7.3-1ubuntu5] purg nautilus-sendto [3.6.1-2ubuntu1] purg nautilus [1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.11] purg unity-scope-video-remote [0.3.15+13.10.20130920-0ubuntu1] purg libzeitgeist-1.0-1 [0.3.18-1ubuntu2] [unity-lens-video:amd64 unity-lens-applications:amd64 ] purg unity-tweak-tool [0.0.6ubuntu1] [unity-lens-video:amd64 unity-lens-applications:amd64 ] purg unity [7.2.6+14.04.20160408-0ubuntu1] [unity-lens-video:amd64 unity-lens-applications:amd64 ] purg zeitgeist [0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1] [unity-lens-video:amd64 unity-lens-applications:amd64 ] purg zeitgeist-datahub [0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1] [unity-lens-video:amd64 unity-lens-applications:amd64 ] purg libzeitgeist-2.0-0 [0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1] [zeitgeist-core:amd64 unity-lens-video:amd64 totem-plugins:amd64 unity-lens-applications:amd64 unity-lens-files:amd64 ] purg python-zeitgeist [0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1] [zeitgeist-core:amd64 unity-lens-video:amd64 totem-plugins:amd64 unity-lens-applications:amd64 unity-lens-files:amd64 ] purg rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist [3.0.2-0ubuntu2] [zeitgeist-core:amd64 unity-lens-video:amd64 totem-plugins:amd64 unity-lens-applications:amd64 unity-lens-files:amd64 ] purg totem-plugins [3.10.1-1ubuntu4] [zeitgeist-core:amd64 unity-lens-video:amd64 unity-lens-applications:amd64 unity-lens-files:amd64 ] purg unity-lens-applications [7.1.0+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu2] [zeitgeist-core:amd64 unity-lens-video:amd64 unity-lens-files:amd64 ] purg unity-lens-files [7.1.0+13.10.20130920-0ubuntu1] [zeitgeist-core:amd64 unity-lens-video:amd64 ] purg unity-lens-video [0.3.15+13.10.20130920-0ubuntu1] [zeitgeist-core:amd64 ] purg zeitgeist-core [0.9.14-0ubuntu4.1] 

that error related zeitgeist service (user activity tracker). dbus unable spawn it. either /usr/bin/zeitgeist-daemon or 1 of configuration removed or corrupted.

anyway, quick path fix problems, reinstall related packages

sudo apt-get install --reinstall  zeitgeist-datahub libzeitgeist-1.0-1 \ zeitgeist-core python-zeitgeist zeitgeist libzeitgeist-2.0-0 nautilus