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teXnican

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Registered: 2018-09-21

Posts: 28

[SOLVED] jabref GUI not opening

Hi,

I have a previously working install of JabRef that stopped to work at some point during the last 2-3 weeks, i.e. the GUI is no longer showing. My machine runs sway (Wayland).

Here's what happens (jabref hangs after the last warning):

$ jabref
2022-03-10 10:01:12 [JavaFX Application Thread] org.jabref.logic.net.URLDownload.bypassSSLVerification()
WARN: Fix SSL exceptions by accepting ALL certificates
2022-03-10 10:01:12 [JavaFX Application Thread] org.jabref.gui.theme.ThemeManager.addStylesheetToWatchlist()
INFO: Watching css /usr/share/java/jabref/resources/main/org/jabref/gui/Base.css for live updates
2022-03-10 10:01:12 [JavaFX Application Thread] org.jabref.gui.theme.ThemeManager.updateThemeSettings()
INFO: Not updating theme because it hasn't changed
2022-03-10 10:01:12 [JavaFX Application Thread] org.jabref.gui.theme.ThemeManager.updateThemeSettings()
INFO: Theme set to Theme{type=DEFAULT, name=''} with base css StyleSheet{file:/usr/share/java/jabref/resources/main/org/jabref/gui/Base.css}
Mar 10, 2022 10:01:13 AM com.sun.javafx.css.StyleManager loadStylesheetUnPrivileged
WARNING: Resource "" not found.

(java:13877): Gdk-WARNING **: 10:01:13.647: XSetErrorHandler() called with a GDK error trap pushed. Don't do that.
2022-03-10 10:01:14 [JavaFX Application Thread] org.jabref.model.database.BibDatabaseContext.getFulltextIndexPath()
INFO: Index path for /home/cwoelfle-a0aee541/Documents/TeX/spp2086-paper/2022a/bib.bib is /home/cwoelfle-a0aee541/.local/share/JabRef/0.5a
Mar 10, 2022 10:01:14 AM com.sun.javafx.css.StyleManager loadStylesheetUnPrivileged
WARNING: Resource "" not found.
^C

I'm unfamiliar with JavaFX and cannot make sense of this output. I already tried removing and reinstalling jabref.

Is anyone using this package in a Wayland session and may have some hints for me?

Best regards,
tex

Last edited by teXnican (2022-03-11 12:57:11)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] jabref GUI not opening

(java:13877): Gdk-WARNING **: 10:01:13.647: XSetErrorHandler() called with a GDK error trap pushed. Don't do that.

The pinned comment on the aur jabref page mentions that message and a workaround.
Please implement it, then try again.

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teXnican

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Registered: 2018-09-21

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] jabref GUI not opening

Thanks for pointing me to this... it worked.