After update, I cannot launch any browsers[SOLVED]

jmak · 2009-10-20 20:02:33

Hello,

I've updated today my kde 4 desktop and now, I cannot launch any of my browsers.
Command line launch gives me this message:

[mak@myhost ~]$ firefox
Bus error
[mak@myhost ~]$

When I try to launch chromium, I get this message:

[mak@myhost ~]$ chromium-browser
/usr/bin/chromium-browser: line 4: 1833 Bus error ./chrome --enable-greasemonkey --enable-user-scripts "$@"
[mak@myhost ~]$

Any idea fixing this error?

Oh, and one more thing, when I try to restart the system hangs. I had to use the reset button.

Proc: 2.6 gig
Desktop kde 4.3 64bit
Mem: 6 gig
Video: radeon hd 3600
Motherbord: asus
Kernel: 2.6.31-ARCH

On a separate partition, I also run the exact same system but with xfce. The update doesn't seem to be effected the that desktop.

Thanks,
jmak

Last edited by jmak (2009-10-21 16:23:13)

raul_nds · 2009-10-20 20:52:57

Try reinstalling xulrunner

jmak · 2009-10-20 21:15:16

I reinstalled xulrunner but the problem remained. In the meantime, I noticed that this problem affects only gnome based applications: Firefox, chromium, abiword, gimp, all of them stopped working. However, it doesn't affect kde based apps. The arora browser works, also koffice.

jmak

fsckd · 2009-10-20 21:40:59

Is dbus running?

jmak · 2009-10-20 22:35:42

How, am I supposed to check this?

fsckd · 2009-10-20 22:47:19

ls /var/run/dbus*
ps ax | grep dbus

jmak · 2009-10-20 23:15:43

This is what I got.

[mak@myhost ~]$ ls /var/run/dbus*
/var/run/dbus.pid

/var/run/dbus:
system_bus_socket
[mak@myhost ~]$ ps ax | grep dbus
1321 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
1531 ? S 0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch 3a1f94d4be759c3a515467be4ab68be9 --binary-syntax --close-stderr
1532 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
1647 ? S 0:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
1648 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
1768 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep dbus
[mak@myhost ~]$

raul_nds · 2009-10-20 23:52:14

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=64693

See if this helps

jmak · 2009-10-21 02:18:53

None of those steps solved my problem.

All gnome apps report the exact same problem.

[mak@myhost ~]$ gimp
Bus error
[mak@myhost ~]$ abiword
Bus error
[mak@myhost ~]$ firefox
Bus error
[mak@myhost ~]$ chromium-browser
/usr/bin/chromium-browser: line 4: 1894 Bus error ./chrome --enable-greasemonkey --enable-user-scripts "$@"
[mak@myhost ~]$ ufraw
Bus error
[mak@myhost ~]$

But arora starts as normal. There is no error message there.

[mak@myhost ~]$ arora

jmak

Nezmer · 2009-10-21 09:32:27

Make sure your partition is not full . If It's full , free some space and reinstall all the packages you updated lately . Pacman doesn't handle end-of-space situations properly .

If I understand correctly , all your non-functional apps depend on gtk2 . So reinstalling that package might help .

JGC · 2009-10-21 10:51:23

This is clearly something related to GTK. Try reinstalling gtk2 and your theme engine. I don't know what theme engine is used on your system, but remember that gtk2 made a major version bump, your theme engine could be incompatible with gtk2 2.18.x.

tankmcp · 2009-10-21 14:08:51

[edit] sorry re-read your first post where you tried rebooting.

Last edited by tankmcp (2009-10-21 14:10:01)

jmak · 2009-10-21 16:22:40

Thanks a lot to everyone for the suggestions. I re-installed gtk2 and this solved all the problems. Now, all of my gnome based apps are working.

jmak

knicefire · 2009-11-12 13:01:47

Hi.
I have same problem, but any solutions not work.
I re-install gtk2 and reinstall xulrunner, and I also reinstall all gtk package with command
for pac in `pacman -Qq | grep gtk`; do pacman -S $pac; done
this no help. Problem still here!
Help please and sorry for my English.

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#1 2009-10-20 20:02:33

After update, I cannot launch any browsers[SOLVED]

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Re: After update, I cannot launch any browsers[SOLVED]

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