dwb - a webkit web browser

sabroad · 2015-05-24 15:20:28

I'm leaving luakit for dwb, so it's good to see commits happening once more! I've come across similar instability of late but will try the git repo.

luz1 · 2015-05-25 19:45:13

Still crashing here. Same problem like serdotlinecho:

 dwb --version
    This is : dwb-git
    Version : commit 2015-05-24 5134b57
      Built : May 25 2015 21:28:48
  Copyright : (C) 2010-2014 Stefan Bolte
    License : GNU General Public License, version 3 or later

Received SIGSEGV, trying to clean up.

Last 26 stack frames: 

 26: dwb() [0x412e55]
 25: dwb() [0x42e03f]
 24: /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0(+0x10660) [0x7fcff8e2a660]
 23: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a+0x2c) [0x7fcff937840c]
 22: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_object_unref+0x17) [0x7fcff935a117]
 21: dwb() [0x420086]
 20: dwb() [0x420278]
 19: dwb() [0x4132b0]
 18: dwb() [0x42d397]
 17: dwb() [0x43a793]
 16: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(+0x13190f) [0x7fcffc35b90f]
 15: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x145) [0x7fcff93552f5]
 14: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(+0x2202c) [0x7fcff936702c]
 13: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0xae5) [0x7fcff936f195]
 12: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x8f) [0x7fcff936f8ef]
 11: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(+0x248bac) [0x7fcffc472bac]
 10: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_propagate_event+0x19f) [0x7fcffc35a12f]
  9: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main_do_event+0x3ab) [0x7fcffc35a4eb]
  8: /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0(+0x5b2cc) [0x7fcffbfcf2cc]
  7: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x24d) [0x7fcff90809fd]
  6: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x49ce0) [0x7fcff9080ce0]
  5: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x2c) [0x7fcff9080d8c]
  4: /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0(g_application_run+0x20c) [0x7fcff963f47c]
  3: dwb() [0x425c84]
  2: /usr/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7fcff8452790]
  1: dwb() [0x412f39]
[1]    2745 segmentation fault (core dumped)  dwb

null · 2015-05-26 22:46:59

Get "access denied" for the bugtracker, so I don't know if this is a known bug:
I've got 'single instance' enabled but if I open a link in claws-mail with 'dwb <url>' it opens a new instance with all my tabs and adds the new one. I expected, that it would just open a tab in the existing instance. For now I have to override instance in claws-mail with -n but it would be nice if this could be fixed eventually. (Or any tips if the mistake is somewhere in my configs or so)

(Also dwb freezes completely if I try to open a gitbucket repository. It's really annoing to go there to look for the bugtracker :)

Last edited by null (2015-05-26 22:47:22)

Ambrevar · 2015-05-28 14:03:18

Mine kept crashing too on last dwb-git till I realized it wouldn't if adblock was off. Too bad for the adblocker...

I've got the same freeze on bitbucket.org. This seems webkit related however, as many (but not all?) webkit-based browsers have the same problem.

Steef435 · 2015-05-28 16:20:48

Yeah, the bitbucket thing has been around for a long time and I suspect that WebKit2Gtk does handle it, which would explain why some crash and some don't. (AFAIK all Gtk-based keyboard-driven browsers use WebKitGtk, not WebKit2Gtk)

hexagon5un · 2015-05-29 12:07:26

Just installed the new AUR dwb-git (dwb-git-2015.05.24.g5134b57) and it seems to be working again. (Crosses fingers.)

Latest comment (2015-05-21) in the pkgbuild:

> Comment by Carpetsmoker (2015-05-21 09:22)
> This segfaults for me on any webpage after the following update:
> [2015-05-21 11:14] [ALPM] upgraded webkitgtk (2.4.8-2 - 2.4.9-1)
> [2015-05-21 11:14] [ALPM] upgraded webkitgtk2 (2.4.8-2 - 2.4.9-1)
> I downgraded both to 2.4.8-2, and this fixed it. (I think only webkitgtk2 is really required?).
> Don't have time to investigate right now, but FYI.

So, thanks much Carpetsmoker if you're reading this!

ignorant · 2015-06-20 23:37:29

Yeah, I messed around until I managed to downgrade webkitgtk2 to 2.4.8-2. That seems to fix it. I just put it in IgnorePkg now.

(NOTE: I'm using the official repo dwb package, not dwb-git)

Last edited by ignorant (2015-06-20 23:38:54)

nomorewindows · 2015-06-21 02:00:24

Dwb seems to be having a rough time because of webkit even at dwb-git.

The Compiler · 2015-06-21 15:40:13

FWIW, WebKitGTK 2.4.9 fixed a security issue (MITM), so it's not really a good idea IMHO to downgrade it.

Trilby · 2015-07-08 16:05:43

Hey all, I'm back on dwb with my new computer - but I'm seeing something very odd that I don't even know how to begin troubleshooting: after some time of use (~5min) dwb starts 'swallowing' alt-tab key presses. I use alt-tab to cycle through windows, and it works for a while after dwb is launched, then it starts being intercepted. Dwb doesn't react to the key press, but I'll have to press alt-tab 3 times (and always exactly 3 times) before the keypress is recognized by the wm and I get cycled to the next window.

I don't have this issue in other windows or other browsers. The first time it happened I suspected it was from a problematic website capturing input, but I've now seen this even when I browse only well-known scriptless/static sites.

I've confirmed this is completely independent of the websites I might visit, and it happens also with all the default configs.

EDIT: crap. This is now happening on my home computer that uses firefox - though it happens much faster with dwb - but this doesn't seem to be a dwb issue. But now I'm more stumped than every on what it could be as it is *only* browser windows (now on two computers with two different browsers).

Last edited by Trilby (2015-07-12 14:19:28)

root · 2015-07-14 00:47:46

Since the last update dwb starts correctly but as soon as I enter an URL and hit 'Enter' to access it I get the following notification,

Received SIGSEGV, trying to clean up.

Last 32 stack frames:[...]

Segmentation fault

The same happens with whatever is entered into the direction bar (f.e. a search term in the browser's 'Settings' section and after the related 'Enter' is pressed.

So far in my tests I have disabled the plugin-block option and it seems to have improved a bit. Though just a bit as it seems to just delay, for an unknown reason, the very same crash. The latter somehow intrinsically related to input made to the address bar.

nomorewindows · 2015-08-08 19:16:28

dwb-git got bumped out of the aur (not uploaded to new aur?)

andmars · 2015-08-09 22:50:07

nomorewindows wrote:

dwb-git got bumped out of the aur (not uploaded to new aur?)

Well, the old AUR PKGBUILDs are still there:

http://pkgbuild.com/git/aur-mirror.git/tree

(will lag your browser!!!)
So feel free to uplaod the dwb packages to the new git AUR.

you might as well;

git clone --depth=1 git://pkgbuild.com/aur-mirror.git

nomorewindows · 2015-08-22 18:44:44

I'm having trouble using the new git interface aur, and I think I've done everything correctly.

Trilby · 2015-08-22 19:12:00

andmars wrote:

http://pkgbuild.com/git/aur-mirror.git/tree
(will lag your browser!!!)

Do it correctly and it will not lag.

nomorewindows · 2015-08-22 21:47:07

Trilby wrote:

andmars wrote:
http://pkgbuild.com/git/aur-mirror.git/tree
(will lag your browser!!!)
Do it correctly and it will not lag.

Links goes pretty fast, but yes going to the correct one will speed up.
I just can't figure out how to upload to aur.

Trilby · 2015-08-22 21:57:45

What part isn't working, here's a simple approach:

git clone http://aur.archlinux.org/dwb-git.git
cd dwb-git
cp /path/to/PKGBUILD ./
cp /path/to/dwb.install ./
mksrcinfo
git add --all
git commit -m 'initial upload to aur4'
git push -u origin master

nomorewindows · 2015-08-22 22:19:53

Trilby wrote:

What part isn't working, here's a simple approach:

git clone http://aur.archlinux.org/dwb-git.git
cd dwb-git
cp /path/to/PKGBUILD ./
cp /path/to/dwb.install ./
mksrcinfo
git add --all
git commit -m 'initial upload to aur4'
git push -u origin master

HTTP error 403 on git push.

Last edited by nomorewindows (2015-08-22 22:20:22)

Trilby · 2015-08-22 22:23:40

It sounds like you haven't uploaded your public key to your aur profile.

nomorewindows · 2015-08-22 22:29:33

Trilby wrote:

It sounds like you haven't uploaded your public key to your aur profile.

I uploaded a key, and set ~/.ssh/config to use the key at aur.archlinux.org, but still 403.

Last edited by nomorewindows (2015-08-22 22:34:33)

Ambrevar · 2015-10-14 14:45:01

I took over maintainance of dwb-git in the AUR. There is no change compared to previous version for now.

Onyros · 2015-10-18 18:04:51

Thank you, Ambrevar! Now if only webkit wasn't as buggy as it is... I've reinstalled recently, and apart from being unable to use the adblocker (segfaults constantly, it's been reported before), I have the galloping RAM and CPU usage problem. What do you guys do to keep it from happening? Restarting the browser from time to time to clear memory?

ayekat · 2015-10-18 20:13:07

Oh, it crashes on its own regularly, so I don't need to restart it
But more seriously, the problem is not webkit, but webkitgtk - there is qutebrowser that uses webkit-qt, and it seems to have less problems. But since I still prefer dwb, I'm a little unhappy.

Ambrevar · 2015-10-19 07:30:25

I don't have any perf issues. The dreadful instability of webkitgtk, however, makes dwb hard to use these days...
Still looking for an alternative. Anything that is not dependency heavy (I'd prefer no Qt), keyboard driven, and versionable config+bookmarks.

Edit: And the one killer-feature, "spawn editor on form fields"!

Last edited by Ambrevar (2015-10-19 13:29:24)

Steef435 · 2015-10-19 12:22:31

Dwb is simply unmaintained, and WebKitGTK+ is kind of outdated too. I've been playing with WebKit2GTK+ and it has never crashed on any webpage for me so far. The project can be revived by either updating it to work with the current version of WebKitGTK+ or porting it to WebKit2GTK+ but that's a LOT of work.

Please stop saying that it's solely WebKitGTK+'s fault (though WebKit2GTK+ seems to work a lot better), it's not like cinnamon, empathy, evolution and geary crash every five seconds and they also make use of it. Dwb just needs some love.

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