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sandstorm

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From: Zurich [CH] & Mannheim [DE]

Registered: 2005-08-13

Posts: 169

Some applications can not be started (in Gnome 42)

I have two computers (workstation and laptop, both running on Ryzens) and I have the same issue with both computers. I have Gnome 42 installed and there were some updates last week.
Since yesterday I observed issues with my computers (probably because I restarted both of them yesterday).

Some applications are not starting (LibreOffice Writer, VS Code, Chromium at least). Other applications run (terminal, Gnome Photos etc.).
I checked the journal and logs, nothing obvious. Or maybe I missed these details.

Before going into details, does someone else have such issues?

Cheers!

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,801

Re: Some applications can not be started (in Gnome 42)

I am using Gnome 42 and have not seen anything untoward.  Of the software you listed, I have run Chromium and Gnome-terminal without issue.  Not in front of my system so I cannot try LibreOffice for you.

Edit:  Intel Graphics

Last edited by ewaller (2022-04-11 14:03:01)

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sandstorm

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From: Zurich [CH] & Mannheim [DE]

Registered: 2005-08-13

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Re: Some applications can not be started (in Gnome 42)

Thanks for the info! I am running my systems since 2 years. I am pretty sure it is an upgrade issue (to Gnome 42). Checked the logs again, nothing obvious.
I will reinstall the system. If it is running then it was a software issue.

ewaller

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Re: Some applications can not be started (in Gnome 42)

And I just opened LibreOffice Write and it too works just fine.

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seth

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Re: Some applications can not be started (in Gnome 42)

I checked the journal and logs, nothing obvious. Or maybe I missed these details.

Try to run them from an interactive shell - there's likely *some* error output.

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sandstorm

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From: Zurich [CH] & Mannheim [DE]

Registered: 2005-08-13

Posts: 169

Re: Some applications can not be started (in Gnome 42)

Thanks seth, no luck I reinstalled the system on one computer and everything works fine now. First time I kept my other partitions including boot and just formatted the / disk. Got the system up and running again after just 20 minutes (installation itself was probably 10 minutes).

Thanks for the help!

Last edited by sandstorm (2022-04-12 06:53:57)