[SOLVED]programs either don't run at all or run but don't really work

ridwanwastaken · 2023-11-26 01:04:29

sorry this is the first time I'm making any kind of forum post so i might over explain a bit

several programs either don't run at all or run but not really work as normally
when i launch thunar from terminal i get this error

(thunar:2617): Gtk-WARNING **: 22:39:47.992: Could not load a pixbuf from /org/gtk/libgtk/icons/16x16/actions/go-previous.png.
This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be found.
**
Gtk:ERROR:../gtk/gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:495:ensure_surface_for_gicon: assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load /org/gtk/libgtk/icons/24x24/status/image-missing.png: Unrecognized image file format (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 3)
Bail out! Gtk:ERROR:../gtk/gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:495:ensure_surface_for_gicon: assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load /org/gtk/libgtk/icons/24x24/status/image-missing.png: Unrecognized image file format (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 3)
Aborted (core dumped)

when i launch lxappearance, it runs but it doesn't recognize any of the themes or icon theme i have installed
when i launch rofi, it displays run commands and .desktop files located in my home dir but doesn't display .desktop files located in the root dir i.e. /usr/share/applications

i first ran into this issue after installing an AUR package then rebooting my system, at first i thought it was the AUR package but now i think its just coincidence(the package is YACReader though i don't think its the issue lies from the AUR package)
since i ran into this issue, I've done 2 fresh installs(also cleared out my /home partition).
my latest attempt was a few hours ago. i installed a minimal profile using the archinstall script then a few programs like less, nnn, git, etc. afterwards i installed my wm(dwm), alacritty & thunar and ran it and had no issues. the issue appeared again after installing obsidian-icon-theme and lxappearance then doing a reboot but maybe that's just another coincidence.

I've also tried things I've seen else where on the forum like this: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=261143
and i tried using a AUR package to help with it: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacm … ermissions
but all to no avail

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated and I apologize again if I added unnecessary information that doesn't relate to the issue.

Last edited by ridwanwastaken (2023-11-28 14:15:10)

Xyne · 2023-11-26 02:16:35

Please use code tags ([code]) when posting command output and file content. e.g.

output example

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ridwanwastaken wrote:

I've done 2 fresh installs(also cleared out my /home partition)

Until I read that I suspected that you may have misconfigured permissions on some directory but such an error would not normally persist through a reinstallation.

For the rofi example, what are the permissions of the files under /usr/share/applications and each of their parent directories up to and including /?

ls -lh /usr/share/applications
ls -lhd /usr/share/applications
ls -lhd /usr/share
ls -lhd /usr
ls -lhd /

Do you see any errors in the output of sudo dmesg?

ridwanwastaken · 2023-11-28 02:31:56

Xyne wrote:

Please use code tags ([code]) when posting command output and file content. e.g.
output example
.
ridwanwastaken wrote:
I've done 2 fresh installs(also cleared out my /home partition)
Until I read that I suspected that you may have misconfigured permissions on some directory but such an error would not normally persist through a reinstallation.
For the rofi example, what are the permissions of the files under /usr/share/applications and each of their parent directories up to and including /?
ls -lh /usr/share/applications
ls -lhd /usr/share/applications
ls -lhd /usr/share
ls -lhd /usr
ls -lhd /
Do you see any errors in the output of sudo dmesg?

I apologize, hope my response isn't too late?
as of when I made the post I was temporarily using Debian, but i'm back on Arch now
i've been trying to replicate the issue but i've had no luck doing so. i guess i have to mark it as solved then?
i assume i could reopen a topic if i run into the issue again. Thank you.

Xyne · 2023-11-29 21:57:43

ridwanwastaken wrote:

i assume i could reopen a topic if i run into the issue again. Thank you.

Only if you encounter the issue on Arch Linux. We don't support other distros our OSes here.

Arch Linux

#1 2023-11-26 01:04:29

[SOLVED]programs either don't run at all or run but don't really work

#2 2023-11-26 02:16:35

Re: [SOLVED]programs either don't run at all or run but don't really work

#3 2023-11-28 02:31:56

Re: [SOLVED]programs either don't run at all or run but don't really work

#4 2023-11-29 21:57:43

Re: [SOLVED]programs either don't run at all or run but don't really work

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