On Sunday, 14 June 2020 19:06:36 BST Wynn Wolf Arbor wrote: > On 2020-06-14 18:45, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Yes; this is what I get: > > > > $ ./Bitwarden*/opt/Bitwarden/bitwarden > > A JavaScript error occurred in the main process > > Uncaught Exception: > > Error: /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.QkN0cP: failed to map segment from > > shared object > > --->8 > > From what I remember this is caused by having /tmp mounted with noexec. > Sadly the app tries to execute a process directly from within the > temporary directory and fails. Try something like this to confirm: > > mkdir $HOME/.cache/bitwarden-tmp > TMPDIR=$HOME/.cache/bitwarden-tmp ./Bitwarden*/opt/Bitwarden/ bitwarden
That was a good idea - but it didn't help, so that's not the answer. > To see whether you've mounted /tmp with noexec: mount | grep /tmp > > Should give something like this: > > tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) > > Note that having /tmp mounted with noexec is usually a good idea. I used > to create a wrapper script that launched these kinds of app with a > special TMPDIR. > > > I haven't played with java before, so I'm trying to follow the gentoo > > wiki. My first question is whether I need a jdk as well as a jre. The > > wiki talks blithely about virtual machines, and I'm left to guess > > whether the jre is the jvm, as it seems. I'm currently installing > > openjre and openjdk; icedtea-bin is also installed. > > The JRE is the Runtime Environment. It includes all things necessary to > run a compiled Java program (so it does indeed include the JVM). The JDK > is the Development Kit - it includes the JRE, but also ships with the > javac compiler and a few other tools. So, if you intend to just run an > already compiled Java program (usually in the form of a .jar), you just > need the JRE. If you need to compile Java programs, you should instead > install the JDK (and can remove the JRE fully). That makes sense, and I'd supposed it to be so. It would be helpful if the wiki said so. > Regardless of that, JavaScript is not Java [1]. There's no need for the > JRE if you want to run JavaScript code. The Bitwarden desktop app does > not need a JRE or JDK. Yes, I understand that. > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript#Java -- Regards, Peter.
