looks like VirtualBox and thunderbird might both share an XUL library? conflicting versions?
On 3/28/18, Andrew Packer <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just run > > ~ $ sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-guest-x11 -y > > and lo and behold, Thunderbird is back; xviewer (stock Mate .pdf viewer) > is back; Chromium is back; Firefox is back; Synaptic is back. > > There doesn't seem to have been any need to reinstall the Mate desktop, > in contrast to what the Cinnamon user encountered. > > Before purging the virtualbox application, I tried launching > Thunderbird, without success (as expected). I checked dmesg | tail and > the last line read > > [ 65.207994] thunderbird[2835]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f4917c065f5 > sp 00007ffd2f4a3378 error 6 in libxul.so[7f4915573000+4409000] > > All very mysterious to me, but perhaps useful to the Mint people for > troubleshooting? > > Anyway thank you once again. /Andrew > > > On 28/03/18 13:21, Graham Furniss wrote: >> This may be un-related, but the symptoms appear similar. >> >> Had an issue yesterday with a machine where attempting to log in got a >> dialog box which began "session only lasted less than 10 seconds >> /com/ubuntu/upstart:..." . Full error looked something like: >> >> initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket >> /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused >> syndaemon: no process found >> /etc/mdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... >> localuser:raskolnikov being added to access control list >> >> Turned out to be virtualbox-guest-x11 which had got installed as part of >> an update and was stuffing up cinnamon. >> >> Removed it, forced a re-install of cinnamon and then a reboot and it was >> all fixed. >> >> Lots of references on Google such as: >> >> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/346136/linux-mint-18-64-bit-session-failed >> >> This is interesting as immediately before this, the user had issues with a >> whole lot of applications not starting, some of them the same as yours. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Cheers, >> >> _______________________________________________________________________________ >> Graham Furniss >> Computer/Electronics Technician >> Department of Chemical and Process Engineering >> College of Engineering >> University of Canterbury >> Phone +64 3 369 3616 or Extn 93616 on campus >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2018 12:56 p.m. >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Linux-users] Mint 18: suddenly multiple applications don't >> launch >> >> Yesterday on boot up and numerous reboots, Mint 18 Mate confronted me with >> something I've never seen before. A few icons had disappeared from the >> dock (network, update). Multiple applications that I use every day refused >> to launch. They gave no error messages. Trying to launch from the GUI, the >> "Starting (name of application) bar would appear on the panel, then after >> a few seconds, nothing. Trying to launch from the terminal, nothing, even >> appending -v or -vv to the command. I tried running as root via sudo, >> same result. >> >> The non functioning applications included Firefox, Chromium, Thunderbird, >> the network manager when called from Settings, the PDF viewer (whether >> invoked from the menu or by double-clicking a .pdf document's icon), and >> Synaptic. >> >> Applications that seemed to be working normally included the Caja file >> manager, the display manager, Moneydance, the terminal and, as I then >> discovered, apt-get. >> >> With respect to each of the nonfunctioning applications for which I tried >> apt-get install, apt-get told me it was already installed and at the >> latest version. >> >> I was able to install Midori and xpdf, and they both worked. When I then >> tried removing and reinstalling Thunderbird, though, it did remove and >> reinstall but it still wouldn't launch. Thunderbird's data files seem >> mostly OK, although one or two of the mail sub folders may be duplicated. >> >> I have a quite up to date backup of my home folder, so if I have to >> reinstall the OS it's a nuisance rather than a tragedy, but is there any >> other way forward anyone can recommend? >> >> TIA - Andrew >> >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >> > > -- > Marian Ganzeveld & Andrew Packer > 5575 Croisilles-French Pass Road > RD3 French Pass 7193 > New Zealand > +64 3 744 3128 > > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
