On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:33 AM Victor Forberger <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/7/18 2:59 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: > > Below is from syslog a little before the preblem was discovered: > > > > Dec 7 10:01:56 sentry35 systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs. > > Dec 7 10:01:57 sentry35 anacron[10420]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-12-07 > > Dec 7 10:01:57 sentry35 anacron[10420]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) > > Dec 7 10:02:35 sentry35 systemd-resolved[485]: Grace period over, > > resuming full feature set (UDP+EDNS0) for DNS server > > 2600:1700:dad0:9f20::1. > > Dec 7 10:16:54 sentry35 xfce4-notifyd[1078]: Failed to set text 'AT&T > > payment processed for account ending in 5833 from > > ATT_Update#012AT&T payment confirmation Hello, We've r' from markup due > > to error parsing markup: Error on line 1: Entit > > y did not end with a semicolon; most likely you used an ampersand > > character without intending to start an entity - escap > > e ampersand as & > > Dec 7 10:17:02 sentry35 CRON[10462]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts > > --report /etc/cron.hourly) > > Dec 7 10:18:33 sentry35 dbus-daemon[490]: [system] Activating via > > systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' uni > > t='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.109' > > (uid=1000 pid=10489 comm="parole /tmp/mozilla_john0/154 > > 42056655281e3d0vm.mp3" label="unconfined") > > Dec 7 10:18:33 sentry35 systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service... > > Dec 7 10:18:34 sentry35 dbus-daemon[490]: [system] Successfully > > activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' > > Dec 7 10:18:34 sentry35 systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service. > > > > Hope this helps, > > john > > > > > > > > On 12/7/18 12:45 PM, Victor Forberger wrote: > >> On 12/7/18 2:34 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: > >>> evince: segment fault (core dumped) > >>> atril: opened a atril gui window, selected a pdf file: segment error > >>> (core dumped) > >>> > >>> sound like a trend, > >>> John > >>> > >>> On 12/7/18 12:28 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: > >>>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:26 PM John R. Sowden > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> yes, when I go to the file manager and click on a pdf file, I get the > >>>>> round 'spinning' mouse pointer for 22 second, then back to the > >>>>> pointer. > >>>>> same with both pdf readers. The application never opens. > >>>>> > >>>>> On the other hand, when I click on the document viewer in the office > >>>>> menu, I get a window titled 'recent documents' that is blank. I > >>>>> click on > >>>>> the file foon, get a 'select a file', select my file, get a big icon, > >>>>> then nothing. > >>>>> > >>>> Try running either viewer from a terminal window and see what errors > >>>> show up (and post them here). > >>>> > >>>> Mark > >> The core dump should leave an error msg. > >> > >> $ cd /var/log/ > >> $ less syslog > >> > >> Type END key to go to the end of the file. Then page up until you find > >> the core dump msg. > >> > >> Press Q key to quit out of less. > >> > >> - Victor > >> > John, > > There should be errors in this file connected to atril and core dump. > > As systemd is now in control of ubuntu systems (systemd replaced > upstart), you might try journalctl as a way to get to the systemd log files. > > journalctl is VERY complicated, however. See > > https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-journalctl-to-view-and-manipulate-systemd-logs > > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/journalctl.html > > > For now, try this terminal command: > > $ journalctl /usr/bin/atril > > to give you all entries that involve atril. > > You probably want to type the END key to see the last set of entries. > > Here is what my laptop displayed at the end: > > > Dec 03 16:15:51 NAME atril[23580]: g_source_set_ready_time: assertion > > 'source->priv != NULL' failed > > Dec 03 17:55:44 NAME atril[27458]: gtk_widget_is_drawable: assertion > > 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed > > Dec 03 19:51:51 NAME atril[8567]: g_source_set_ready_time: assertion > > 'source->priv != NULL' failed > > Dec 03 19:54:29 NAME atril[9233]: g_source_set_ready_time: assertion > > 'source->priv != NULL' failed > > -- Reboot -- > > Dec 05 09:29:36 NAME atril[5856]: g_source_set_ready_time: assertion > > 'source->priv != NULL' failed > > Dec 05 20:01:54 NAME atril[16950]: g_source_set_ready_time: assertion > > 'source->priv != NULL' failed > > -- Reboot -- > > Dec 10 07:48:45 NAME atril[20692]: g_source_set_ready_time: assertion > > 'source->priv != NULL' failed > > Dec 10 08:41:19 NAME atril[29157]: gtk_widget_is_drawable: assertion > > 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed > > Dec 10 08:41:22 NAME atril[29157]: g_source_set_ready_time: assertion > > 'source->priv != NULL' failed > > Note as well that atril runs without a visible hitch for me. So, many > errors are just normal background noise. What you need are the errors > connected to the core dump. > > - Victor > > -- > -- > Victor Forberger > [email protected] > blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com >
I'm runniing Xubuntu 18.04.1 on a HP Probook 6450b with 8gb ram, 256gb SSD. I download the latest issue from https://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-139/. I loaded Thunar and loaded the .pdf file from Downloads folder. No problems. -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
