gedit is stuck starting, no window is shown
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gedit (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I use VPN to log to my workplace which uses proxy.
I don't know if the proxy is an issue, but with or without $http_proxy set, gedit won't start properly.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gedit 3.18.3-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Sep 20 22:10:49 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-26 (86 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in gedit (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
`gnome-open somefile.txt` shows the icon in the launcher, blinking. After some time (aout 30s) the icon goes away and the gedit process is still running.
Starting gedit in standalone mode doesn't help either: the icon is not shown in the launcher, and gedit terminates with the following issue:
`Failed to register: Timeout was reached`
I also tried:
- running as root --> `gedit -s` doesn't terminate
- `apt-get remove gedit` then `apt-get install gedit` --> `gedit -s` doesn't terminate
- `dpkg-reconfigure gedit` --> `gedit -s` doesn't terminate
`gedit -s` doesn't respond to Ctrl-C which means that the process is stuck in kernel mode, in some I/O or system call and doesn't return to user mode. Only the KILL signal will terminate it.
As a result I can attach gdb to the `gedit -s` process but cannot debug it: 0ubuntu1~ 16.04) 7.11.1 gnu.org/ licenses/ gpl.html> www.gnu. org/software/ gdb/bugs/>. www.gnu. org/software/ gdb/documentati on/>.
```
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Attaching to process 11414
^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C
```