apps are immediately closed after launching them

[fcole90]

This seems similar to bug #1535058 but that one seem to be quite old, so maybe it's not related. Nevertheless I'm experiencing the same issues: each time I try to launch an app from the dash or the launcher it crashes..

I'm on Xenial + Phone Overlay, all packages updated at the moment of writing.

[fcole90 (fcole90)]

This is the log of the webbrowser-app:
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Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:3769): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4009): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4034): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4059): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4085): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4110): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4137): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4163): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4188): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4213): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:4238): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:24715): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:24769): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:24794): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:24819): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:24844): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Loading module: 'libubuntu_application_api_desktop_mirclient.so.3.0.0'

(webbrowser-app:24869): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

[fcole90 (fcole90)]

I managed to start konsole (KDE) from the dash. From there I could try to start the webbrowser-app with ubuntu-app-launch. Using that way, the browser crashes immediately after it opens. If I just type its name and press enter, it works correctly (I'm actually writing this update from it). Let me know if there's any needed log or information.

[fcole90 (fcole90)]

As I started the browser from konsole, which is using XMir, I'm probably able to see the browser through X, and the problem to be on the Mir side.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

The webbrowser-app problem is bug 1590561.

If you have any other failing apps, please log separate bugs for them.

Also beware of bug 1654915.