Cannot open xviewer

[chingyinwan123]

I have used xviewer in the past to open images until one day it can no longer open images for some reason.

Using gdb to get the debugging messages when opening xviewer, the messages are as follows:

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chingyinwan123@chingyinwan123-UX410UAK ~ $ gdb xviewer
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Reading symbols from xviewer...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/xviewer 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffe9671700 (LWP 4404)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe8e70700 (LWP 4405)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe3fff700 (LWP 4406)]

** (xviewer:4400): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-289Ehw0vrE: Connection refused
[New Thread 0x7fffe37fe700 (LWP 4407)]

Thread 1 "xviewer" received signal SIGBUS, Bus error.
0x00007ffff515b28e in cmsCreate_sRGBProfileTHR () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff515b28e in cmsCreate_sRGBProfileTHR () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2
#1  0x00007ffff7ba6464 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xviewer/libxviewer.so
#2  0x00007ffff6a53359 in g_type_create_instance () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#3  0x00007ffff6a34df8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#4  0x00007ffff7bb0882 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xviewer/libxviewer.so
#5  0x00007ffff6a35149 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#6  0x00007ffff6a371b5 in g_object_new_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#7  0x00007ffff6a37521 in g_object_new () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#8  0x00007ffff7baff46 in xviewer_window_new () from /usr/lib/xviewer/libxviewer.so
#9  0x00007ffff7b7d8a8 in xviewer_application_open_window () from /usr/lib/xviewer/libxviewer.so
#10 0x00007ffff6a301d4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#11 0x00007ffff6a4a9a6 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#12 0x00007ffff6a4b08f in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#13 0x00007ffff6f54af6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
#14 0x00007ffff6f54ce2 in g_application_run () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
#15 0x00000000004010c2 in main ()
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
Couldn't get registers: No such process.
Couldn't get registers: No such process.
Couldn't get registers: No such process.
(gdb) [Thread 0x7fffe37fe700 (LWP 4407) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe3fff700 (LWP 4406) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe8e70700 (LWP 4405) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe9671700 (LWP 4404) exited]

Program terminated with signal SIGBUS, Bus error.
The program no longer exists.

I am currently using Linux Mint 18.3 xfce 64-bit.

My computer's hardware and software specifications are as follows (using inxi):

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CPU~Dual core Intel Core i5-7200U (-HT-MCP-) speed/max~959/3100 MHz Kernel~4.13.0-39-generic x86_64 Up~46 min Mem~672.2/7858.1MB HDD~256.1GB(16.4% used) Procs~170 Client~Shell inxi~2.2.35

Any help would be appreciated!

[Sir Charles]

(xviewer:4400): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-289Ehw0vrE: Connection refused

Hi,
This might help:

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dbus-launch xviewer

Fromman dbus-launch
You may specify a program to be run; in this case, dbus-launch will
launch a session bus instance, set the appropriate environment
variables so the specified program can find the bus, and then execute
the specified program, with the specified arguments

Or you can try reinstalling xviewer:

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sudo apt-get remove --purge xviewer

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sudo apt-get install xviewer

[chingyinwan123]

Thank you for the information.

After trying to dbus-launch xviewer, the following error got displayed:

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chingyinwan123@chingyinwan123-UX410UAK ~ $ dbus-launch xviewer
Unable to create /home/chingyinwan123/.dbus/session-bus

** (xviewer:8464): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-sRp67onh9E: Connection refused
Bus error (core dumped)

I have also tried removing and re-installing xviewer using the commands you wrote, but when I tried to dbus-launch it again, the same error appeared.

The gdb error messages shown from launching xviewer are identical to the ones I have written in my first post.

What should I try next?

[Sir Charles]

Though it might not be related or a problem at all, but you could run a check to see if everything in /home is owned by your user:

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find $HOME ! -user $USER -type f

I hope others who might be looking in here to chime in with more suggestions

[chingyinwan123]

It seems that I do not have permission to everything in /home.

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chingyinwan123@chingyinwan123-UX410UAK ~ $ find $HOME ! -user $USER -type f
find: ‘/home/chingyinwan123/.gvfs’: Permission denied
find: ‘/home/chingyinwan123/.dbus’: Permission denied
find: ‘/home/chingyinwan123/.cache/dconf’: Permission denied

Do I have to grant permission to the things above?

[Sir Charles]

Everything in /home should belong to your user.

Unable to create /home/chingyinwan123/.dbus/session-bus

find: ‘/home/chingyinwan123/.dbus’: Permission denied

In order to correct this, open a terminal and run:

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sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME

Logout and log back in and run

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xviewer 

in a terminal and see if the issue is resolved.

[chingyinwan123]

I have granted permission, and I have tried launching xviewer, but it is unable to be launched:

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chingyinwan123@chingyinwan123-UX410UAK ~ $ xviewer

** (xviewer:2535): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-NDxCP3ndr3: Connection refused
Bus error (core dumped)

Using dbus-launch on it produces the same error. The gdb error output is the same as the one shown in my first post.

Is there anything else I should do next?

[Sir Charles]

I am , I don't have any more ideas here. Perhaps other more knowledgeable forum members can come up with some solution.

[Flemur]

I have granted permission,

Changed owner, actually.

Is there anything else I should do next?

Delete its config files:

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find $HOME -iname "*xview*" 

then delete the files returned.

[chingyinwan123]

Thank you for the advice.

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chingyinwan123@chingyinwan123-UX410UAK ~ $ find $HOME -iname "*xview*"
/home/chingyinwan123/.config/xviewer

I have deleted the config file in /home/chingyinwan123/.config/xviewer, and I have tried running xviewer again, but the errors it produces are the same.