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0002482NetSurfDevelopmentpublic2017-09-09 11:57
Reportergithububub 
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SeverityblockReproducibilityN/A 
StatusclosedResolutionunable to reproduce 
Platformx86_64OSArch LinuxOS Version4.8.7
Product Version3.5 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0002482: frontends/gtk/gui.c:209 set_defaults: Failed initialising default resource paths
DescriptionBuild completes successfully. Building either 4.5 stable or development r375+g71d3e7b: Unable to launch NetSurf when executing 'netsurf-gtk3' or prepending it with a locale 'LANG=en netsurf-gtk3'. How to resolve?
Steps To Reproduce$ netsurf-gtk3 -v
(0.000000) utils/log.c:101 nslog_init: NetSurf version '3.6 (Dev)'
(0.000021) utils/log.c:110 nslog_init: NetSurf on <Linux>, node <xz>, release <4.8.7-1-ARCH>, version <#1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 10 17:22:48 CET 2016>, machine <x86_64>
(0.000132) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/netsurf.gtk3.ui
(0.000152) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/tabcontents.gtk3.ui
(0.000173) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/password.gtk3.ui
(0.000195) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/login.gtk3.ui
(0.000212) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/ssl.gtk3.ui
(0.000230) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/toolbar.gtk3.ui
(0.000248) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/downloads.gtk3.ui
(0.000268) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/history.gtk3.ui
(0.000289) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/options.gtk3.ui
(0.000306) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/hotlist.gtk3.ui
(0.000324) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/cookies.gtk3.ui
(0.000342) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/viewdata.gtk3.ui
(0.000361) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/warning.gtk3.ui
(0.000379) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/favicon.png
(0.000399) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/netsurf.xpm
(0.000423) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/menu_cursor.png
(0.000440) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/arrow_down_8x32.png
(0.000457) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/throbber/throbber0.png
(0.000475) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/throbber/throbber1.png
(0.000491) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/throbber/throbber2.png
(0.000529) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/throbber/throbber3.png
(0.000546) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/throbber/throbber4.png
(0.000565) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/throbber/throbber5.png
(0.000581) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/throbber/throbber6.png
(0.000598) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/throbber/throbber7.png
(0.000615) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/throbber/throbber8.png
(0.000633) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/welcome.html
(0.000654) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/credits.html
(0.000682) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/licence.html
(0.000702) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/maps.html
(0.000722) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/default.css
(0.000742) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/adblock.css
(0.000763) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/internal.css
(0.000784) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/quirks.css
(0.000805) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/netsurf.png
(0.000824) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/default.ico
(0.000845) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/icons/arrow-l.png
(0.000864) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/icons/content.png
(0.000884) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/icons/directory2.png
(0.000905) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/icons/directory.png
(0.000925) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/icons/hotlist-add.png
(0.000944) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/icons/hotlist-rmv.png
(0.000966) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/icons/search.png
(0.000988) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/languages
(0.001006) frontends/gtk/resources.c:223 init_resource: Found gresource path /org/netsurf/Messages
(0.001020) frontends/gtk/gui.c:209 set_defaults: Failed initialising default resource paths
Options failed to initialise (BadParameter)
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Vincent Sanders

~0001441

Vincent Sanders (administrator)

it would appear the browser is unable to locate its resources in the /opt/netsurf directory and therefore cannot start.

May i suggest you try the 3.6 release and see if that addresses the issues.
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Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-11-15 03:37 githububub New Issue
2016-11-22 22:18 Vincent Sanders Note Added: 0001441
2016-11-22 22:18 Vincent Sanders Status new => acknowledged
2016-11-22 22:18 Vincent Sanders OS Linux => Arch Linux
2016-11-22 22:18 Vincent Sanders Product Version => 3.5
2017-09-09 11:57 kinnison Reproducibility always => N/A
2017-09-09 11:57 kinnison Status acknowledged => closed
2017-09-09 11:57 kinnison Resolution open => unable to reproduce
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