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ubernub

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Registered: 2024-12-25

Posts: 4

Thunar crashes when opening the Home directory (XFCE, Arch Linux)

Hi everyone,

Since the latest XFCE update (Thunar version: 4.20.0-1), I've been experiencing a crash whenever I try to open my Home directory (~) in Thunar. Other directories work fine, and downgrading to the previous version resolves the issue.

    System: Arch Linux, XFCE
    Issue: Thunar crashes only when accessing the Home directory.
    Alternative File Managers: PCManFM works without any issues in the same directory.

Steps I've tried:

    Checked for problematic symlinks in the Home directory — nothing unusual.

Any help?

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,678

Re: Thunar crashes when opening the Home directory (XFCE, Arch Linux)

Hello and welcome.

From a terminal window, run the following commands:

thunar -q
thunar $HOME

...and post back any terminal messages if it crashes.

Also, can you post back:

journalctl --user -b 0 | grep -i thunar

And finally, do you have any thunar coredumps?

coredump list | grep -i thunar

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d … _core_dump

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ubernub

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Registered: 2024-12-25

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Re: Thunar crashes when opening the Home directory (XFCE, Arch Linux)

Hello, ToZ!

thunar -q
thunar $HOME

(thunar:2835): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 22:01:15.391: g_themed_icon_get_names: assertion 'G_IS_THEMED_ICON (icon)' failed
Speicherzugriffsfehler (Speicherabzug geschrieben)

journalctl --user -b 0 | grep -i thunar
Dez 25 21:59:38 i7-9700K dbus-broker-launch[2074]: Service file '/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Thunar.FileManager1.service' is not named after the D-Bus name 'org.freedesktop.FileManager1'.
Dez 25 22:01:15 i7-9700K systemd-coredump[2844]: Process 2835 (thunar) of user 1000 dumped core.

Terminal says no such command as "coredump". Probably I am doing something wrong there.

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,678

Re: Thunar crashes when opening the Home directory (XFCE, Arch Linux)

Sorry, that should of been:

coredumpctl list

...but it doesn't matter - you get the error message in the terminal window, which leads to https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/issues/1511. Looks like it will be released in the next point release.

Interesting that not everyone is getting this error though. Can you try a different icon theme?

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ubernub

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Registered: 2024-12-25

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Re: Thunar crashes when opening the Home directory (XFCE, Arch Linux)

Looks like it will be released in the next point release.

Ok, till it is fixed I'll use PCManFM. Thanks for the Information.

Interesting that not everyone is getting this error though. Can you try a different icon theme?

I've tried already "Papirus" and "Elementary" Icons, it didn't help.

ajgringo619

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Registered: 2024-06-09

Posts: 5

Re: Thunar crashes when opening the Home directory (XFCE, Arch Linux)

A pretty big Xfce update today on Arch, including Thunar packages. I haven't tried it yet, but I wasn't suffering from the bug.

ubernub

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Registered: 2024-12-25

Posts: 4

Re: Thunar crashes when opening the Home directory (XFCE, Arch Linux)

A pretty big Xfce update today on Arch, including Thunar packages.

This one did not fix it yet.

skdrake

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From: Greer, SC USA

Registered: 2021-09-22

Posts: 2

Re: Thunar crashes when opening the Home directory (XFCE, Arch Linux)

Hello All,

Just wanted to weigh in that I have experienced similar issues. Just for what it's worth. I have installed PCmanFM as a temporary workaround and anxiously await a resolution. All of the OP fit my experience to a tee. I haven't seen much about this occurring as mentioned so it could be my limited experience coming home to roost.

Cheers to all.