Zotero-bin crashes upon initialization of Google Doc with Zotero Extension

nllz

Hi all,

The standalone Zotero application crashes when I initialize a Google Doc with the Zotero extension, for instance when do 'add citation' for the first time in any Google Doc (I have tried several ones (new, old, full, empty).

I have submitted a report for this, of which the number is: 290546440

I am on Fedora release 42 (Adams), Chrome Version 138.0.7204.100 (Official Build) (64-bit), Zotero Connector Version 5.0.171, and Zotero Standalone Version 7.0.21 (64-bit).

Of course I have an ERC grant proposal and a monograph to finish - but that is not your problem :)

Any hints or help would be very welcome. Happy to provide more info if useful.

Thanks in advance,

Niels

nllz

OK - I found a solution in this thread [0].

TL;DR: install Zotero beta 7.1 and don't use the flatpak package.

[0] https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/122768/zotero-random-crashes

nllz

And if you've installed Zotero, you probably will want an icon by opening a terminal and:

cd ~/.local/share/applications
gedit zotero.desktop

copy and paste this to the file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Zotero
Icon=/home/USER AND PATH TO ZOTERO/Zotero_linux-x86_64/icons/icon128.png
Exec=/home/USER AND PATH TO ZOTERO/Zotero_linux-x86_64/zotero
Type=Application
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Utility

Change 'USER AND PATH TO ZOTERO' to (you get it) the user and path to Zotero.

Now back to writing.

Thanks for y'alls work on Zotero!

dstillman

The tarball comes with a desktop entry file and a script to customize it.

https://www.zotero.org/support/installation#linux