Zotero on linux not responding

mageejp

I recently reshuffled some space on my LVM volumes. This may be related to the problem or not, but now when I open Zotero my library is not there--it's totally empty. I clicked on "Preferences" in the settings menu to try to restore the library, but it turns out no menu items work: I click an item, and there is no response.

I'm running Debian stretch and have never had an issue with Zotero on Linux before. I usually use Zotero 4 from the official Debian repositories, but this error persists even with version 5.0 downloaded directly from the website.

Any ideas?

dstillman

It sounds like Zotero may just be completely broken for you, so see Reporting Startup Errors.

mageejp

Here's what I get from the -jsconsole (-ZoteroDebug did not work):

[JavaScript Warning: "Unrecognized chrome manifest modifier 'platform'." {file: "file:///usr/share/zotero-standalone/chrome.manifest" line: 2}]

[JavaScript Error: "SyntaxError: "0"-prefixed octal literals and octal escape sequences are deprecated; for octal literals use the "0o" prefix instead" {file: "jar:file:///usr/lib/firefox-esr/omni.ja!/components/addonsInfo.js" line: 91 column: 66 source: "outstream.init(file, 0x2A /* TRUNCATE | WRONLY | CREATE */, 0666, 0);
"}]

Contract ID '@mozilla.org/toolkit/addonsInfo-clh;1' was registered as a command line handler for entry 'a-addons-info', but could not be created.

[JavaScript Error: "SyntaxError: missing ( after for" {file: "file:///usr/share/zotero-standalone/components/zotero-service.js" line: 264 column: 5 source: " for each(var xpcomFile in (isConnector ? xpcomFilesConnector : x"}]

Contract ID '@mozilla.org/commandlinehandler/general-startup;1?type=zotero' was registered as a command line handler for entry 'm-zotero', but could not be created.

[JavaScript Error: "SyntaxError: missing ( after for" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/standalone/standalone.js" line: 49 column: 6 source: " for each(var scheme in ["http", "https"]) {
"}]

[JavaScript Warning: "Failed to load overlay from chrome://global/content/editMenuOverlay.xul." {file: "chrome://zotero/content/standalone/standalone.xul" line: 0}]

[JavaScript Warning: "Failed to load overlay from chrome://global/content/editMenuOverlay.xul." {file: "chrome://global/content/console.xul" line: 0}]

[JavaScript Error: "Versioned JavaScripts are no longer supported. Please remove the version parameter." {file: "chrome://zotero/content/zoteroPane.xul" line: 41}]

[JavaScript Error: "Versioned JavaScripts are no longer supported. Please remove the version parameter." {file: "chrome://zotero/content/zoteroPane.xul" line: 46}]

(Several more nearly identical...)

No chrome package registered for chrome://zotero-platform/content/overlay.css

[JavaScript Error: "NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE: Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService]" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/include.js" line: 1}]
@chrome://zotero/content/include.js:1:14

[JavaScript Error: "SyntaxError: missing ( after for" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/fileInterface.js" line: 502 column: 6 source: " for each(var item in items) {
"}]

[JavaScript Error: "SyntaxError: missing ( after for" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/reportInterface.js" line: 76 column: 6 source: " for each(var item in items) {
"}]

[JavaScript Error: "ReferenceError: assignment to undeclared variable Q" {file: "resource://zotero/q.js" line: 106}]
@resource://zotero/q.js:106:13
@resource://zotero/q.js:29:2
Zotero_RecognizePDF<@chrome://zotero/content/recognizePDF.js:35:2
@chrome://zotero/content/recognizePDF.js:34:27

[JavaScript Error: "NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE: Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService]" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/include.js" line: 1}]
@chrome://zotero/content/include.js:1:14

No chrome package registered for chrome://zotero-platform/content/standalone/menuOverlay.xul

[JavaScript Warning: "Failed to load overlay from chrome://zotero-platform/content/standalone/menuOverlay.xul." {file: "chrome://zotero/content/standalone/standalone.xul" line: 0}]

[JavaScript Error: "SyntaxError: missing { before function body" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/bindings/tagselector.xml" line: 513 column: 34 source: " if (ids.some(function (val) val.split("/")[1] == 'tagColors')) {
"}]

[JavaScript Error: "SyntaxError: missing ( after for" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/bindings/itembox.xml" line: 313 column: 10 source: " for each(var field in this._fieldOrder) {
"}]

[JavaScript Warning: "Unknown property ‘-moz-border-top-colors’. Declaration dropped." {file: "chrome://zotero/skin/bindings/itembox.css" line: 116}]

(lots more about chrome packages not being registered...)

[JavaScript Error: "ReferenceError: ZoteroPane_Local is not defined" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/standalone/standalone.xul" line: 1}]
onselect@chrome://zotero/content/standalone/standalone.xul:1:5
set_selectedIndex@chrome://global/content/bindings/tabbox.xml:395:15
tabs_XBL_Constructor@chrome://global/content/bindings/tabbox.xml:260:11

dstillman

That's from Zotero 4. We'd need to see output from Zotero 5 downloaded from this site.

mageejp

OK. I realize now when I tried to run Zotero 5 I was accidentally running Zotero 4 still. Have now uninstalled Zotero 4, and Zotero 5 does not have the errors. Now I just need to create a shortcut for Zotero 5 in Gnome...