Zotero stopped working on Ubuntu 24.04.2

DerPlasma
edited March 20, 2025
Working in Ubuntu 24.04.2, running Kernel 6.8.0-55-generic. Since a recent system update, it was a kernel update if I remember correctly, I did a reboot, and Zotero is no longer working :/

So I removed and downloaded the latest version, and installed again, following the official instructions (for the Tarball), but it is not working. Neither does the desktop-link work, nor does it work to run zotero from the command line interface. If I try the latter, the command is executed, but nothing happens.

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated
  • dstillman
    What do you see if you run ./zotero?
  • DerPlasma
    edited March 20, 2025
    If I type zotero in the CLI, nothing happens, so nothing is displayed. The command is executed and I can continue executing more command, i.e. no error is displayed.
  • dstillman
    You'd have to look into your system logs or do other debugging. That's not something others have reported, and Zotero certainly runs on stock Ubuntu 24.04.2.
  • dstillman
    Well, you can run ./zotero -ZoteroDebugText just to make sure it's not actually starting up and quitting. You can also try ./zotero --safe-mode to see if that makes a difference.
  • DerPlasma
    okay... I feel stupid now: there was a zombie-zotero-process running, if I killed that, everything works again.. can I somehow delete this entire post?

    Also, thanks a lot for answering immediately!
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