Upgrade Storage[Solved]Zotero on Arch Linux: Segfault & Corrupted Stack Trace Immediately When Sync
I'm experiencing a persistent crashing issue with Zotero on Arch Linux, and I'm hoping someone can shed some light based on the diagnostic information I've gathered.
The Problem:
Zotero works perfectly fine after a fresh installation. However, as soon as I log in and it starts to sync with my library, it crashes during the process. The sync never successfully completes.
System Information:
Operating System: Arch Linux (fully up-to-date with sudo pacman -Syu)
Zotero Installation: Installed from the AUR using the zotero-bin package. I have tried reinstalling it after the system update.
Diagnostics and Logs:
Terminal Output: When I run zotero from the terminal, it crashes with the following message:
/usr/bin/zotero: line 20: 34092 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "$CALLDIR/zotero-bin" -app "$CALLDIR/app/application.ini" "$@"
GDB Backtrace: I used coredumpctl to analyze the crash, and it provided a corrupted stack trace. This seems to be the most critical piece of information.
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007f85be5af74c in ?? ()
#1 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
I understand that ?? () and the null address indicate stack corruption, which often points to a deep library incompatibility rather than a simple bug.
I found the ~/Zotero/storage folder is empty, which I believe is a result of the crash happening before attachments can be downloaded.
How can I solve this problem?
Thanks in advance for any help or guidance you can provide!
The Problem:
Zotero works perfectly fine after a fresh installation. However, as soon as I log in and it starts to sync with my library, it crashes during the process. The sync never successfully completes.
System Information:
Operating System: Arch Linux (fully up-to-date with sudo pacman -Syu)
Zotero Installation: Installed from the AUR using the zotero-bin package. I have tried reinstalling it after the system update.
Diagnostics and Logs:
Terminal Output: When I run zotero from the terminal, it crashes with the following message:
/usr/bin/zotero: line 20: 34092 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "$CALLDIR/zotero-bin" -app "$CALLDIR/app/application.ini" "$@"
GDB Backtrace: I used coredumpctl to analyze the crash, and it provided a corrupted stack trace. This seems to be the most critical piece of information.
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007f85be5af74c in ?? ()
#1 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
I understand that ?? () and the null address indicate stack corruption, which often points to a deep library incompatibility rather than a simple bug.
I found the ~/Zotero/storage folder is empty, which I believe is a result of the crash happening before attachments can be downloaded.
How can I solve this problem?
Thanks in advance for any help or guidance you can provide!
You can also try the Zotero beta.
https://www.zotero.org/support/installation#linux
I've just tested this again to be certain. I downloaded the official tarball from the Zotero website (Zotero-7.0.22_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2), extracted it, and ran the zotero executable directly.
The result is exactly the same: it crashes during the first sync, and the core dump still shows a corrupted stack trace. This confirms that the issue is not specific to the AUR package.