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• I encountered the same issue. The root cause is that the external hard drive was unable to write to in Ubuntu for some unknown reason. I fix the problem by running sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdc2 according to [here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/93109/cant…

  in Getting error, initDB Comment by jianzhuhuai September 23, 2023
• No worries. I solved the problem by replacing zotero.sqlite by its backup zotero.sqlite.bak (and of course rename it). Changes to zotero in the last two days were lost, but it is better than a ruined lib.

  in Better Bibtex: Initializing \\ Waiting for Zotero database Comment by jianzhuhuai March 8, 2022
• I removed the prefs.js and restarted zotero, it still gets stuck at loading items, also showing message box "Better Bibtex: Initializing \\ Waiting for Zotero database". Is there other approach to fix this issue? Such breakdown always happen just be…

  in Better Bibtex: Initializing \\ Waiting for Zotero database Comment by jianzhuhuai March 6, 2022