Hi, can’t find any posts that seem to have this specific problem, a couple of days ago my browsers started launching very slowly, like taking a couple of minutes to start up, I usually use firefox or brave but the problem is also with chromium and opera, tried unistall reinstall didn’t help.
However tor is launching fine.
Vlc is also having the same issue with a very long launch time.
No other programs seem to be affected, default video player, blender, gimp etc, all launching fine.
No new programs installed at the time the only thing out of the usual was I ran out of space and had to delete some video files.
Running Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Probably not the case but as you said you were running out of space… If you are using an fstrim capable device try:
sudo fstrim -va
It happened to me once and the symptoms were similar, everything starts really slow.
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Thank you I tried it unfortunately nothing’s changed, browsers still take a couple of minutes to launch
Launch some of the applications that takes minutes to open using the command line instead of the desktop file. Maybe using the terminal it show us a clue about what’s happening.
Also you should open another terminal in parallel and run…
journalctl -f
… to see if there is some kind of error or warning during opening.
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I tried using the terminal to launch vlc, it still took a long time, this was the output in the terminal: me@StarPhoenix:~$ vlc
2025/01/29 23:42:11.795330 cmd_run.go:1285: WARNING: cannot start document portal: Failed to activate service ‘org.freedesktop.portal.Documents’: timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari (revision 3.0.20-1-g2617de71b6)
[00005808f34eba00] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use ‘cvlc’ to use vlc without interface.
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
Qt: Session management error: Could not open network socket
[00005808f358dd10] main playlist: playlist is empty
For journalctl -f, I don’t know how to read it, should I post the whole output here?
Yes, no problem but please use “Preformatted text”.
Seems that it’s the problem. It fails to start service ‘org.freedesktop.portal.Documents’ with a timeout of 2 minutes…
Paste the result of this command:
systemctl status org.freedesktop.portal.Documents
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journalctl -f:
me@StarPhoenix:~$ journalctl -f
Jan 29 23:39:13 StarPhoenix gnome-shell[1975]: Can't update stage views actor <dashtodockDashScrollview>[<StScrollView>:0x58423caacad0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Jan 29 23:39:13 StarPhoenix gnome-shell[1975]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<StBoxLayout>:0x58423ccb2410] is on because it needs an allocation.
Jan 29 23:39:20 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Started Application launched by gsd-media-keys.
Jan 29 23:39:20 StarPhoenix dbus-daemon[1880]: [session uid=1000 pid=1880] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.Terminal' unit='gnome-terminal-server.service' requested by ':1.327' (uid=1000 pid=21231 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-terminal.real --wait " label="unconfined")
Jan 29 23:39:20 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Starting GNOME Terminal Server...
Jan 29 23:39:20 StarPhoenix dbus-daemon[1880]: [session uid=1000 pid=1880] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Terminal'
Jan 29 23:39:20 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Started GNOME Terminal Server.
Jan 29 23:39:21 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Started VTE child process 21266 launched by gnome-terminal-server process 21236.
Jan 29 23:39:27 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Started Application launched by gsd-media-keys.
Jan 29 23:39:28 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Started VTE child process 21280 launched by gnome-terminal-server process 21236.
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix dbus-daemon[1880]: [session uid=1000 pid=1880] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' unit='xdg-document-portal.service' requested by ':1.333' (uid=1000 pid=21328 comm="vlc " label="unconfined")
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Starting flatpak document portal service...
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix xdg-document-portal[21350]: error: Failed to load db from '/home/me/.local/share/flatpak/db/documents': invalid gvdb header
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: xdg-document-portal.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: xdg-document-portal.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Failed to start flatpak document portal service.
Jan 29 23:42:11 StarPhoenix dbus-daemon[1880]: [session uid=1000 pid=1880] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Documents': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
Jan 29 23:42:11 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Started snap.vlc.vlc-feb0908c-3149-4b5c-8624-598c26922e11.scope.
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix audit[21450]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21450 comm="glxinfo" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/glxinfo" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7948a63cec7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1738154534.230:779): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21450 comm="glxinfo" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/glxinfo" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7948a63cec7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1738154534.230:780): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21450 comm="glxinfo" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/glxinfo" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7948a63cec7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1738154534.230:781): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21450 comm="glxinfo" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/glxinfo" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7948a63cec7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1738154534.230:782): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21450 comm="glxinfo" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/glxinfo" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7948a63cec7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix audit[21450]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21450 comm="glxinfo" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/glxinfo" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7948a63cec7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix audit[21450]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21450 comm="glxinfo" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/glxinfo" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7948a63cec7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix audit[21450]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21450 comm="glxinfo" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/glxinfo" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7948a63cec7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix audit[21328]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21328 comm="vlc" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/vlc" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7de5c284fc7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:15 StarPhoenix kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1738154534.999:783): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21328 comm="vlc" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/vlc" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7de5c284fc7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:15 StarPhoenix kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1738154534.999:785): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21328 comm="vlc" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/vlc" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7de5c284fc7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:15 StarPhoenix kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1738154534.999:784): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21328 comm="vlc" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/vlc" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7de5c284fc7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:15 StarPhoenix kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1738154534.999:786): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21328 comm="vlc" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/vlc" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7de5c284fc7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix audit[21328]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21328 comm="vlc" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/vlc" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7de5c284fc7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix audit[21328]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21328 comm="vlc" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/vlc" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7de5c284fc7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:14 StarPhoenix audit[21328]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=3 subj=snap.vlc.vlc pid=21328 comm="vlc" exe="/snap/vlc/3777/usr/bin/vlc" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7de5c284fc7f code=0x50000
Jan 29 23:42:15 StarPhoenix ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com[1975]: vlc, Impossible to lookup icon for 'vlc-panel' in default theme
Jan 29 23:42:15 StarPhoenix ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com[1975]: unable to update icon for vlc
Jan 29 23:44:04 StarPhoenix gnome-shell[1975]: Window manager warning: last_user_time (17014589) is greater than comparison timestamp (17014587). This most likely represents a buggy client sending inaccurate timestamps in messages such as _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW. Trying to work around...
Jan 29 23:44:04 StarPhoenix gnome-shell[1975]: Window manager warning: W41 appears to be one of the offending windows with a timestamp of 17014589. Working around...
Jan 29 23:44:24 StarPhoenix gnome-shell[13019]: [ERROR glean_core::metrics::ping] Invalid reason code inactive for ping usage-reporting
Jan 29 23:44:51 StarPhoenix wpa_supplicant[810]: wlp0s20f3: WPA: Group rekeying completed with e0:b9:e5:a0:4e:bf [GTK=CCMP]
Jan 29 23:44:56 StarPhoenix wpa_supplicant[810]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-34 noise=9999 txrate=72200
^[[B^[[B^[[B^[[BJan 29 23:52:06 StarPhoenix gnome-shell[1975]: Window manager warning: last_user_time (17496049) is greater than comparison timestamp (17496018). This most likely represents a buggy client sending inaccurate timestamps in messages such as _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW. Trying to work around...
Jan 29 23:52:06 StarPhoenix gnome-shell[1975]: Window manager warning: W112 appears to be one of the offending windows with a timestamp of 17496049. Working around...
me@StarPhoenix:~$ systemctl status org.freedesktop.portal.Documents
Unit org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.service could not be found.
me@StarPhoenix:~$
Paste the result of this command:
ll -l ~/.local/share/ | grep flatpak
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me@StarPhoenix:~$ ll -l ~/.local/share/ | grep flatpak
drwxr-xr-x 3 me me 4096 Aug 22 2022 flatpak/
me@StarPhoenix:~$
I recommend you to uninstall and reinstall flatpak.
Do this:
sudo apt purge flatpak
And try to open the browser to see if it works as expected.
If you are not using any flatpak in your system just don’t install it again but if you are using some do, in sequence:
mv ~/.local/share/flatpak ~/.local/share/_flatpak
sudo apt install flatpak
And try again to open the browser and also check that your flatpaks works.
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Blockquote Do this:
sudo apt purge flatpak
I tried this it says I don’t have a flatpak installed:
sudo apt purge flatpak
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package 'flatpak' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-6.8.0-48-generic linux-hwe-6.8-headers-6.8.0-48
linux-hwe-6.8-tools-6.8.0-48 linux-image-6.8.0-48-generic
linux-modules-6.8.0-48-generic linux-modules-extra-6.8.0-48-generic
linux-tools-6.8.0-48-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 1 not to upgrade.
Launching is still taking a few minutes
It’s strange, as your journalctl shows:
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix dbus-daemon[1880]: [session uid=1000 pid=1880] Activating via systemd: service name=‘org.freedesktop.portal.Documents’ unit=‘xdg-document-portal.service’ requested by ‘:1.333’ (uid=1000 pid=21328 comm="vlc " label=“unconfined”)
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Starting flatpak document portal service…
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix xdg-document-portal[21350]: error: Failed to load db from ‘/home/me/.local/share/flatpak/db/documents’: invalid gvdb header
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: xdg-document-portal.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: xdg-document-portal.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix systemd[1843]: Failed to start flatpak document portal service.
Jan 29 23:42:11 StarPhoenix dbus-daemon[1880]: [session uid=1000 pid=1880] Failed to activate service ‘org.freedesktop.portal.Documents’: timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
So the error seem to be:
Jan 29 23:40:11 StarPhoenix xdg-document-portal[21350]: error: Failed to load db from ‘/home/me/.local/share/flatpak/db/documents’: invalid gvdb header
Do this and try again:
mv ~/.local/share/flatpak ~/.local/share/_flatpak
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me@StarPhoenix:~$ mv ~/.local/share/flatpak ~/.local/share/_flatpak
mv: cannot stat '/home/me/.local/share/flatpak': No such file or directory
me@StarPhoenix:~$
Holy ****!
Try installing flatpak even if you are not using it:
sudo apt install flatpak
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Is it that bad?
me@StarPhoenix:~$ sudo apt install flatpak~
[sudo] password for me:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package flatpak~
me@StarPhoenix:~$
Remove the ~ at the end of the word flatpak and try again.
No, there is always a solution. Problem is to find it…
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Sorry
Ok done, it installed this time.
I checked and now everything is running as normal, vlc and browsers opening within seconds
Thank you so much ^^ , I’ve been trying to find the problem for days.
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Sorry, I hope you see this, I uninstalled and it’s still working fine, again thank you so much, do you have any idea what could have caused the problem so I can avoid it in the future?
BlockquoteI saw it.
I have no idea, sorry. It’s something related with snap applications and I don’t have snap even installed.
No worries thank you again so much for all your help ^^
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Glad it worked. Try to uninstall flatpak and see if it’s still working.
If not… just install it again.
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