Epiphany web browser crashing on start

[xenphor]

On a fresh install of archlinux arm I can't seem to get the Epiphany browser working. Starting it from terminal just gives me this:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '$ epiphany

(epiphany:527): Wnck-WARNING **: Unhandled action type _OB_WM_ACTION_UNDECORATE

(epiphany:527): Wnck-WARNING **: Unhandled action type _OB_WM_ACTION_UNDECORATE
Segmentation fault (core dumped)')


Are those warnings related to the openbox window manager I guess? Don't see what it means. I've tried the browser on Raspbian and it works there.

[sdjf]

To start any GUI application from the command line, you need to set the DISPLAY variable. That is not likely to be the cause of the error message, but is essential to set.

What does the following give you?

echo $DISPLAY

when you started Epiphany in Raspbian, was it also from command line or from the GUI?

If you are running Openbox as a standalone window manager, if you have not considered doing so, you may want to install lxpanel, which has a nice popup menu for starting GUI apps.

[xenphor]

I get a :0 in response to 'echo $DISPLAY'.

I have lxpanel installed and can launch it from there as well but I thought launching it from the terminal might give a useful error message. In Raspbian I launched in from the panel.

[sdjf]

From what I read on the web about that OB message, it should not be fatal. But segfault is getting caused by something.

You might try starting it with strace, which can create more thorough output of system calls instead of just error messages, and can show you how far it got before dying. Output can be voluminous, save to a file. It is in the repository if not already on your pi.