annoying repeat of "cant open app GEANY IDE" [Solved]

[AA BB]

I had this problem once before.
The problem:
when I click the icon on the FluxBox dock, the app window does not open, instead icon drops down to the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and when I click the app icon on the task bar, it terminates the app...effectively rendering the app useless

To solve it previously, I renamed the .config file and started GEANY in a terminal. Now that prior solution no longer works

Any ideas on solving this problem by other than re-installing GEANY ???

[j2mcgreg]

QSI please.

[AA BB]

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Snapshot created on: 20240725_2109
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-32-amd64 [6.1.129-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-32-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_fluxbox_x64
    Libretto May 19 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 6430U v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0V4GYG v: A00 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A15 date: 11/30/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 57.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 57.7/62.2 Wh (92.8%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.1
    model: Samsung SDI DELL P70V531 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-3687U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2
    built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1153 high: 1300 min/max: 800/3300 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1236 2: 1277 3: 800 4: 1300 bogomips: 20732
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7
    process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1.5:4 chip-ID: 1bcf:2982 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37") s-diag: 485mm (19.11")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics 0x223e built: 2012 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 132
    gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1600x900
  API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 7 driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-32-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f080
    bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:422b class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Dell BCM20702A0 Bluetooth Module type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.4:3
    chip-ID: 413c:8197 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 5 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0
    sub-v: 220e hci-v: 4.0 rev: 1000
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 267.37 GiB used: 14.82 GiB (5.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: LITE-ON IT model: LMT-256M6M mSATA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 10B
    scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0 size: 28.9 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 34.18 GiB size: 33.35 GiB (97.56%) used: 10.66 GiB (32.0%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 2.76 GiB size: 2.65 GiB (95.87%) used: 195.9 MiB (7.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda6
    maj-min: 8:6
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: 44.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3885
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1850 libs: 904 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 234 Uptime: 32m wakeups: 5 Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 1.86 GiB (12.0%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[AA BB]

PS I replaced the geany.conf file with a .conf file from another computer where GEANY is working OK... but it still does not fix the problem

[CharlesV]

When starting geany from a terminal does it show any error message ?

[j2mcgreg]

From here:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca ... erid=6wfjh
and here:
https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest ... SATA-256GB
Your Lite On SSD is twelve years old and likely needs to be replaced.

[dolphin_oracle]

is it just off screen or on a different work space?

[Melber]

to quote myself from the last time

Is it maybe on another workspace?
press ctrl+alt or roll mouse wheel to cycle through workspaces.

or try ctrl+0 to maximize the window

Can you confirm neither of these helps?

What settings are listed in the ~/.fluxbox/apps under [app] (class=Geany) ?

[ceeslans]

I experienced such odd behavior one or two times before. Found by chance that the offending window had moved in vertical direction to another workspace...
Each time I could find the window-titlebar behind the toolbar. Simply hiding the running tint2 panel gave access to moving the window back again.
Not sure if that is the case with you, but hey: check it out.

In any way, I've always disabled this strange vertical-workspace warping behavior, by editing its setting in ~/.fluxbox/init to false :

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session.screen0.workspacewarpingvertical:	false

[AA BB]

"When starting geany from a terminal does it show any error message ?" ... NO

" Is it maybe on another workspace? press ctrl+alt or roll mouse wheel to cycle through workspaces. or try ctrl+0 to maximize the window
Can you confirm neither of these helps? " ..... ctrl_alt and ctrl-0 do not help

" What settings are listed in the ~/.fluxbox/apps under [app] (class=Geany) ? "
app] (class=Geany)
[Position] (UPPERLEFT) {31% 100%}
[Close] {yes}

"session.screen0.workspacewarpingvertical: false " ... FALSE ismy current setting