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Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:47 pm
by kd4e
I ran today's MX Linux update (25October2023)

Then I clicked Help and About in Ghostery to see if it was up to date.

That, unfortunately, triggered an automatic update.

After a minute it said that a restart was required to install the update.

I logged out of Facebook (and also a scanner app) then chose OK.

Ghostery closed but didn't re-open. I tried the launcher on the panel - no response.

I tried rebooting the laptop - no joy.

I tried launching from Terminal - no joy.

I looked and it appeared that the Ghostery update may have failed - incomplete.

I found "Install the Ghostery browser on Linux" at www.addictivetips.com and installed ver. 10.

Still no response.

I don't know if the attached pictures of the screen help at all. Any suggestions, please?

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System:
  Kernel: 6.5.5-2-liquorix-amd64 [6.5-6~mx23+1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable hpet=disable rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1
    BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.5-2-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.1_x64 Libretto July 31  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A315-24P v: V1.03 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: MDC model: Herbag_MDU v: V1.03 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.03
    date: 11/28/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 42.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.9/41.6 Wh (103.3%) volts: 12.1 min: 11.2
    model: LGC AP19B8K type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 7320U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
    level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 0xA0 (160) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8A00008
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2136 high: 4117 min/max: 900/6375 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1830 2: 900 3: 4117 4: 900 5: 1830 6: 1827
    7: 3860 8: 1831 bogomips: 38326
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP protection
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
  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, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Mendocino vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2
    code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1506 class-ID: 0300
    temp: 50.0 C
  Device-2: Chicony ACER HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-1:2
    chip-ID: 04f2:b79c class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26") s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: primary model: Acer CB272U serial: <filter>
    built: 2021 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
    diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP note: disabled model-id: HKC 0x3d00 built: 2021 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (raphael_mendocino LLVM
    15.0.6 DRM 3.54 6.5.5-2-liquorix-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_pci_acp6x v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
    snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.5-2-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 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: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On
    driver: mt7921e v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Lite-On Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 04ca:3802
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 2303 hci-v: 5.2 rev: 3111
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 240:8 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 24.72 GiB (20.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PGP4128P-AA size: 119.24 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: ELFKBO.2 temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 118.99 GiB size: 116.56 GiB (97.96%) used: 24.72 GiB (21.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 64.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2168 libs: 1115 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/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
    2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 296 Uptime: 2h 22m wakeups: 9867 Memory: 7.01 GiB used: 2.1 GiB (30.0%) 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: UEFI

Re: Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:09 pm
by CharlesV
Are you seeing any messages when you try to run it in a terminal?

Re: Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:13 pm
by kd4e
CharlesV wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:09 pm Are you seeing any messages when you try to run it in a terminal?

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dmc2023@mx-laptop1:~
$ ghostery
ghostery: command not found
dmc2023@mx-laptop1:~
$ ghostery-browser.desktop
ghostery-browser.desktop: command not found
dmc2023@mx-laptop1:~
$

Re: Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:33 pm
by j2mcgreg
You might try using Repo Manager in MX Tools to switch your main repo from R.I.T. to the one in Salt Lake City and then try updating again. I've seen enough instances in the past few months where the R.I.T. repository wasn't quite up to date. Remember to log out / in or reboot after the repo change but before you update.

Re: Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:42 pm
by kd4e
j2mcgreg wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:33 pm You might try using Repo Manager in MX Tools to switch your main repo from R.I.T. to the one in Salt Lake City and then try updating again. I've seen enough instances in the past few months where the R.I.T. repository wasn't quite up to date. Remember to log out / in or reboot after the repo change but before you update.
The MX update seemed OK but I can make the repo change, thanks! I'm thinking both updates, without a reboot in-between, may have caused a problem with the Ghostery update. That said - reinstalling Ghostery should work ...

Re: Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:00 pm
by kd4e
Does this look right?

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/opt/Ghostery/Ghostery %u
ghosteryproblem3.jpg

Re: Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:58 pm
by CharlesV
Yes, that would be the proper terminal command to launch it .

Re: Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:16 pm
by kd4e
CharlesV wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:58 pm Yes, that would be the proper terminal command to launch it .
Weird then that it doesn't work. It's there in the screen pic from File Manager (previous). Could it be something stuck in a buffer? (I have rebooted the laptop, so they should have cleared.)

Re: Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:25 pm
by CharlesV
I personally use stacer to clear / clean caches etc. There are two - app cache and update cache. Both can be cleaned by the MX Cleanup tool as well. (And probably a little safer. )

You could try clearing / cleaning app and update cache, then reinstall Ghostery, reboot and see it that resolves it.

Re: Updates Broke Ghostery Security Browser

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:31 pm
by kd4e
CharlesV wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:25 pm I personally use stacer to clear / clean caches etc. There are two - app cache and update cache. Both can be cleaned by the MX Cleanup tool as well. (And probably a little safer. )

You could try clearing / cleaning app and update cache, then reinstall Ghostery, reboot and see it that resolves it.
I copied .ghostery browser to save my history and settings.

Will MX Cleanup ask what to remove e.g. the older and newer installs? Just looked at it and ran it - I see that I'll need to manually delete the old files.
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