Can’t start bitcoin-qt by double-click on Debian 11 #27655

1. 
   kallerosenbaum commented at 3:30 pm on May 14, 2023: none

   Is there an existing issue for this?

   • I have searched the existing issues

   Current behaviour

   When I double-click the bitcoin-qt executable file in the graphical file manager, Bitcoin Core doesn’t start and this message pops up:

   

   I think this issue is the same as described at https://fostips.com/double-click-run-elf-ubuntu/ The Bitcoin Core build process seems to set some properties on the ELF file so that Debian 11 thinks the file has mime type application/x-sharedlib, and the file is thus treated as a shared library file. For Bitcoin Core 0.8.6, on the other hand Debian 11 shows the mime type to be application/x-executable, and I’m able to start it by double-clicking it. The workaround mentioned in the link above makes modern Bitcoin Core versions double-clickable.

   Yes, the file has the executable flag set:

   0$ ls -l
   1total 95944
   2-rwxr-xr-x 1 demo demo  2412928 dec  6 16:53 bitcoin-cli
   3-rwxr-xr-x 1 demo demo 15339968 dec  6 16:53 bitcoind
   4-rwxr-xr-x 1 demo demo 39586776 dec  6 16:53 bitcoin-qt
   5-rwxr-xr-x 1 demo demo  4112824 dec  6 16:53 bitcoin-tx
   6-rwxr-xr-x 1 demo demo  2199488 dec  6 16:53 bitcoin-util
   7-rwxr-xr-x 1 demo demo  9686216 dec  6 16:53 bitcoin-wallet
   8-rwxr-xr-x 1 demo demo 24893312 dec  6 16:53 test_bitcoin
   

   Expected behaviour

   I expected Bitcoin Core to start in GUI mode

   Steps to reproduce

   Download bitcoin-24.0.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz and unpack it. In the graphical file manager, I navigate to the bin folder and double-click on the bitcoin-qt file.

   I tried also version 0.18.1, 0.20.0, 22.1 which all behaved the same.

   I tried ancient version 0.8.6 and it worked as I would expect.

   Relevant log output

   No response

   How did you obtain Bitcoin Core

   Pre-built binaries

   What version of Bitcoin Core are you using?

   v24.0.1

   Operating system and version

   Debian 11

   Machine specifications

   x86_64

2. 
   kallerosenbaum commented at 3:40 pm on May 14, 2023: none

   I also tested Bitcoin Core 24.0.1 on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, and I could double click bitcoin-qt to start it there.
3. 
   hebasto commented at 3:57 pm on May 14, 2023: member

   It seems like a Debian-specific problem, as I have no such an issue on Ubuntu (22.04, 23.04) with the downloaded binaries (v24.01, v25.0rc2).

   Going to investigate further.

4. kallerosenbaum renamed this:
   Can't start bitcoin-qt by double-click on linux
   Can't start bitcoin-qt by double-click on Debian 11
   on May 14, 2023
5. 
   hebasto commented at 4:14 pm on May 14, 2023: member

   Well, I have:

   0$ file -i bitcoin-24.0.1/bin/bitcoin-qt 
   1bitcoin-24.0.1/bin/bitcoin-qt: application/x-pie-executable; charset=binary
   

   The mime type looks correct.

6. 
   hebasto commented at 4:17 pm on May 14, 2023: member

   Just to double check, do you have the libxcb-xinerama0 package installed on your system?
7. 
   hebasto commented at 4:19 pm on May 14, 2023: member

   Could be related:

   • https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja/issues/1164
8. 
   kallerosenbaum commented at 4:23 pm on May 14, 2023: none

   You should right click it and view its properties in the graphical file manager. What does the mime type say for you there? Here’s mine:

   And I have the same result as you using file:

   0$ file -i bitcoin-qt 
   1bitcoin-qt: application/x-pie-executable; charset=binary
   

   do you have the libxcb-xinerama0 package installed on your system?

   yes

9. 
   hebasto commented at 4:28 pm on May 14, 2023: member

   On Ubuntu 22.04:

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   FWIW, there were two PRs that aimed improving of the bitcoin-qt launch UX:

   • #15068
   • https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui/pull/38
10. maflcko added the label Linux/Unix on May 15, 2023
11. maflcko added the label GUI on May 15, 2023
12. 
    fanquake commented at 11:22 am on May 18, 2023: member

    Not sure what else we can do here? I think this should be moved over to the GUI repo: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui, in any case, and maybe someone can follow up there?
13. 
    hebasto commented at 11:28 am on May 18, 2023: member

    Moved to https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui/issues/730.
14. hebasto closed this on May 18, 2023

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