mate desktop text editor pluma will not start. Appears to go through initiation process for a minute or so but then just dies. Dies when started from either desktop launcher or from terminal command. No messages at all re: pluma in systemd journal or message journal. Starting in terminal gives no messages at all.
gedit that is really same code, I have heard, as pluma still starts and runs fine from either desktop or terminal. That might say that dependencies of pluma are ok.
I moved to tumbleweed from leap 15.6 about a week ago. I know pluma was running in leap 15.6. I think i have run it successfully in tumbleweed but not 100% certain.
Any mate users on tumbleweed running pluma ok? Any diagnostic ideas? I have re-installed it a couple of times and rebooted. This is not a critical issue as gedit equivalent runs fine but would like to get a handle on this.
thanks, tom kosvic
I can’t let go of the issue of pluma editor from mate desktop 1.28 not working in tumbleweed. It works in mate 1.28 in arch, gentoo, linux mint, and cauchy OS in my vms.
There must be some issue with tumbleweed.
I get no messages to diagnose problems. No notes when started in terminal where it used to start
fine; just a cursor.
Need some diagnostic advice.
thanks, tom kosvic
This is what I have gotten thus far. Tried starting pluma and also gedit (same code as pluma that works) and captured messages. Not telling me anything.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ gedit
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ grep 'gedit' /var/log/messages
2026-04-23T11:43:06.230516-05:00 mydesktop sudo: tom : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tom ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/gedit
2026-04-23T11:43:28.278193-05:00 mydesktop sudo: tom : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tom ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/gedit --display :0
2026-04-23T22:19:02.317139-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: Created slice Slice /app/dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit.
2026-04-23T22:19:02.318306-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: Started dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@0.service.
2026-04-24T00:00:49.429326-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: Started dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@1.service.
2026-04-24T00:05:59.187750-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: Started dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@2.service.
2026-04-24T13:08:37.571314-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@2.service: Consumed 4.086s CPU time over 13h 2min 38.383s wall clock time.
2026-04-24T13:09:38.601057-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: Started dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@3.service.
2026-04-24T13:11:19.823801-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: Started dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@4.service.
2026-04-24T13:11:38.927754-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@4.service: Unit process 66229 (bwrap) remains running after unit stopped.
2026-04-24T13:11:38.927947-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@4.service: Unit process 66230 (glycin-svg) remains running after unit stopped.
2026-04-24T13:11:38.929412-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@4.service: Consumed 1.373s CPU time over 19.104s wall clock time.
2026-04-24T13:12:37.403685-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: Started dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@5.service.
2026-04-24T17:40:49.392279-05:00 mydesktop systemd[2053]: dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.gedit@5.service: Consumed 2min 59.665s CPU time over 4h 28min 11.987s wall clock time.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ pluma
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ grep 'pluma' /var/log/messages
2026-04-23T11:04:06.371986-05:00 mydesktop sudo: tom : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tom ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/pluma
2026-04-23T11:11:46.999963-05:00 mydesktop sudo: tom : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tom ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/pluma
2026-04-23T11:33:03.234044-05:00 mydesktop sudo: tom : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tom ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/pluma
2026-04-23T11:42:18.598976-05:00 mydesktop sudo: tom : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tom ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/pluma
2026-04-23T11:42:32.852979-05:00 mydesktop sudo: tom : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tom ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/pluma --display :0
2026-04-24T23:29:16.835158-05:00 mydesktop sudo: tom : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/tom ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/pluma
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
A new version of pluma came in updates this morning. It runs. Thanks to whomever did this. Perhaps it was as a result of my ineffective diagnostics ramblings.
I like pluma over gedit because it has a file → print command from the menu. I use this as an easy print process for various items.
thanks again, tom kosvic