IntelliJ crashing since latest update

Question

This morning IntelliJ got updated from version 2023.3 to 2024.1 and since then it doesn't work anymore. I am using Ubuntu 22.04.

When I try to run it, it opens for a few seconds, and then ALL currently running apps other than the terminal are closed.

I can't see anything particuarly interesting in idea.log:

[removed this very long log from the question because it did not contain anything related to the issue]

I tried:

• Rebooting the computer
• Uninstalling and reinstalling IntelliJ
• Downloading and running IntelliJ 2023.3 again
• Disabling the OOM killer: How do I disable the systemd OOM process killer in Ubuntu 22.04?
• Renaming the IntelliJ Configuration/Plugins/System directories as listed here: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544519-Directories-used-by-the-IDE-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs?page=3

The only thing that kind-of worked was running IntelliJ as root instead of as myself, but I don't want to do it unless it's the last resort.

Then I looked at /var/log/syslog and in there I found this:

systemd[3656]: Started snap.intellij-idea-ultimate.intellij-idea-ultimate-f57e7f9d-943c-4fd7-a013-2536fe031f75.scope.
gnome-shell[45831]: malloc(): unaligned tcache chunk detected
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE)
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) Backtrace:
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 0: /usr/bin/Xwayland (0x5a5623050000+0x165369) [0x5a56231b5369]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 1: /usr/bin/Xwayland (0x5a5623050000+0x165472) [0x5a56231b5472]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7aa585e00000+0x42520) [0x7aa585e42520]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (pthread_kill+0x12c) [0x7aa585e969fc]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (raise+0x16) [0x7aa585e42476]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 5: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (abort+0xd3) [0x7aa585e287f3]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7aa585e00000+0x89676) [0x7aa585e89676]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7aa585e00000+0xa0cfc) [0x7aa585ea0cfc]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7aa585e00000+0xa53dc) [0x7aa585ea53dc]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 9: /usr/bin/Xwayland (0x5a5623050000+0xf9d92) [0x5a5623149d92]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 10: /usr/bin/Xwayland (0x5a5623050000+0xa72ce) [0x5a56230f72ce]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 11: /usr/bin/Xwayland (0x5a5623050000+0x34c63) [0x5a5623084c63]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7aa585e00000+0x29d90) [0x7aa585e29d90]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0x80) [0x7aa585e29e40]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) 14: /usr/bin/Xwayland (0x5a5623050000+0x36495) [0x5a5623086495]
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE)
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE)
gnome-shell[45831]: Fatal server error:
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE) Caught signal 6 (Aborted). Server aborting
gnome-shell[45831]: (EE)
gnome-shell[3923]: Connection to xwayland lost
pulseaudio[3715]: X11 I/O error handler called
google-chrome.desktop[45806]: [45913:45913:0405/133205.156084:ERROR:connection.cc(61)] X connection error received.
pulseaudio[3715]: X11 I/O error exit handler called, preparing to tear down X11 modules
gnome-shell[3923]: X Wayland crashed; attempting to recover
systemd[3656]: Stopped target GNOME session X11 services.
systemd[3656]: Stopping GNOME XSettings service...
systemd[3656]: org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
gnome-shell[3923]: Using public X11 display :0, (using :1 for managed services)
systemd[3656]: org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
systemd[3656]: Stopped GNOME XSettings service.
systemd[3656]: Stopped target GNOME session X11 services.
systemd[3656]: app-gnome-google\x2dchrome-45799.scope: Consumed 5.204s CPU time.
systemd[3656]: snap.intellij-idea-ultimate.intellij-idea-ultimate-f57e7f9d-943c-4fd7-a013-2536fe031f75.scope: Consumed 26.830s CPU time.

Since Wayland was mentioned in the stack trace I tried disabling it as described here: https://jumpcloud.com/support/troubleshooting-remote-assist-disable-wayland-or-gpu-rendering-for-linux

This only made the problem worse because in addition to all the apps crashing, i now also had to sign back into Ubuntu after the crash.

The new stack trace was quite similar:

intellij-idea-ultimate_intellij-idea-ultimate.desktop[70499]: 2024-04-05 13:59:13,248 [   1792]   WARN - #c.i.s.ComponentManagerImpl - com.intellij.platform.ide.menu.GlobalMenuLinux <clinit> requests com.intellij.openapi.application.Experiments instance. Class initialization must not depend on services. Consider using instance of the service on-demand instead.
intellij-idea-ultimate_intellij-idea-ultimate.desktop[70499]: 2024-04-05 13:59:13,521 [   2065]   WARN - #c.i.e.t.TargetBasedSdks - SDK target configuration data is absent
intellij-idea-ultimate_intellij-idea-ultimate.desktop[70499]: 2024-04-05 13:59:13,526 [   2070]   WARN - #c.i.e.t.TargetBasedSdks - SDK target configuration data is absent
intellij-idea-ultimate_intellij-idea-ultimate.desktop[70499]: 2024-04-05 13:59:13,527 [   2071]   WARN - #c.i.e.t.TargetBasedSdks - SDK target configuration data is absent
intellij-idea-ultimate_intellij-idea-ultimate.desktop[70499]: 2024-04-05 13:59:14,056 [   2600]   WARN - #c.i.u.x.Binding - No accessors for java.awt.Color. This means that state class cannot be serialized properly. Please see https://jb.gg/ij-psoc
intellij-idea-ultimate_intellij-idea-ultimate.desktop[70499]: 2024-04-05 13:59:14,895 [   3439]   WARN - #c.i.s.ComponentManagerImpl - com.github.copilot.platform.state.ToolWindowRegistrationSettings <clinit> requests com.github.copilot.platform.state.ToolWindowRegistrationSettings instance. Class initialization must not depend on services. Consider using instance of the service on-demand in>
systemd[3656]: snap.snapd-desktop-integration.snapd-desktop-integration.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 138.
systemd[3656]: Stopped Service for snap application snapd-desktop-integration.snapd-desktop-integration.
systemd[3656]: Started Service for snap application snapd-desktop-integration.snapd-desktop-integration.
snapd-desktop-i[70805]: Failed to do gtk init. Waiting for a new session with desktop capabilities.
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: malloc(): unaligned tcache chunk detected
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE)
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) Backtrace:
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 0: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (OsLookupColor+0x139) [0x5b8231699ab9]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 1: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__sigaction+0x50) [0x7d49e1a42520]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (pthread_kill+0x12c) [0x7d49e1a969fc]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (raise+0x16) [0x7d49e1a42476]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (abort+0xd3) [0x7d49e1a287f3]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 5: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__fsetlocking+0x426) [0x7d49e1a89676]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (timer_settime+0x2cc) [0x7d49e1aa0cfc]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (malloc+0x33c) [0x7d49e1aa53dc]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 8: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (SetGlyphPicture+0x15d) [0x5b82315f311d]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 9: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (AddTraps+0x347a) [0x5b82315fb8da]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 10: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (SendErrorToClient+0x365) [0x5b8231523635]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 11: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (InitFonts+0x3c4) [0x5b82315276b4]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_init_first+0x90) [0x7d49e1a29d90]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0x80) [0x7d49e1a29e40]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) 14: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (_start+0x25) [0x5b8231510605]
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE)
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE)
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: Fatal server error:
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) Caught signal 6 (Aborted). Server aborting
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE)
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE)
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: #011 at http://wiki.x.org
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]:  for help.
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/jgosar/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log" for additional information.
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE)
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
snapd-desktop-i[70805]: Checking session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_325...
snapd-desktop-i[70805]: Is a desktop session! Forcing a reload.
snapd-desktop-i[70805]: Loop exited. Forcing reload.
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[55967]: (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

/home/jgosar/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log didn't contain any useful info at all

Does anybody have any tips on what else I could try?

Answer 1

It's not IntelliJ problem. Many more apps stopped working today (05.04.2024). It's X11/wayland update. While there's no patch, go back to previous versions (if you are sure nobody has access to your computer - https://auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2024.2065/):

Ubuntu 22.04

cd /tmp
sudo wget https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security-proposed/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/27692766/+files/xserver-xorg-core_21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.8_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-core_21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.8_amd64.deb

sudo wget https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security-proposed/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/27692766/+files/xserver-common_21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.8_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i xserver-common_21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.8_all.deb
sudo wget https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security-proposed/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/27692760/+files/xwayland_22.1.1-1ubuntu0.11_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i xwayland_22.1.1-1ubuntu0.11_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 20.04

sudo wget https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security-proposed/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/27692773/+files/xserver-xorg-core_1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.15_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-core_1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.15_amd64.deb

sudo wget https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security-proposed/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/27692773/+files/xserver-common_1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.15_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i xserver-common_1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.15_all.deb
sudo wget https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security-proposed/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/27692773/+files/xwayland_1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.15_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i xwayland_1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.15_amd64.deb

... and reboot

Update (10.04.2024): Fix is released. You can just "apt upgrade". If you used my solution there can be packages versions error. To make them correct again and back to Ubuntu's original packages execute:

sudo apt update
sudo apt --fix-broken upgrade

Answer 2

I was having similar issues with Android Studio (also based on IntelliJ). My xorg stacktrace seems identical to yours.

In my case, the fix was to change the editor font rendering from Greyscale back to Subpixel. This can be done without starting the IDE, by manually editing the XML configuration:

• For IntelliJ: ~/.config/JetBrains/<your_version>/options/other.xml
• For Android Studio: ~/.config/Google/<your_version>/options/other.xml

In both cases, you need to remove the line that reads:

<option name="editorAAType" value="Greyscale" />

I guess a similar one could be present if you (also) used Greyscale font rendering for the IDE, this was not my case.

Answer 3

artur answer worked for me! (Ubuntu 23.10, fresh upgraded from 22.04 trying to solve that issue).

As I use KDE instead of Gnome, I just bypassed dependency check of xwayland_1.20.13 with libmutter-13-0 using --ignore-depends parameter on dpkg, and it worked after reboot.

dpkg --ignore-depends=libmutter-13-0 -i xwayland_22.1.1-1ubuntu0.11_amd64.deb

Answer 4

I had the same problem with PhpStorm 2024.1.1 on Ubuntu 24.04 that crashed when opening an .md file.

Their official website mentions a workaround: https://rider-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/18686026533394/comments/18843472654994

That workaround worked fine for me. After adding -Dide.browser.jcef.sandbox.enable=false to ~/.config/JetBrains/PhpStorm2024.1/PhpStorm64.vmoptions I was able to open .md files in PhpStorm again.

Answer 5

For Ubuntu 22.04 and IntelliJ 2024.1 changing the antialiasing settings for IDE and Editor worked for me.

The change does not requires to start the IDE, just go in

~/.config/JetBrains/<your_version>/options/other.xml

and remove the lines

<option name="ideAAType" value="Greyscale" />
<option name="editorAAType" value="Greyscale" />

in order to select the default antialiasing (Subpixel)

Answer 6

For manjaro users

I had this issue with xorg-server 21.1.12

downgrading to 21.1.11 helped:

sudo manjaro-downgrade xorg-server 

Answer 7

I know I am a bit late to the party, but here are my two cents.

It seems many people recently have been having the issue described here since last IDEA Ultimate updates (2024.1 and 2024.1.1), that resulted in semi-random crashes when loading/updating the code suggestions popup window that appears when you type code.

If your /var/log/syslog has a line containing OGLTR_DrawGlyphList.part, then maybe, as suggested in the thread, until a permanent fix is released you could try to add the following line to your ~/.config/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2024.1/idea64.vmoptions:

-Dsun.java2d.opengl=false

Hope this helps. It worked for me.

Answer 8

For Ubuntu 23.10 the following helps me to fix the issue(temporary):

1. Go to the XML configuration(for IntelliJ):

   ~/.config/JetBrains/<your_version>/options/other.xml
   

2. And remove exactly two lines:

   <option name="ideAAType" value="Greyscale" />
   <option name="editorAAType" value="Greyscale" />