Appimage disappears one second after opening

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What I’m trying to do

I am trying to open a new instance of obsidian from a fresh Appimage from the Obsidian.md site.

Things I have tried

I have right-clicked and edited the AppImage settings so I can (supposedly) execute the loader, and I have told it to open in Obsidian, which I selected from the dropdown.

BUT when I try to open in Obsidian I get a beautiful black and purple with writing on it that disappears in a second. Then nothing further happens…

BTW…I am running Ubuntu linus 17.10

Thanks for your help

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What do you mean by “open in obsidian”? The AppImage actually is obsidian. Right-click the AppImage, go to “Properties”, select “Execute file as programme” (I’m on a German desktop, the English translations might vary slightly…).

After that, just double-click the AppImage and obsidian should open. Or, even better, establish a desktop starter for obsidian, thus it will appear in your applications menu (if you don’t know how to establish a desktop starter: search the web or even this forum - I think I remember there was some guidance in the forum a while ago…).

And by the way: I strongly recommend to install a more up-to-date ubuntu version (22.04 LTS for example) - yours isn’t supported anymore since 5 years! Means that you run the risk of severe security vulnerabilities; furthermore, for many apps the more recent versions won’t be really supported…

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Thanks for getting back to me.

I have done all the things you refernce in paragraph 2…repeatedly. Obsidian presents a spalash screen then immediately closes. :hot_face:

Any ideas?

Yeah, It’s an old version of ubuntu. I’m trying to revive an old Dell E5510.

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Have you tried installing the debian package? That’s what I use on Ub 20. I don’t like fiddling with the AppImage.

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Good thought. Worked like a charm…and closed immediately upon launching.

Grrr.

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Don’t know from here. Maybe 32/64 bit dependency issue? You know better from where you’re sitting. Just a thought, again.

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What I’m trying to do

Down load Obsidian to ubuntu

Things I have tried

Repeatedly ran routine process with the same negative outcome.

###Commentary

Trying to download Obsidian to Linux using AppImage fromObsidian. AppImage downloads correctly, allows me to edit to check executable permission and to select app to open (Obsidian); even leaves the right icon on Ubuntu desktop. But when I douple click icon to run; Obsidian front end opens just like you’d expect…then abruptly closes for no apprarent reason. Most infuriating…

Any ideas?

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Try to open the AppImage from the terminal. What does it say?

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