Trouble loading my vault (Linux)

[benshead]

Things I have tried

When I launch Obsidian (1.0.0), I see the progress bar and an error “An error occurred while loading Obsidian. TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘on’)”

When I click “Reload app” nothing changes

When I open the Developer Console (ctrl-shift-i) and go to console, I see the following error:

Restarting the computer doesn’t seem to help.

I’ve searched this forum and found one reference to a similar problem that involved a plugin, but this error doesn’t seem to point to a specific plugin.

What I’m trying to do

I’m hoping to be able to open my vault without blowing away the install and starting fresh. I have my vault backed up (and synced) so If that is what it takes it will be okay.

Thanks in advance for any help!!

[Olondre]

I think you have auto updates enabled and you are on version 1.0.1 (Insider Build).
Someone posted the same problem earlier. The Devs are aware of this.

Obsidian 1.0.1 won't start

You are not the only one facing this problem. The problem has been reported to the developers already. In your case, I would recommend to delete (again) your .config/obsidian folder (it should already be enough to delete the “obsidian-1.0.1.asar” file - at least this worked for me), restart obsidian and temporarily deactivate “automatic updates” and “get insider builds”. What is more, I would strongly recommend to update your installer version to 1.0.0!

[Craig]

Hi @benshead , there was a problem with 1.0.1 on Linux. 1.0.2 has fixed the problem for me.

Please see this post for how to upgrade if you’re in a broken 1.0.1 state:

Obsidian 1.0.1 won't start

Hotfix v1.0.2 is out - quoting Licat from Discord: If you’re on 1.0.1 Linux and it errors out when you boot the app, quit the app entirely and restart. If it’s not fixed then wait 5 minutes and quit and restart again - it should automatically update to 1.0.2 with the crash fix!

[benshead]

Woohoo! Thanks so much @Olondre and @Craig! I just restarted and all is well again.