Public bug reported: I think this is related: https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/168
moorepants@garuda:sympy-paper(physics)$ jabref log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.java.plugin.ObjectFactory). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info. Found 2 plugin(s): - net.sf.jabref.core (jar:file:/usr/share/jabref/JabRef-2.10.jar!/plugins/net.sf.jabref.core/plugin.xml) - net.sf.jabref.export.misq (jar:file:/usr/share/jabref/JabRef-2.10.jar!/plugins/net.sf.jabref.export.misq/plugin.xml) java: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. moorepants@garuda:sympy-paper(physics)$ aptitude show jabref Package: jabref State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 2.10+ds-4 Priority: optional Section: universe/tex Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 4,577 k Depends: antlr, antlr3, default-jre (>= 2:1.6) | java6-runtime, java-wrappers, libcommons-logging-java, libglazedlists-java, libjempbox-java (>= 1:1.5.0), libjgoodies-common-java (>= 1.4.0), libjgoodies-forms-java (>= 1.6.0), libjgoodies-looks-java (>= 2.4.0), libjpf-java, libjpfcodegen-java, libmicroba-java, libmysql-java, libpdfbox-java (>= 1:1.5.0), libpostgresql-jdbc-java, libspin-java, velocity Recommends: xdg-utils, libreoffice-java-common, libreoffice-writer Suggests: gv | postscript-viewer, xpdf-reader | pdf-viewer Breaks: jabref-plugin-oo (< 2.9~beta1-1~), jabref-plugin-oo (< 2.9~beta1-1~) Description: graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases moorepants@garuda:sympy-paper(physics)$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 15.10 Release: 15.10 Homepage: http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ ** Affects: jabref (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1570068 Title: Jabref fails to open on Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jabref/+bug/1570068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs