Tried again and realised that there were messages in apport.log. Also a crash report, attached.
ERROR: apport (pid 5620) Sat May 23 09:38:36 2020: called for pid 5129, signal 11, core limit 0, dump mode 1 ERROR: apport (pid 5620) Sat May 23 09:38:36 2020: executable: /usr/bin/gtk-gnutella (command line "/usr/bin/gtk-gnutella --child") ERROR: apport (pid 5620) Sat May 23 09:38:36 2020: gdbus call error: Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ERROR: apport (pid 5620) Sat May 23 09:38:36 2020: debug: session gdbus call: ERROR: apport (pid 5620) Sat May 23 09:38:39 2020: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_gtk-gnutella.1000.crash ERROR: apport (pid 6190) Sat May 23 09:38:45 2020: called for pid 5629, signal 11, core limit 0, dump mode 1 ERROR: apport (pid 6190) Sat May 23 09:38:45 2020: executable: /usr/bin/gtk-gnutella (command line "/usr/bin/gtk-gnutella --child") ERROR: apport (pid 6190) Sat May 23 09:38:45 2020: gdbus call error: Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ERROR: apport (pid 6190) Sat May 23 09:38:45 2020: debug: session gdbus call: ERROR: apport (pid 6190) Sat May 23 09:38:45 2020: apport: report /var/crash/_usr_bin_gtk-gnutella.1000.crash already exists and unseen, doing nothing to avoid disk usage DoS ERROR: apport (pid 6991) Sat May 23 09:38:50 2020: called for pid 6194, signal 11, core limit 0, dump mode 1 ERROR: apport (pid 6991) Sat May 23 09:38:50 2020: executable: /usr/bin/gtk-gnutella (command line "/usr/bin/gtk-gnutella --child") ERROR: apport (pid 6991) Sat May 23 09:38:50 2020: gdbus call error: Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ERROR: apport (pid 6991) Sat May 23 09:38:50 2020: debug: session gdbus call: ERROR: apport (pid 6991) Sat May 23 09:38:50 2020: apport: report /var/crash/_usr_bin_gtk-gnutella.1000.crash already exists and unseen, doing nothing to avoid disk usage DoS ERROR: apport (pid 7705) Sat May 23 09:38:54 2020: called for pid 6995, signal 11, core limit 0, dump mode 1 ERROR: apport (pid 7705) Sat May 23 09:38:54 2020: executable: /usr/bin/gtk-gnutella (command line "/usr/bin/gtk-gnutella --child") ERROR: apport (pid 7705) Sat May 23 09:38:54 2020: gdbus call error: Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ERROR: apport (pid 7705) Sat May 23 09:38:54 2020: debug: session gdbus call: ERROR: apport (pid 7705) Sat May 23 09:38:54 2020: apport: report /var/crash/_usr_bin_gtk-gnutella.1000.crash already exists and unseen, doing nothing to avoid disk usage DoS ERROR: apport (pid 8550) Sat May 23 09:39:00 2020: called for pid 7710, signal 11, core limit 0, dump mode 1 ERROR: apport (pid 8550) Sat May 23 09:39:00 2020: executable: /usr/bin/gtk-gnutella (command line "/usr/bin/gtk-gnutella --child") ERROR: apport (pid 8550) Sat May 23 09:39:00 2020: gdbus call error: Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ERROR: apport (pid 8550) Sat May 23 09:39:00 2020: debug: session gdbus call: ERROR: apport (pid 8550) Sat May 23 09:39:00 2020: apport: report /var/crash/_usr_bin_gtk-gnutella.1000.crash already exists and unseen, doing nothing to avoid disk usage DoS ** Attachment added: "_usr_bin_gtk-gnutella.1000.crash" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk-gnutella/+bug/1878185/+attachment/5375827/+files/_usr_bin_gtk-gnutella.1000.crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878185 Title: gtk-gnutella does not start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk-gnutella/+bug/1878185/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs