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After migrating from sysV to systemd, it has been impossible to launch Opera and Google Chrome (google-chrome-dev); they just hang and close. All other applications seem to work as before. This is on Arch Linux x86_64 with KDE4. I have tried reinstalling the browsers, and even the entire KDE4, to no avail. Does anyone have a solution?

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What happens when you run them from konsole? I'm also on arch and all three work fine. – lynxlynxlynx Sep 5 '12 at 18:28
From Konsole, with Google Chrome, I get:"Interrupted (SIGABRT)"; with Opera I get nothing. They are not even trying to start, as opposed to starting them from GUI, where they hang for a while before closing. I suspect I have done something wrong during the migration, I just can't seem to figure out what :) – paulun Sep 5 '12 at 19:11
I only have daemons left in rc.conf, but from what I understand that should not be a problem(?). Perhaps I am missing enabling a *.service? – paulun Sep 5 '12 at 19:20
They're normal apps, so it would be horrible if this was related to init. Are you sure this is the only thing that changed? – lynxlynxlynx Sep 5 '12 at 20:52
Try in another account, preferably one that doesn't use KDE. Can you launch these applications? – Gilles Sep 5 '12 at 22:22
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The problem is solved, but I don't know what fixed it. It could be several new package upgrades or that I worked more on the systemd migration, i.e. enabling more *.service files and what not. Both Opera and Google Chrome now start and run as before. Many thanks to all who responded!

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