Telegram could not start, you can see complete log below (home directory: toghrol):
<code>[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Launched version: 5002003, install beta: [FALSE], alpha: 0, debug mode: [FALSE]
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Executable dir: /app/bin/, name: telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Initial working dir: /home/toghrol/
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Working dir: /home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Command line: /app/bin/telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Executable path before check: /app/bin/telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Logs started
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] App ID: org.telegram.desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Connecting local socket to 00ba8401d3abd99e18df88f0173b12bd-TelegramDesktop...
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Socket connect error 0, starting server and app...
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Could not copy '/home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log_start1.txt' to '/home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log.txt' to start new logging: Cannot create /home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log.txt for output: No such file or directory
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Executable path before check: /app/bin/telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] FATAL: Could not move logging to '/home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log.txt'!
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<code>[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Launched version: 5002003, install beta: [FALSE], alpha: 0, debug mode: [FALSE]
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Executable dir: /app/bin/, name: telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Initial working dir: /home/toghrol/
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Working dir: /home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Command line: /app/bin/telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Executable path before check: /app/bin/telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Logs started
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] App ID: org.telegram.desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Connecting local socket to 00ba8401d3abd99e18df88f0173b12bd-TelegramDesktop...
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Socket connect error 0, starting server and app...
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Could not copy '/home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log_start1.txt' to '/home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log.txt' to start new logging: Cannot create /home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log.txt for output: No such file or directory
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Executable path before check: /app/bin/telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] FATAL: Could not move logging to '/home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log.txt'!
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[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Launched version: 5002003, install beta: [FALSE], alpha: 0, debug mode: [FALSE]
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Executable dir: /app/bin/, name: telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Initial working dir: /home/toghrol/
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Working dir: /home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Command line: /app/bin/telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Executable path before check: /app/bin/telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Logs started
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] App ID: org.telegram.desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Connecting local socket to 00ba8401d3abd99e18df88f0173b12bd-TelegramDesktop...
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Socket connect error 0, starting server and app...
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Could not copy '/home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log_start1.txt' to '/home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log.txt' to start new logging: Cannot create /home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log.txt for output: No such file or directory
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] Executable path before check: /app/bin/telegram-desktop
[2024.07.16 16:47:17] FATAL: Could not move logging to '/home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/log.txt'!
seems to be related to file permissions or missing directories.
I’ve tried…
- creating the missing directory
mkdir -p /home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/
- checking permissions
chmod -R 755 /home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/
- checking ownership
chown -R toghrol:toghrol /home/toghrol/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/data/TelegramDesktop/
- reinstalling telegram
this is a flatpak version of telegram-desktop (I removed snap entirely). However I reinstalled
the application and still this occurs.
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