#410 4.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 the grip process is uninterruptible

[Dave_AA_MI_US]

Compiled 4.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 with no errors. But when I run grip, it does not display the GUI. If I run it from the console I get no errors. But the process is uninterruptible and I am unable to kill it. I tried V3.7.0 and had the same results. No errors, Process is uninterruptible. This version worked OK with Ubuntu 16.04 so it looks like it is related to something that changed with Ubuntu. But since there are no error messages I have no idea how to troubleshoot this one, Suggestions are welcome...

Attached is the console log:

[Dave_AA_MI_US]

Re: configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing
See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40962711/configure-warning-missing-script-is-too-old-or-missing

Fixed by doing:
$ autoreconf -fi
Before doing:
$ ./configure

Re: config.status: WARNING: 'po/Makefile.in.in' seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting
See: https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.60/html_node/Changed-Directory-Variables.html

Seems to be OK to ignore this warning?

Still hanging on launch. From looking at strace output it seems to be hanging while opening the cdrom: /dev/cdrom

See attached strace output:

[Solbu]

The «po/Makefile.in.in» is indeed not up to date. It is from at least fdar back as 2007, as I can't figure out how to update the gettext version used in grip.

So that warning is indeed safe to ignore.

[Dave_AA_MI_US]

So I decided to try removing the CD drive (it is an external USB CD/DVD/BD-RW drive). When I unplugged the drive it released all of the grip processes that had been in an uninterruptible state. When I plugged the drive back in, it now works properly and I can no longer replicate the problem.

So I am not sure where the problem is. Maybe a driver issue? I will post an update if I have the problem again and can figure out how to replicate it...

For the record, the following is from dmesg when the drive was plugged back in:

[2778422.881125] usb 1-8: new high-speed USB device number 46 using xhci_hcd
[2778423.074275] usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=0567, bcdDevice= 4.04
[2778423.074281] usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[2778423.074284] usb 1-8: Product: JMS579
[2778423.074287] usb 1-8: Manufacturer: JMicron
[2778423.074290] usb 1-8: SerialNumber: B9914111312
[2778423.085865] usb-storage 1-8:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[2778423.086225] usb-storage 1-8:1.0: Quirks match for vid 152d pid 0567: 5000000
[2778423.086482] scsi host5: usb-storage 1-8:1.0
[2778424.126978] scsi 5:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST BD-RE  WH10LS30  1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[2778424.168830] sr 5:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[2778424.169576] sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[2778424.169778] sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5