28 comments

• Andreas Scharl commented  ·  March 11, 2012 3:20 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Mendeley 1.5-dev2 fixes this and runs with the system's QT 4.8.

  Same here, pre-compiled binary works great! :D

• Klaas commented  ·  March 6, 2012 2:32 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Mendeley 1.5-dev2 fixes this and runs with the system's QT 4.8.

• Anonymous commented  ·  February 13, 2012 10:28 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  thank you it works... --force-bundled-qt

• Moritz commented  ·  February 1, 2012 12:41 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  confirming mendeley with qt 4.8 needs --force-bundled-qt not to crash and opening external files is not possible due to

  since this is default in my distribution (archlinux stable using kde 4.8.0), for me this is annoying

  output:
  ~% mendeleydesktop --force-bundled-qt :(
  Forcing bundled Qt
  Running /opt/mendeleydesktop/bin/..//lib/mendeleydesktop/libexec/mendeleydesktop.x86_64 --force-bundled-qt
  kfmclient: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5: undefined symbol: _ZN10QTableView13doItemsLayoutEv

• ago.sylvain commented  ·  January 30, 2012 1:09 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Just my 2 cts... Shouldn't mendeley be updated to work with qt4.8? Will it come in near future release?

• mdshw5 commented  ·  January 18, 2012 11:58 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  While --force-bundled-qt works fine for launching Mendeley, the "mendeleydesktop.deskop" launcher file for gnome-shell keeps updating every time I append this to the launch action. Does anyone know how to make a persistent gnome3 launcher that will launch Mendeley?

• Vítor Ferreira commented  ·  January 12, 2012 7:43 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  By following the current workaround of —force-bundled-qt command-line argument, I also get a new error when opening any external link like open file externally or open folder. It gives
  kfmclient: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libkdeui.so.5: undefined symbol: _ZN10QTableView13doItemsLayoutEv.
  I have installed all the kdelibs 4.6 and some qt 4.7 libs (the ones corresponding to those bundled with the generic tarball) and the undefined symbols errors are gone. However mendeleydesktop fails to process the desktop file. For example , it finds no service type "Application" or mimetype "application/pdf". In short, I think in run-time qt bundled libs get mixed with kdelibs 4.7 and/or qt 4.8, resulting in several undefined symbol errors.
  The only long-term solution seems to be migrating to qt 4.8.
  Strangely, if I run mendeleydesktop from the terminal (started manually by me), mendeleydesktop somehow manages to open external links and apps without the above errors.

• Anonymous commented  ·  December 22, 2011 6:36 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  To robert.knight
  The link to the 1.3-dev3 (http://www.mendeley.com/download-mendeley-desktop/preview/) sends me back to the 1.3 version... how can I get the x64 1.3-dev3 version?
  Because, with the stable 1.3 version, the --force-bundle-qt command does not work.
  Thanks

• AdminRobert Knight (Admin, Mendeley) commented  ·  November 29, 2011 4:22 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  > As and when I close the terminal the GUI Mendeley goes off

  Use nohup ("no hangup") to prevent terminal programs from being killed when the terminal window is closed. eg:

  nohup ./bin/mendeleydesktop --force-bundled-qt

• neee commented  ·  November 29, 2011 4:11 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Thanks Robert. I could able to open it. But...again there is a small issue. As and when I close the terminal the GUI Mendeley goes off, and when ever I try to open it without internet, I could not able to do that. Please help me...
  Thanks in advance

• AdminRobert Knight (Admin, Mendeley) commented  ·  November 29, 2011 1:57 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Hello neee,

  See my earlier comments. Run Mendeley with the --force-bundled-qt flag on Fedora.

• neee commented  ·  November 28, 2011 6:54 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Can any body help me in this regard...Please I am trying to resolve it since two nights completely....
  [neee@Neee mendeleydesktop-1.3-dev3-linux-i486]$ ./bin/mendeleydesktop
  Using system Qt version 4.8.0 in /usr/lib
  Running /home/niranjan/Desktop/mendeleydesktop-1.3-dev3-linux-i486/bin/..//lib/mendeleydesktop/libexec/mendeleydesktop.i486
  QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.
  loaded the Generic plugin
  QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.
  QSharedPointer: pointer 0xa624058 already has reference counting

  thanks in advance

• AdminRobert Knight (Admin, Mendeley) commented  ·  November 18, 2011 2:06 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Hello BSP - Preview versions can be found at http://www.mendeley.com/download-mendeley-desktop/preview/

• BSP commented  ·  November 17, 2011 6:46 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Sorry but... where can I get the 1.3-dev1 version?

  thanks in advance

• Jennifer commented  ·  November 14, 2011 6:26 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Thanks Robert! it worked!

• Robin L. M. Cheung commented  ·  November 13, 2011 12:31 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  --And now, thanks very much to APJ! I'm going to try that right now!

• APJ commented  ·  November 12, 2011 6:38 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Thanks Salim and Robert. I had to just follow this post after my up gradation to Fedora 16. Mendeley 1.3-dev1 --force-bundled-qt is quite clean.

• AdminRobert Knight (Admin, Mendeley) commented  ·  November 11, 2011 10:51 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Hello Jennifer,

  Please try the 1.3-dev1 preview version. Under 1.1, the bundled Qt is not accompanied by a compatible SSL library.

• Jennifer commented  ·  November 11, 2011 9:33 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  On Fedora 16, using the bundled Qt can get around the library issue, but I could still not access the web with Mendeley. Is that still an bug or if it's my own problem? I'm using static ip configuration.

  Error print outs:

  QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function d2i_X509
  QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function d2i_X509
  QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function SSLv3_client_method
  QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function SSL_CTX_new
  QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function SSL_library_init
  QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function ERR_get_error
  QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function ERR_error_string

• Sebastian commented  ·  November 10, 2011 1:32 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Ah, now it works very well. Thanks Robert!

  On Fedora 16