Gtk: Locale not supported by C library Ubuntu 18.04

[nezirz]

• VSCode Version: 1.25.1-1531323788 from snap store and also 1.26.0-1533299573 code insider
• OS Version: 18.04 Ubuntu

Visual Studio Code can't run in Ubuntu 18.04

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Run VSCode by Icon click or by terminal
2. On Ubuntu 18.04 top left status bar shows VSCode name and loader on right side

Its like loading for few seconds and disappears.
Tried also terminal "code --verbose" and I am getting:

[21145:0803/201806.581982:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(279)] Gtk: Locale not supported by C library.
	Using the fallback 'C' locale.
[21145:0803/201806.691202:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(279)] Gtk: GModule (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ibus.so) initialization check failed: GLib version too old (micro mismatch)
[21145:0803/201806.691216:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(279)] Gtk: Loading IM context type 'ibus' failed
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:00.0/resource: No such file or directory

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

[dchasanidis]

I'm guessing you installed it as root with anaconda. Check this here, I had the same problem.

https://askubuntu.com/a/1065131/734585

Basically you delete the /home/user/.config/Code folder because it has root privileges and then start vscode again. It worked in my situation

[peon501]

Visual Studio Code works perfectly in Ubuntu 18.04. I have Ubuntu 18.04.

[nezirz]

@dimchasani you are the man!
Problem solved after delete home/user/Code directory and ubuntu restart. Both versions work well vscode official stable and insider.
Thank you!

[nezirz]

hmmm again problem with running visual studio code with latest update.
When using code --verbose in terminal getting this error: pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:00.0/resource: No such file or directory

tried with previous solution with deleting /home/user/.config/Code and nothing.
Still cant run visual studio code in Ubuntu 18.04

[nezirz]

Its really weird after second restart it works.