torbrowser script bug on whonix disposable vm

Hello,
this happened today for the first time. I launched torbrowser (hardened version) from a whonix-ws disposable-vm terminal but i keep getting this output:

> user@host:~$ torbrowser
> [ERROR] [torbrowser] ###########################################################
> ## torbrowser script bug.
> ## No panic. Nothing is broken. Just some rare condition
> ## has been hit. Try again later. There is likely a
> ## solution for this problem. Please see the Whonix News,
> ## Whonix User Help Forum and Whonix Documentation.
> ## https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tor_Browser
> ## Please report this bug!
> ##
> ## BASH_COMMAND: "$tb_browser_folder/Browser/start-tor-browser" --allow-remote "$@"
> ## exit_code: 134
> ##
> ## output: /usr/lib/msgcollector/msgcollector
> ## output_opts: --icon /usr/share/icons/anon-icon-pack/tbupdate.ico --parentpid 1640 --identifier torbrowser --parenttty /dev/pts/0 --whoami user
> ## progressbaridx: 
> ##
> ## Experts only:
> ## bash -x torbrowser
> ###########################################################

The only changes i have made were some dom0 and Fedora 24 updates.

Non-ideal tb-starter error message, which will be improved in Whonix 14. It means that Tor Browser existed with code 134.

To analyze this further, please open a DispVM konsole. (As per Qubes Disposables)

Then try to manually start Tor Browser.

cd ~/.tb/tor-browser
./start-tor-browser.desktop

Thank you for the answer.
Anyway it looks like it fixed itself without doing anything. Launched it from the console without any errors. If it will happen again i will try your tip.

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