I have some issues with launching some, but not all, flatpaks.
I tried installing and launching Newsflash (news-flash / news_flash_gtk · GitLab) but it won’t launch.
Previously it worked fine on Linux Mint but now that I use Fedora KDE it doesn’t work.
This issue isn’t just with the Newsflash flatpak application, but with other flatpaks as well.
I tried the following to launch/test/fix it:
Launch from the app menu using the .desktop file - doesn’t work
Launch using flatpak run ... - works
Validate the .desktop file using desktop-file-validate ... - no errors found
Launch using the execution command from the .desktop file in the command-line - works
Run flatpak update - doesn’t work
Reinstall the application - doesn’t work
Run flatpak repair - doesn’t work
Reboot the machine - doesn’t work
So, launching from the command-line works fine and the .desktop file doesn’t seem to be malformed.
Any idea what the issue could be and how to solve it?
.desktop file from Newsflash. Note that the issue isn’t just with Newsflash, I have similar issues with flatpak applications such as Fluentreader.
[Desktop Entry]
Name[sv]=Newsflash
Name=Newsflash
GenericName[de_DE]=RSS-Reader
GenericName[es]=Lector RSS
GenericName[pt_BR]=Leitor RSS
GenericName[uk]=Читанка RSS
GenericName[he]=קורא RSS
GenericName[zh_CN]=RSS 阅读器
GenericName[fr]=Lecteur de flux RSS
GenericName[tr]=RSS Okuyucu
GenericName[ru]=RSS-ридер
GenericName[it]=Lettore RSS
GenericName[fi]=RSS-syötteenlukija
GenericName[pl]=Czytnik RSS
GenericName[hu]=RSS Olvasó
GenericName[nl]=RSS-lezer
GenericName[cs]=Čtečka RSS
GenericName[ar]=قارئ آرإس<U+202A>إس
GenericName[pt]=Leitor RSS
GenericName[zh_Hant]=RSS 閱讀器
GenericName[hi]=RSS पाठक
GenericName[ca]=Lector RSS
GenericName[sv]=RSS Läsare
GenericName=RSS Reader
Comment[de_DE]=Bleiben Sie mit Ihren Feeds auf dem Laufenden
Comment[es]=Manténgase al día con sus canales
Comment[pt_BR]=Acompanhe seus feeds
Comment[uk]=Слідкуйте за вашими стрічками
Comment[he]=התעדכנות בכל ערוצי העדכונים שלך
Comment[zh_CN]=及时跟进您的订阅
Comment[fr]=Tenez vos flux à jour
Comment[tr]=Beslemelerinizi takip edin
Comment[ru]=Следите за своими каналами
Comment[it]=Tieni il passo con i tuoi feed
Comment[fi]=Pysy ajan tasalla syötteiden kanssa
Comment[pl]=Bądź na bieżąco ze swoimi kanałami
Comment[gl]=Mantéñase ao día das súas fontes
Comment[nl]=Blijf op de hoogte van uw feeds
Comment[cs]=Udržujte krok se svými kanály
Comment[pt]=Acompanhe os seus feeds
Comment[zh_Hant]=追蹤您的摘要
Comment[hi]=अपने फीड के साथ बने रहें
Comment[ca]=Manteniu-vos al dia amb les vostres fonts
Comment[sv]=Håll dig uppdaterad på dina feeds
Comment=Keep up with your feeds
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=io.gitlab.news_flash.NewsFlash io.gitlab.news_flash.NewsFlash
Terminal=false
X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;Feed;
Keywords[de_DE]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;Nachrichten;
Keywords[es]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Canal;
Keywords[pt_BR]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;Notícias;
Keywords[uk]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;гном;Стрічка;ГТК;РСС;новини;
Keywords[he]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;ערוץ;הזנה;עדכונים;חדשות;כתבות;כתבה;ידיעה;
Keywords[zh_CN]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;订阅;新闻;
Keywords[fr]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Flux ;
Keywords[tr]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Besleme;
Keywords[ru]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;Канал;
Keywords[it]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;Notizie;
Keywords[fi]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;syöte;
Keywords[pl]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;kanał;
Keywords[hu]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Hírforrás;
Keywords[nl]=GNOME;GTK;RSS;feed;nieuws;
Keywords[cs]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;kanál;
Keywords[ar]=جنوم;جي تي كي;آر إس إس;موجز;
Keywords[pt]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;
Keywords[zh_Hant]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;摘要;
Keywords[hi]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;फीड;
Keywords[ca]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;
Keywords[sv]=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Flöde;
Keywords=Gnome;GTK;RSS;Feed;
Icon=io.gitlab.news_flash.NewsFlash
StartupNotify=true
X-Purism-FormFactor=Workstation;Mobile;
X-Flatpak=io.gitlab.news_flash.NewsFlash
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0 0x00007fd7d7ea6f62 in webkitWebViewSetIsWebProcessResponsive (webView=0x55fa40a5a700, isResponsive=true)
at /buildstream/gnome/sdk/webkitgtk-6.0.bst/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitWebView.cpp:5312
warning: 5312 /buildstream/gnome/sdk/webkitgtk-6.0.bst/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitWebView.cpp: No such file or directory
Both the exact command from .desktop (/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=io.gitlab.news_flash.NewsFlash io.gitlab.news_flash.NewsFlash) and flatpak run io.gitlab.news_flash.NewsFlash work fine.
Okay,
so if I change the value of Exec in the .desktop file to something like flatpak run com.usebottles.bottles it works.
But if I change it to flatpak run io.gitlab.news_flash.NewsFlash it doesn’t work.