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VlinkZ
April 30, 2024, 8:59pm
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Reason: I like GNOME
Experience: I’ve developed Libadwaita apps for GNOME and therefore have some experience packaging them. I also have experience debugging GDM, gnome-shell, and flatpak
NixOS:master
← vlinkz:flatpak_fix2
opened 06:10AM - 23 Mar 23 UTC
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Fixes #138956
At the moment, flatpak packages containing the line `DBusActivatable=true` fail to launch from both the app menu or via the `gtk-launch` command. (For example [`org.gnome.design.Palette`](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.design.Palette))
`journalctl` output:
```
Mar 22 13:06:49 snowflakeos systemd[10420]: dbus-:1.1-org.gnome.design.Palette@0.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning flatpak: No such file or directory
░░ Subject: Process flatpak could not be executed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░
░░ The process flatpak could not be executed and failed.
░░
░░ The error number returned by this process is ERRNO.
```
###### Things done
Added a patch to flatpak that defaults to `/run/current-system/sw/bin/flatpak` if the `FLATPAK_BINARY` variable is not found.
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3 Likes
I could lend a hand with GNOME stuff—my uncle’s a Linux nerd/dev and he’s taught me tons.
Are we planning to fork the entire NixOS modules system, including that cool dconf module from 23.11? If that’s the case, we’ve got a solid shot at crafting some truly delightful default experiences that could really make Aux stand out
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Reason: I do like GNOME
Experience: I created a few GNOME apps and packages them in nixpkgs