Bug 428381

Summary:	[Wayland] Timeshift not launching
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Avinash Mishra <avinashrocks1990>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.20.2
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Manjaro
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Avinash Mishra 2020-10-28 10:35:06 UTC

SUMMARY
Unable to launch timeshift in wayland session.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start plasma-wayland
2. launch timeshift and enter password
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Timeshift was not launched

EXPECTED RESULT
Timeshift should be launched

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2020-10-28 12:50:57 UTC

1) what is timeshift

2) Is there anything that suggests plasma is at fault?

Comment 2 Avinash Mishra 2020-10-28 14:04:57 UTC

1. Timeshift is a backup utility
2. It works fine with plasma X session
3. Doesn't work with plasma Wayland session

Comment 3 David Edmundson 2020-10-28 14:44:09 UTC

Can you run  from a terminal

WAYLAND_DEBUG=1 timeshift

Comment 4 Avinash Mishra 2020-10-28 14:51:55 UTC

No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(timeshift-gtk:3811): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:19:52.010: cannot open display: :1

Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2020-11-12 04:33:37 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
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Comment 6 Christoph Feck 2020-11-23 13:41:31 UTC

New information was added with comment 4; changing status for inspection.

Comment 7 David Edmundson 2020-12-01 23:52:09 UTC

Can you confirm xterm or another simple X application works correctly?

Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2020-12-16 04:34:07 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please
mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is
ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 9 Avinash Mishra 2020-12-16 06:05:36 UTC

After recent updates, i'm able to launch the application. There's seems be some issues but i need to check if the issue is with application or it's due to wayland compatibility.

Comment 10 David Edmundson 2020-12-16 11:46:02 UTC

glad to hear it