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
1) what is timeshift 2) Is there anything that suggests plasma is at fault?
1. Timeshift is a backup utility 2. It works fine with plasma X session 3. Doesn't work with plasma Wayland session
Can you run from a terminal WAYLAND_DEBUG=1 timeshift
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
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Can you confirm xterm or another simple X application works correctly?
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.
glad to hear it