Can you help me troubleshoot a Linux issue?
Have you experienced issues with the Typesetter editor for Typst (or other Flatpak appplications) failing to launch from the desktop menu after logging out and back in? The context is this issue I have on Linux Mint Cinnamon.
I am unsure if it could help, but maybe try `strace flatpak …` to see the syscalls performed, before it crashes or freezes?
@come_744 Thanks for the suggestion.
@amoroso just a shot in the dark as means to get more info, have you tried adding a new user (such that everything about the users environment is created with defaults) and see if it happens also if you use that user account instead?
@thomasmarangoni you were/are a Linux Mint (or was this Manjaro?) & flatpak User, any ideas?
@them An interesting lead, thanks.
Last time i used mint, flatpak didn't exist. But i use flatpak regularly.
Do you get any additional information if you start the application from the command line instead of the desktop menu?
Flatpaks often use DBUS and similar systems, that might not get correctly setup, after relogging in mint.
And as far as I know, mint is still using X11, right?
@thomasmarangoni Yes, Mint is still using X11 by default. I tried starting the application from the command line but, as reported in the linked issue, the additional information doesn't ring any bells.
@amoroso it's often a missing library when things like that happen. if you run it from a shell prompt, you might see some messages about why it's not running.
@burnitdown Thanks, in the linked issue I also reported my command line launch attempts.
@amoroso try launching it from command line to see any error messages it might output.
https://justingarrison.com/blog/2023-03-19-launch-flatpak-app/
@cos Thanks, I tried it as reported in the linked issue.
