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spacefm segmentation fault

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From: Bradley Haggerty <bradigger <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: spacefm segmentation fault
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 13:22:58 -0500

I've just installed spacefm. When I launch it I get a warning about
not having my root editor configured, and then I get a segmentation
fault. Nothing ever appears graphically. I believe these issues are
unrelated, but I can't be sure.

brad <at> kazuki:~/ > spacefm

(spacefm:18027): SpaceFM-WARNING **: 13:01:17.628: No root settings
found in /gnu/store/6drirn0mil0maz1wjzf5q6hhnsdc3hq0-spacefm-1.0.6/etc/spacefm/
 Setting a root editor in Preferences should remove this warning on
startup.   Otherwise commands run as root may present a security risk.
zsh: segmentation fault  spacefm

guix version:
guix (GNU Guix) 355ba48c463a786149cb6bef8396090c0d6d3498

Message #8 received at 36991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bradley Haggerty <bradigger <at> gmail.com>
To: 36991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: spacefm segmentation fault
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 15:34:02 -0500

Just adding some info, I'm using Sway on Wayland. I noticed another
program, pcmanfm-qt was complaining about missing a plugin for wayland
support, so perhaps spacefm needs to support wayland and doesn't
currently.

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From: ison <ison <at> airmail.cc>
To: Bradley Haggerty <bradigger <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36991: spacefm segmentation fault
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 17:50:20 -0600

On Fri, Aug 09, 2019, Bradley Haggerty wrote:
> Just adding some info, I'm using Sway on Wayland. I noticed another
> program, pcmanfm-qt was complaining about missing a plugin for wayland
> support, so perhaps spacefm needs to support wayland and doesn't
> currently.

I also couldn't get spacefm to launch a while ago when I tried
Wayland. However, I notice that the developer has a separate
"spacefm-wayland" repository with a link to an issue on why normal
spacefm doesn't work in Wayland.
It says it's a temporary branch so I suppose eventually spacefm will
support it, but if you want to get it working now you'd probably
have to build from here instead:
https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm-wayland

Message #14 received at 36991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ison <ison <at> airmail.cc>
To: Bradley Haggerty <bradigger <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36991: spacefm segmentation fault
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 23:10:06 -0600

I just discovered that the segmentation fault on wayland can be avoided by
starting spacefm with:
WAYLAND_DISPLAY= spacefm
Hopefully this enables you or anyone else to be able to keep using this
great file browser while on wayland.

Message #19 received at 36991-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: ison <ison <at> airmail.cc>
Cc: 36991-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Bradley Haggerty <bradigger <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#36991: spacefm segmentation fault
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:56:36 -0400

Hello,

ison <ison <at> airmail.cc> writes:

> I just discovered that the segmentation fault on wayland can be avoided by
> starting spacefm with:
> WAYLAND_DISPLAY= spacefm
> Hopefully this enables you or anyone else to be able to keep using this
> great file browser while on wayland.

Thanks for sharing the tip.

As this is a Wayland-specific upstream issue unresolved [0] since 2014,
I'll close this on our side.

[0] https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/issues/412

Thanks for reporting!

Maxim

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