Slow first launch for some GTK apps (again)

[nwg-piotr]

• Sway Version:

  • 1.6.1
  • 1.6-4cdc4ac6
  • 1.6-8d0a84f3

• Debug Log

• Configuration File:

  • default, and also my customized, that used to work so far, including this solution

• Description:

  • After yesterday's Arch update it looks as if Slow launch for (some) GTK apps #5732 reappeared. First launch of e.g. mousepad, thunderbird, nwggrid takes ages. Having launched one of above once, I no longer have to wait while launching any GTK app.

[nwg-piotr]

From Alexays/Waybar#1266 - removing xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and gnome-keyring actually seems to help.

[oscarpax]

FWIW, removing xdg-desktop-portal-wlr and xdg-desktop-portal did the trick for me. I did not have to remove gnome-keyring

[nwg-piotr]

removing xdg-desktop-portal-wlr and xdg-desktop-portal did the trick for me

Confirmed on my laptop (one of) as well.

[progandy]

This may be fixed in the xdg-desktop-portal git master ? flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal#636

[nwg-piotr]

Let's see. I don't really need xdg-desktop-portal on my main machine.

[t-8ch]

FYI the issues linked by @progandy fixes the issue for me.

[WhyNotHugo]

See this comment for a hypothesis of what might be up -> Alexays/Waybar#1266 (comment)

[aragon999]

Thanks @progandy installing the current git version of xdg-desktop-portal fixed the issue for me.

[nwg-piotr]

installing the current git version of xdg-desktop-portal fixed the issue

Very true. Closing.

[AzP]

My system has been working fine with the previously recommended fixes, but recently it started acting up again with the delays when starting Waybar and other GTK-dependent applications.

After much searching I've found that there seems to be a new issue in gtk-desktop-portal and perhaps gtk-desktop-portal-gnome, where the latter doesn't start properly if it is unable to find a running Mutter.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2176759
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome/-/issues/74

Just mentioning it here, so others are able to find out about it. There seems to be fixes coming in.

I was able to work around the problem for now by just removing xdg-desktop-portal-gnome from my system.