flatpak apps not working as items

[iomari]

Short Summary

Greetings,
When I have an item like "flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP//beta", the menu never executes them.
No error, ti just does not execute flatpak apps.
BTW, this happens with all flatpak apps that I try .

I'm using kubuntu 24.10 and kando 1.5.1

Steps to Reproduce the Issue

1. Open the editor by using the tray icon
2. Create a menu item with a flatpak app to execute
3. call up kando menu and try to execute the item.
   ...

Kando Version

v1.5.1

Installation Method

Another method (specify in the comments below)

Desktop Environment

KDE on X11

Environment Version

Kubuntu 24.10

Additional Information

I installed kando 1.5.1 directly from the deb kando_1.5.1_amd64.deb file in kubuntu.

[Schneegans]

Hi there! I cannot reproduce this on my end. Flatpaks just run fine for me. There used to be #552, but this is fixed now.

Have you tried running Kando from a terminal? Maybe some error is printed there?

[iomari]

I ran it from the command line and thee's no error when I run a flatpak app. It just doesn't launch.

[Schneegans]

I tried this now even with the beta GIMP build and it just works fine for me. So I think it's a configuration issue of your system which will be very hard to debug. I would suggest the following:

1. Run env in the terminal where the command works, copy the output to somewhere.
2. Add a Run Command item to Kando and make it open a terminal. For instance xterm.
3. Execute this action to open the terminal.
4. Try to run the flatpak from in there. It should fail.
5. Run env in the new terminal and compare the output to the output from the first terminal. Figure out the exact details. If there's any path different, it could make the flatpak fail.

[iomari]

OK, after much probing, it seems that it's not that the flatpak apps won't launch, they launch literally about 20 minutes after I click them.
The other day I was wondering why an app opened on my desktop for no reason. Only to discover that it was the app I tried to launch from kando 20 minutes ago..
Does this sound like something that can be resolved?

[Schneegans]

That is... weird. Could you try what I outlined above? Maybe this gives a hint...

[iomari]

greetings,
this is getting stranger.
When I run xterm -e "/usr/bin/flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP//beta" from the command line, xterm opens then it runs gimp.
Bu when I use the same command in xando and execute it, xterm opens with to a black screen with the cursor flashing.

[iomari]

Issue still there even after updating to 1.7.
I do notice though that the app shows when I list processes but the it doesn't load it's interface.