Cannot insert files in vivaldi mail and gmail

I cannot attach files&documents, the insert button doesn’t respond. All other buttons work properly.
cache, memory cleared, extensions closed.
Anybody an idea?

kernel Linux 61, tried it with 66 and 515 - the same.

I dont know, how long this problem exists, the last mail with attachements is 5 weeks back.
I have a tuxedo OS2 partition on my harddisk - there all works fine.

Hi @scops,

All I can think of is the desktop portal…and I don’t know what DE you’re using. So, please provide the output of:

pamac search --installed desktop-portal

…as well as:

inxi --full --admin --filter --width
tuxedoaura15 ~> pamac search --installed desktop-portal
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk  1.15.1-1                                           extra
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal using GTK
xdg-desktop-portal-gnome  45.1-1                                           extra
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal for the GNOME desktop
    environment
xdg-desktop-portal  1.18.2-1                                               extra
    Desktop integration portals for sandboxed apps

tuxedoaura15 ~> pamac search --installed desktop-portal
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk  1.15.1-1                                           extra
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal using GTK
xdg-desktop-portal-gnome  45.1-1                                           extra
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal for the GNOME desktop
    environment
xdg-desktop-portal  1.18.2-1                                               extra
    Desktop integration portals for sandboxed apps
scops@scops-tuxedoaura15 ~> inxi --full --admin --filter --width
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.71-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: hpet available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=5bcdabfc-1bab-40a2-8056-761cf1a7aa91 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TUXEDO product: TUXEDO Aura 15 Gen1 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: NB01 model: NL5xRU serial: <superuser required> UEFI: INSYDE
    v: 1.07.08TTR3 date: 03/18/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.4/48.3 Wh (79.6%)
    volts: 16.4 min: 15.2 model: Notebook BAT type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP
    arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x8600106
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
    desc: 2x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1400 min/max: 1400/2000 boost: disabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1400 2: 1400 3: 1400
    4: 1400 5: 1400 6: 1400 7: 1400 8: 1400 bogomips: 31949
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: SMT disabled
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir [Radeon RX Vega 6 ] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636 class-ID: 0300 temp: 45.0 C
  Device-2: Bison BisonCam NB Pro driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-4:3 chip-ID: 5986:9102
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15e8 built: 2018
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
    diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
    driver: N/A alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
    snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
    snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 04:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.71-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: cadence,jack_control
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: pipewire-media-session status: active 3: pipewire-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: pan1 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
    lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7e010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 72.77 GiB (31.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO M.2 250GB
    size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 151.14 GiB size: 148.21 GiB (98.06%)
    used: 72.76 GiB (49.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 9.9 MiB (1.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 46.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 332 Uptime: 2h 58m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est.
  available: 15 GiB used: 4.43 GiB (29.6%) Init: systemd v: 255
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: 1808 pm: pacman pkgs: 1756 libs: 448 tools: pamac,paru pm: flatpak
  pkgs: 31 pm: snap pkgs: 21 Shell: fish v: 3.7.0 default: Bash v: 5.2.21
  running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.31

Since you use Xfce:

…try removing that one:

pamac remove xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

…since you’re not using Gnome.

Anything else:

:man_shrugging:

removed - fault persists

And I’m guessing you did reboot? As I said:

frustrating, thanks anyway

No worries. Another option would be ro remove your profile and start at the beginning:

mv ~/.config/vivaldi ~/.config/vivaldi.backup

This will (re)move your profile. Then it’s invisible for Vivaldi and you’ll have to start from scratch.

The last thing I can think of is migrating to another browser. I use Firefox and have absolutely no problems.

even if i use firefox, the problem persists

Then it seems to be something to do with Xfce rather than you browser…you could try resetting it to the default settings. See

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xfce#Troubleshooting

Specifically:

Restore default settings

If for any reason you need to revert back: to the default settings, rename ~/.config/xfce4-session/ and ~/.config/xfce4/

$ mv ~/.config/xfce4-session/ ~/.config/xfce4-session-bak $ mv ~/.config/xfce4/ ~/.config/xfce4-bak

Relogin for changes to take effect. If you get Unable to load a failsafe session upon login, see the #Session failure section.

done, but unfortunately no change.
I have now also asked in the xfce forum, but have not yet received an answer there.

Thank you very much for your efforts - it will be a small thing, but which one?

:man_shrugging:

My next, final and last suggestion is to see if this happens in other apps as well. Both Qt and GTK apps. And if it persists, to test it in a Live environment as well.

But my knowledge has officially ended. a While ago actually…

I have now installed the Snap version of Gmail and something strange is happening. When I click on the insert button, the pop-up window opens, but no files are displayed but rectangles - apparently no font files are found, because the squares match the file names exactly. I can attach a file and send the mail. Do you have any ideas?