Link in flatpak apps won't open on click since anymore last update

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Hi everyone,
I use some flatpak apps to chat with people (Discord, Zapzap for Whatsapp).
Since last update links won’t open when I click on them in app.

Launching these apps from terminal show me errors when I click on links :

Failed to call portal: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: L?interface ??org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI?? n?existe pas pour l?objet ? l?emplacement /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop

(“interface org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI doesn’t exist for the object or location /org/freedesktop/portal/dekstop”)

I thought it would be connected to xdg-portal, but I have packages installed

$ pamac search --installed xdg-desktop-portal
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk  1.14.1-3                                                                                   extra
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal using GTK
xdg-desktop-portal  1.18.0-2                                                                                       extra
    Desktop integration portals for sandboxed apps

I use Manjaro Xfce.

Does anyone has an idea? Thank you

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What is the output of

pacman -Qs portal

Nevermind, you already checked. :wink:

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Same as pamac search --installed xdg-dekstop-portal :

$ pacman -Qs portal
local/xdg-desktop-portal 1.18.0-2
    Desktop integration portals for sandboxed apps
local/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 1.14.1-3
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal using GTK
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Have you attempted to remove these, and install updated versions (if they are available)?

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I have last versions installed, these are not the only applications affected by the problem, I took these two ones as example.

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I don’t use flatpak; I prefer appimage, if I ever need to, so I’m likely no help in this instance.

What happens if you restart the portals?:

systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal
systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
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Are they running ?

systemctl --user status xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk xdg-document-portal
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OK. This was a dead-end:

Is dumping Flatpak entirely, an option?

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This is likely caused by the recent updates to xdg-desktop-portal and xdg-desktop-portal-gtk. Downgrading those packages to the previous versions (xdg-desktop-portal-1.16.0-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst and xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.14.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst) should restore the ability to click links.

Lots of discussion in [Xdg-desktop-portal upgrade breaks GTK apps] but I haven’t had a chance to try to sort it all out.

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OK looks that xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service is inactive

$ systemctl --user status xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk xdg-document-portal
● xdg-desktop-portal.service - Portal service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-desktop-portal.service; static)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2023-10-17 18:35:39 CEST; 3h 14min ago
   Main PID: 2211 (xdg-desktop-por)
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 27388)
     Memory: 7.8M
        CPU: 183ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/xdg-desktop-portal.service
             └─2211 /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal

oct. 17 18:35:39 michael-20ygcto1ww systemd[1950]: Starting Portal service...
oct. 17 18:35:39 michael-20ygcto1ww xdg-desktop-por[2211]: No skeleton to export
oct. 17 18:35:39 michael-20ygcto1ww systemd[1950]: Started Portal service.

○ xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service - Portal service (GTK/GNOME implementation)
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service; static)
     Active: inactive (dead)

● xdg-document-portal.service - flatpak document portal service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-document-portal.service; static)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2023-10-17 18:35:39 CEST; 3h 14min ago
   Main PID: 2223 (xdg-document-po)
      Tasks: 9 (limit: 27388)
     Memory: 5.6M
        CPU: 111ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/xdg-document-portal.service
             ├─2223 /usr/lib/xdg-document-portal
             └─2266 fusermount3 -o rw,nosuid,nodev,fsname=portal,auto_unmount,subtype=portal -- /run/user/1000/doc

oct. 17 18:35:39 michael-20ygcto1ww systemd[1950]: Starting flatpak document portal service...
oct. 17 18:35:39 michael-20ygcto1ww systemd[1950]: Started flatpak document portal service.
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In that case give it a restart

systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service

If it is continually failing to start after boot then maybe we can investigate that as the issue.

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Might not be way due to Wayland in my case (anyway the post you reference also reports that issue happen with X11)

In my case

$ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
x11
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ok thank you. The service is restarting with the command, but

  • clicking on links from flatpak apps still doesn’t work, even if I quit the the flatpak application and restart it
  • service xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service is killed as soon as I quit my X11 session, then when I come back to a new X11 session I have to manually restart the service with the command you typed here
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Should this not be:

systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal.service

As I understand it, xdg-desktop-portal-gtk is a backend, that is loaded/used by xdg-desktop-portal as needed; unless I’m mistaken; and that’s possible, as I haven’t needed to explore this area until these recent issues arose.

XDG Desktop Portal

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It should be started automatically.
But it should also be running.

Example here:

$ systemctl --user status plasma-xdg-desktop-portal-kde.service
● plasma-xdg-desktop-portal-kde.service - Xdg Desktop Portal For KDE
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/plasma-xdg-desktop-portal-kde.service; static)
     Active: active (running) since 10h ago
   Main PID: 1240 (xdg-desktop-por)
      Tasks: 7 (limit: 16537)
     Memory: 20.2M
        CPU: 973ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/plasma-xdg-desktop-portal-kde.service
             └─1240 /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-kde

 systemd[1067]: Starting Xdg Desktop Portal For KDE...
 systemd[1067]: Started Xdg Desktop Portal For KDE.

(so its been running since boot, as it should be … also obviously KDE here instead)

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both packages were upgraded in september, and since upgrade everything worked fine until last OS update, so I doubt it’s connected with the packages versions.

[2023-10-09T19:06:32+0200] [ALPM] upgraded xdg-desktop-portal-gtk (1.14.1-1 -> 1.14.1-3)
[2023-10-09T19:06:32+0200] [ALPM] upgraded xdg-desktop-portal (1.16.0-3 -> 1.18.0-2)

I tried to downgrade xdg-destkop-portal-gtk tough but issue still persists

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I’ve learned that flatpak devs seem to have been wrestling with this issue for over five years, without any definitive outcome (See link at my post #9).

The issue was closed on September 11, 2003, with the final resolution equating to not much more than a shrug of the shoulders. :man_shrugging: :person_shrugging: :woman_shrugging:

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I ran into this issue too on a new Manjaro Cinnamon install. Spend 4 hours, tried all the tricks and checked all the checks… and finally found a solution thanks to this Github comment.

I ran /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal --verbose --replace

and for good measure right after that

I ran /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk --verbose --replace

and that fixed the problem for me. So maybe only the first command is enough to fix the issue :wink:

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xfce here too, same issue

Failed to call portal: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Nenhuma interface ?org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI? no objeto no caminho /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop

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@vi.o.vini
Did you try the commands in the @muvvenby post (scroll up)?