Solved pcmanfm + can't save files - related to gtk update

talsamon · Aug 6, 2015

After updated to glib-2.44.1 cairo-1.14.2,2 gobject-introspection-1.44.0 atk-2.16.0 gdk-pixbuf2-2.31.5 adwaita-icon-theme-3.16.2.1 libsoup-gnome-2.50.0 gtk3-3.16.6 at-spi2-atk-2.16.0 at-spi2-core-2.16.0 gdk-pixbuf2-2.31.5 and some other packages pcmanfm don't start anymore.
Can't save or download files with Firefox, midori, thunderbird and all editors. (freezes). (able to download and save files on the commandline). No error messages if I try start pcmanfm from commandline, or try save with an editor something which is started on commandline (freezes also).

(FreeBSD-10.1 amd64, windowmanager fvwm-crystal (fvwm 2.6.5)
Don't know which package cause this.

talsamon · Aug 6, 2015

found PR 202128.
Seems a problem with the file chooser.

talsamon · Aug 6, 2015

Solved with a temporary workaround PR 202128.

willbprog127 · Aug 8, 2015

You know, I'm sick of the devel/glib20 problems! I have had crashes, aborts and the like for who knows how long (see PR 199872 and https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739424 for example).

I don't believe this is even a FreeBSD ports maintainer problem, it's upstream, and because BSD, OpenIndiana and Solaris are low-priority, the kqueue-gio nonsense still hasn't been adequately resolved.

talsamon · Aug 8, 2015

I also think so. But I was sure the maintainer or someone of the community will find quicker a solution than gnome.org.

talsamon · Aug 8, 2015

Filed a PR on gnome.org. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753378.

talsamon · Aug 8, 2015

But: (PR 199873)

Code:

Glib 2.45.x has a fix for this problem. But since it quite deep, it will not be backported to the 2.44.x series

...

I don't know if it's better, but maybe it is necessarily to switch all this programs/ports from gtk2 to gtk3 or bump the portversion of devel/glib20 to 2.45.x..

willbprog127 · Aug 8, 2015

talsamon said:
But: (PR 199873)
I don't know if it's better, but maybe it is necessarily to switch all this programs/ports from gtk2 to gtk3 or bump the portversion of devel/glib20 to 2.45.x..

I don't use ports, but pkgng. I guess I have to 'downgrade' to Linux until, one day, these issues are resolved. Stinks because the FreeBSD experience should be a lot better than Linux.

talsamon · Aug 8, 2015

I guess I have to 'downgrade' to Linux

Why ? With this temporary workaround it works. As filemanager you can use xfe (works without gtk).

willbprog127 · Aug 9, 2015

talsamon said:
Why ? With this temporary workaround it works. As filemanager you can use xfe (works without gtk).

Thanks for the xfe idea. I actually went ahead and installed that and it's meeting my needs, but I absolutely must have Firefox and Thunderbird working correctly for my business needs, and right now they are not.

EDIT: Oh, and I need Gimp working too...and it's not. That's a lot of 'core' packages that are essentially non-functional.

talsamon · Aug 9, 2015

or bump the portversion of devel/glib20 to 2.45.x

Try it with glib20 version 2.45.4 - but causes the same problems.

willbprog127 · Aug 9, 2015

Wish I was smart enough and had enough time to review all of the glib2 and gtk2 code and just fix it for FreeBSD (and others). My brain just doesn't operate at super-star big-time developer levels...just tiny little open-source project levels.

willbprog127 · Aug 10, 2015

Just updated today and it looks like the glib (and Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, etc) issues are resolved by the glib update. Good job FreeBSD maintainers! :-D

talsamon · Sep 22, 2015

bugzilla-gnome seems find a solution https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753378

"commenting out that mutex in gio/gunionvolumemonitor.c
and it seem to not hang any more"

581 _g_mount_get_for_mount_path (const gchar *mount_path,
582 GCancellable *cancellable)
583 {

593 if (klass->get_mount_for_mount_path)
594 {
595 // g_rec_mutex_lock (&the_volume_monitor_mutex);
596 mount = klass->get_mount_for_mount_path (mount_path, cancellable);
597 // g_rec_mutex_unlock (&the_volume_monitor_mutex);
598 }