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Hatyy

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[SOLVED] Flatpaks can't open default applications

Flatpaks seem to be unable to open default applications, despite xdg-desktop-portal-gtk being installed with the correct applications set to default. VSCodium, Vesktop, and Vinegar, all of which I installed with Flatpak, are unable to open my file explorer or web browser. Steam, which I installed with pacman, opens my file explorer and web browser just fine, so I know it’s a problem only affecting Flatpaks.
My desktop is awesomewm, my default browser is Librewolf (installed with the AUR), and my default file explorer is Thunar, if any of that information is useful.

Last edited by Hatyy (2025-09-01 18:34:22)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Flatpaks can't open default applications

Try

flatpak override --filesystem=xdg-config

Reference: https://man.archlinux.org/man/flatpak-override.1

EDIT: xdg-run only works with a specific path.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2025-09-01 10:24:41)

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Hatyy

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Re: [SOLVED] Flatpaks can't open default applications

Try

flatpak override --filesystem=xdg-config

Reference: https://man.archlinux.org/man/flatpak-override.1

EDIT: xdg-run only works with a specific path.

It didn't fix it, is there anything else I should try?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Flatpaks can't open default applications

I linked the man page so you could try the various --filesystem= options to see if any of them worked.

EDIT: remember to remove any non-working overrides afterwards.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2025-09-01 14:18:04)

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Re: [SOLVED] Flatpaks can't open default applications

Does xdg-desktop-portal-gtk start, does it leave any errors and how are you starting awesome?
In case of xinit/startx, see the last link below.

There're btw. non-flatschpak versions of VSCodium, Vesktop, and Vinegar in the AUR

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Hatyy

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Registered: 2024-06-23

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Re: [SOLVED] Flatpaks can't open default applications

Does xdg-desktop-portal-gtk start, does it leave any errors and how are you starting awesome?
In case of xinit/startx, see the last link below.

There're btw. non-flatschpak versions of VSCodium, Vesktop, and Vinegar in the AUR

Thank you so much! It turned out to be a problem with xinit.