some applications depend on too much from gnome?

gcb · 2025-09-29 17:13:17

not sure if this is just my ignorance on gnome/dbus, but some applications fail without a full gnome desktop on some rather random actions.

for example, trying to autocomplete a simple file name for inkscape:

 $ inkscape pu (tab tab)
(inkscape:23): dbind-WARNING **: 16:58:13.807: AT-SPI: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
Failed to register: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
blic/

$ inkscape public/

/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/inkscape calls `inkscape --list-input-types` which craps on that. i'm guessing that call could have been a simple hardcoded '*.sgv' string?

seth · 2025-09-29 19:14:55

Yes.
But this here is gtk trying to trigger AT-SPI (a11y stuff, screenreaders for blind people and so)
"export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1", https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Environment_variables

However, the error suggests there's maybe a problem w/ the session at large?
If you're using startx/xinitrc: last link below, 2nd blue note.

gcb · 2025-09-29 20:32:23

Thanks! i can only find this var mentioned on the german arch wiki. https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/GNOME#Tipps_und_Tricks

i guess there's this too https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/- … uests/1744 (proof of work warning)

anyway, this is a full KDE installation (all meta package under the sun). It's been decades I don't fiddle with xinitrc

seth · 2025-09-29 20:50:42

Exporting the environment does not avoid the message?

ps aux | grep dbus # at-spi starts a separate bus for whatever dumb reason

KDE might even autostart https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … spi2-core/ …

gcb · 2025-09-30 12:36:37

yep, the env var did fix it. thanks again!

I was mostly wondering why ship something that depends on the entire gnome DE with a package that does not depends on the entire gnome DE.

or why doesn't gnome makes that var to opt-in the gnome DE instead of out. or at least mention the opt out in the error message. sigh. i should stop thinking about it.

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some applications depend on too much from gnome?

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