Can't open portal file chooser in some apps

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Swap:
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Sensors:
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Info:
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used: 3.82 GiB (24.6%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: 1587 pm: pacman pkgs: 1566
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Garuda (2.6.16-1):
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Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

Some apps that have a save feature will not pop up the portal file chooser, and will output the following error.


(zenity:74898): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:25:07.813: Can't open portal file chooser: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.por
tal.Error.InvalidArgument: invalid filter: invalid glob pattern

The only semi-working solution is to run it under sudo, but doing that will give me a error with sound and will not provide any audio.


AL lib: (EE) ALCplaybackAlsa_open: Could not open playback device 'default': Host is down

I understand if this seems like a dumb issue, and it could just be a user error, but I haven't seen a error like this, and only started getting it once switching to KDE.

If you wouldn't my helping me I would really appreciate that. After all I don't 100% know what I am doing I constantly get these kinds of errors.

Thank you

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I’m not sure (I don’t use KDE) and I hope it’s not bad advice:
try installing xdg-desktop-portal-kde.

Some apps

It would help to know which ones.

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Thanks for the message, but I already have that installed before making this topic. I can try reinstalling it to see if that will solve the solution, but I doubt it.

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You're right, my bad.
I wonder if perhaps the -gtk one?

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I just tried reinstalling both desktop-portal, and sadly no luck.

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I think it may also need a logout/login to take effect, if not a full reboot.
Are all gtk applications having problem with the file chooser or only some of them?

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I pretty sure its just some. Could certain software effect the portal compare to others?
I have already restarted my PC before making the request, but I can try again with the logout/login.

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I guess it depends how they open the file chooser, some use portal and some request a native file chooser (at least this is what I just read online...)
You may try to see if there are known issues with those specific applications when running on KDE.

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Just restarted and login, and still same results.

I guess that does make sense with the file chooser, but why would it work using "sudo" and not regular? Using "sudo" just breaks the audio.

I can quickly check and see through the source code (If I am smart enough to find it), or try a fork or some kind.

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why would it work using “sudo”

somehow my brain did not process that part… then it looks like a problem of communication on dbus, maybe something with the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP environment variable?
XDG Desktop Portal - ArchWiki did not enlighten me much, now looking at GitHub - flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal: Desktop integration portal.

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Just to confirm: you do have xdg-desktop-portal-gtk installed, right?

This person had a similar issue which was resolved by adjusting some permission-related settings using Flatseal: [BUG] Can't open portal file chooser · Issue #966 · bottlesdevs/Bottles · GitHub

Unfortunately they did not provide any information on what settings they changed to fix the issue.

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Thanks for the reply. I will take a look at that and see what I can do.

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Another thing I missed before: zenity. Is that the only app with the problem? Maybe yad is a viable alternative.

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Would that require me to uninstall zenity and install yad?

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It doesn't look like it conflicts, it's a fork of zenity, has very similar usage.
If trying to install it prompts for removing zenity, you'll know for sure and can cancel the installation.

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It already says that I yad installed and it will be reinstalled if I continue with the command.
With no conflicts or anything.

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In Flatseal would it require to add one of the bus options that make you type or would you expect it to work with just one of the switches.
It the moment none of the "Switch" options works.
Would I have to be under a certain app or would you just do "All Applications"?

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To be perfectly honest I have no idea. I do not use Flatpak at all, so no experience whatsoever with Flatseal. The fact that you get a different result with sudo made me think it is possible it is a permission-related issue of some kind.

I would just experiment with the settings as best you can, and see if you can find something that has an appreciable effect on the error message you are getting.

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Dropping some (only very distantly relevant) links in the hope there's some troubleshooting hint in there.
Comprehensive list on sandbox permission
Unable to open file select dialog on Linux - Product Feedback / 产品反馈 / フィードバック - Synthesizer V Forum
ubuntu - Replacing of GTK+ file dialogs with KDE's via XDG portals not working (XFCE, Manjaro) - Super User
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/issues/215
Failed to start Portal service · Issue #107 · flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk · GitHub
(did I think a file chooser was a rather trivial thing before today...)

Does yad --file work?

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Sorry for the wait (had to go somewhere), but when running the command, yad --file, it seems to just open some sort of file explorer of some sorts. I am supposed to be doing anything different when in this explorer?