Garuda "Setup Assistant" Closes Up Prematurely!

kraza · 8 July 2025 16:06

Looks like the Setup Assistant invoked via Garuda Rani is broken pretty recently (My search in the fora for this, did not get me any hits).

Try these steps to reproduce:

Open Garuda Rani.
Click Setup Assistant.
- It will spawn the terminal instance for updates and so, provide the sudo password and you’ll see that the updates go fine.
- At this point, the terminal instance will say to hit Enter to close the spawned terminal instance.
- At this juncture, the whole Setup Assistant dialog in the behind, also vanishes.

And this is the problem: At this point, it should not have just closed the Setup Assistant. Rather, it should have allowed me to proceed to make the changes I need in Setup Assistant for applying fresh installations.

This is relatively recent.

Here is my garuda-inxi:

System:
Kernel: 6.15.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=3cb44b40-10ea-4ba9-b5f2-d55ffacaaed6 rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet resume=UUID=19bcb6f6-be63-4a3e-b2f7-80c5ca918637 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.15.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: ulauncher vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-bs0xx v: Type1ProductConfigId
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 832A v: 23.78 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 1WP51UA#ABA uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: F.65
date: 12/06/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 13.0 Wh (55.6%) condition: 23.4/31.1 Wh (75.4%)
volts: 12.4 min: 11.1 model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-7100U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake
note: check gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2017
process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 9
microcode: 0xF6
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2400 min/max: 400/2400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 2400 2: 2400 3: 2400 4: 2400 bogomips: 19200
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:5916 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Sunplus Innovation HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:4
chip-ID: 1bcf:2c9b class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x10ec built: 2017 res:
mode: 1366x768 hz: 60 scale: 95% (0.95) to: 1438x808 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1366x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.5-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:5916 memory: 11.32 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 25.1.5-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:5916 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 20.1.7 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.5-arch1.1 (LLVM
20.1.7) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.15.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 63.48 GiB (3.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000BX500SSD1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 072 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD4
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 87.89 GiB size: 87.89 GiB (100.00%)
used: 50.28 GiB (57.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 640 MiB size: 638.7 MiB (99.80%)
used: 620 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8
ID-3: /home raw-size: 73.24 GiB size: 73.24 GiB (100.00%)
used: 13.2 GiB (18.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 87.89 GiB size: 87.89 GiB (100.00%)
used: 50.28 GiB (57.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 87.89 GiB size: 87.89 GiB (100.00%)
used: 50.28 GiB (57.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 11.59 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 11.72 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C pch: 45.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 12 GiB available: 11.59 GiB used: 5.84 GiB (50.4%)
Processes: 308 Power: uptime: 6m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 4.62 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2348 pm: pacman pkgs: 2337 libs: 455 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 11 Compilers: clang: 20.1.7 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: fish v: 4.0.2 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.3-1):
System install date:     2025-03-22
Last full system update: 2025-07-08
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

SGS · 8 July 2025 17:02

Works fine here, just tested.

tbg · 8 July 2025 17:26

Thanks for the bug report @kraza , as every report helps improve Rani.

Rani is being developed at a very fast pace, so you should probably temper your expectations a little. I would personally say Rani is still beta software, as it is quite new and was recently completely retooled into electron app.

I’m sure @dr460nf1r3 will investigate your bug report as soon as his schedule permits. We have no paid developers on the Garuda project and Nico has done wonders considering he works and only has limited free time like most others IRL.

kraza · 8 July 2025 17:30

Noted with thanks. Of course. So, being a new user for Garuda, I will make sure that if I have a strong reason to believe that this is a bug (after my due-diligence, of course), should I just log these in Bugzilla (?) as say in Fedora, etc? I will do that from next issue/bug onwards. Thank you. Much appreciated.

Duke187 · 8 July 2025 17:44

Hi

i can approve this behavior on my system too. If i use the Terminal command setup-assistant or use the Application Launcher it work. I did try a reinstall didnt work . Installed the git version same issue .

here the output from the Terminal:


garuda-rani

(electron:5115): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: 18:20:56.264: About to Show called on an item wihtout submenus.  We're ignoring it.

(electron:5115): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: 18:20:56.270: About to Show called on an item wihtout submenus.  We're ignoring it.
INFO [18:20:56.225]: Renderer - Loaded 1 settings from store
WARN [18:20:56.339]: Renderer - Blocked dangerous command pattern: last reboot -n 2 --time-format notime
ERROR [18:20:56.339]: Renderer - Shell execute error: Command not allowed for security reasons: last
ERROR [18:20:56.339]: Renderer - [electron-api-utils] Failed to call async function 'execute': Error: Command not allowed for security reasons: last
ERROR [18:20:56.339]: Renderer - Error checking first boot: Error: Command not allowed for security reasons: last
INFO [18:20:56.564]: Renderer - Last update: 2025-07-08T17:20:23.000Z
INFO [18:20:57.111]: Renderer - No aur updates available
INFO [18:20:58.726]: Renderer - No updates available
[5155:0708/182129.762689:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 1 times!
ERROR [18:21:29.726]: Renderer - Shell execute error: Command execution timed out
ERROR [18:21:29.726]: Renderer - [electron-api-utils] Failed to call async function 'execute': Error: Command execution timed out
ERROR [18:21:29.726]: Renderer - Unexpected error while executing bash script: Error: Command execution timed out
[5155:0708/182159.306100:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 2 times!
[5155:0708/182159.320450:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 3 times!

May it helps @dr460nf1r3

dr460nf1r3 · 8 July 2025 17:57

Thanks for the report! It’s true that making an issue is the absolute best way to track bugs for sure. I’m trying my best to keep track of all the things to do in the forum, but I probably missed a few things until now (if so, at everyone: feel free to remind me ). Making issues ensures it’s never lost.

Shell execute error: Command execution timed out

I guess that’s it already from first sight. I’ll likely get to it at the weekend

system · 22 July 2025 17:57

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