Why doesn't the GUI show?

Nyxt
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I'm unable to start Nyxt.

I'm on NixOS 23.11.

I have tried both stable and unstable version of Nyxt in the nixpkgs.

I have also tried installing the flatpak distro:

$ flatpak run --env=WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 engineer.atlas.Nyxt 2>&1|tee tmp/nyxt.log.txt

(sbcl:2): Gdk-WARNING **: 13:35:28.899: Failed to read portal settings: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.Settings” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop
Nyxt version 3.11.6
<INFO> [13:35:29] Source location: #P"/app/share/nyxt/"
<INFO> [13:35:29] Listening to socket: #P"/run/user/1000/nyxt/nyxt.socket"

(WebKitWebProcess:2): Gdk-WARNING **: 13:35:29.608: Failed to read portal settings: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.Settings” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop

(WebKitWebProcess:2): Gdk-WARNING **: 13:35:29.668: Failed to read portal settings: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.Settings” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop
<INFO> [13:35:30] Loading #P"/home/b0ef/.local/share/nyxt/history/default.lisp".
<INFO> [13:35:30] Restoring 10 buffers from history.
<INFO> [13:35:30] Loading #P"/home/b0ef/.local/share/nyxt/auto-rules.lisp".

(WebKitWebProcess:2): Gdk-WARNING **: 13:35:30.652: Failed to read portal settings: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.Settings” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop
<INFO> [13:35:31] Loading "https://www.google.com/gmail/about/".

(WebKitWebProcess:2): Gdk-WARNING **: 13:35:31.543: Failed to read portal settings: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.Settings” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop
<INFO> [13:35:32] Finished loading "https://www.google.com/gmail/about/".
^C
<INFO> [13:35:36] Deleting socket #P"/run/user/1000/nyxt/nyxt.socket".
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@daltor I can't reproduce with flatpak. Try to run:

flatpak run --env=WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 engineer.atlas.Nyxt --failsafe
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There was something wrong with my system, as more apps didn't launch. I have updated now and all is good;). Thanks

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Hmm, this problem has returned.

BASHY $ flatpak run --env=WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 engineer.atlas.Nyxt --failsafe

(sbcl:2): Gdk-WARNING **: 15:01:21.905: Failed to read portal settings: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.Settings” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop
Nyxt version 3.11.7
<INFO> [15:01:22] Source location: #P"/app/share/nyxt/"
<INFO> [15:01:22] Profile: "nofile"

(WebKitWebProcess:2): Gdk-WARNING **: 15:01:22.603: Failed to read portal settings: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.Settings” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop

(WebKitWebProcess:2): Gdk-WARNING **: 15:01:22.650: Failed to read portal settings: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.Settings” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop

(WebKitWebProcess:2): Gdk-WARNING **: 15:01:23.350: Failed to read portal settings: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.Settings” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop

I'm pretty sure it will work if I restart, but who wants to do that?:wink:

There is something preventing the GUI from showing.

It is listed in wmctrl

BASHY $ wmctrl -l|grep -i nyx
0x0f800004 32    N/A nyxt

I'm not really sure what to try.

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@daltor it's very hard to understand what the root cause could be.

I have never faced this issue. Are you running X11 or Wayland?

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X.Org X Server 1.21.1.13

Right, it's probably not on your end, so I'll have to dig into my setup, which is XMonad on NixOS

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If you're on Xorg and aren't using Nvidia hardware, you probably don't need to set WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE.

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ok, I rebooted now and it comes up just fine. Ok, I'll try without that env if it happens again. Thanks;)