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cannot manage extensions in gnome 40, debian 12

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cannot manage extensions in gnome 40, debian 12

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as the subject says, i cannot manage my gnome 40 extensions on my laptop running debian 12, the 32 bit version. for example, i cannot manage a extensions preferences. no matter how many times i click the gear icon, nothing happens. also while click spamming the gear icon, the console throws this error: Image

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Gjs-Message: 20:55:45.542: JS LOG: Ignored exception from dbus method: Gio.DBusError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying
before updating to debian 12, i was using debian 11 with gnome 3.38. and i could manage a extensions preferences both from tweaks and gnome extrensions app. but now in gnome 40 with debian 12 i cant anymore

also, when i try to launch gnome extensions app, i get a "segmentation fault" error, so i have to run

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GSK_RENDERER=Cairo gnome-extensions-app
command to launch the extensions app. but all i can do is enable, disable and remove

my laptops specs are:
cpu: intel celeron 360m @ 1.40ghz and 1 core
ram: 990mb
swap: 1.6gb
distro version: 12, bookworm/sid i686
gnome-shell version: GNOME Shell 40.5

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Re: cannot manage extensions in gnome 40, debian 12

#2 Post by FreewheelinFrank »

Works for me on Testing.

Could it be a memory thing? That's not much RAM.

Searched "gnome low memory segmentation fault" and found this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/422 ... emory-in-c

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Re: cannot manage extensions in gnome 40, debian 12

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FreewheelinFrank wrote: 2021-10-20 20:56 Works for me on Testing.

Could it be a memory thing? That's not much RAM.

Searched "gnome low memory segmentation fault" and found this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/422 ... emory-in-c
thank you for your reply. i get the segmentation fault error only if i dont use "gsk renderer cairo", when i use cairo renderer the extension app launches but i cannot manage a extensions preferences.

and yes, thats not much memory. but doesnt the swap memory help? or it doesnt matter? and do you think theres any solution? maybe a way to manage extension preferences from the cli? its such a pain that i cannot manage extensions preferences. btw, ive made a post in unix stackexchange and gnomes official subreddit too. links:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... n-gnome-40
https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments ... gnome_401/

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Re: cannot manage extensions in gnome 40, debian 12

#4 Post by FreewheelinFrank »

I don't think swap is going to help: this needs to run in RAM. Gnome uses 1.3GB on my laptop just for itself. One way to know for sure would be to add more RAM.

What computer is this? One or two memory slots? RAM sticks are quite cheap for older computers, so either spend £15 or so or use something like IceWM or Openbox or LXDE.

Actually probably both: add more memory and use a lighter desktop.

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