Flatpak question?

WetGeek

kaktuspalme Hmm, I used Zoom from the Flatpak package some months ago

Same here, but not since I found out about whereby. If zoom is broken, it must have happened recently.

brent

WetGeek If zoom is broken, it must have happened recently.

agreed. it's broken.




$ sudo snap install zoom-client
error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Run configure hook of "zoom-client" snap if present (run hook "configure": cannot query current apparmor profile: Invalid argument)

Flatpak Zoom won't run....Snap Zoom won't install....battin .1000 here....sigh🙁

brent

@WetGeek we both had the identical dead flatpak experience so please forgive me pushing the issue on your own thread about Cheese; my apologies.

zmaint WetGeek in the interests of this particular non-functioning flatpak (and snap) called Zoom, I'm giving up on Flatseal and Flatpak and Snap. I've checked out.
The appimage is functional and Zoom's own .targz binary standalone program is functional. I need to find a way to connect either via browser's to Solus' open-xdg or zoom-mtg but I will soon enough.

@WetGeek : maybe the Cheese you want exists in these two options as well?

riffer

kaktuspalme

Can't remember to be honest. Probably not being able to connect. Sound maybe.

zmaint

FYI guys if you're having permission issues with Flatpak apps, install Flatseal. I had issues with Chromium not letting me upload files to my web email client and also not letting me download anything.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

I have zoom flatpak installed (have not updated this week yet, I usually wait until Wednesday to do all updates) and it still works fine.

brent

zmaint it's interesting you refer to our flatpaks not launching as a permissions problems. I had not considered that. I will try the Flatseal and report back. thanks for the tip,

brent

zmaint so what am I doing with this app? Simply allowing everything and flipping switches (half of which are greyed out). Thank you.

zmaint

brent
For my issue, I guessed it was file permissions. I started in that section. I had to give it access to /home and also the path to a mounted removable drive that I keep all my work stuff on.

Also if it helps, I've use chromium about a year ago and don't recall having to do this to get it to work. Anecdotal at best, but may be related.

brent

zmaint

flatpak permissions
Table         Object       App                                  Permissions Data
background    background   com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium no          0x00
background    background   com.github.tchx84.Flatseal           yes         0x00
background    background   org.godotengine.Godot                yes         0x00
background    background   us.zoom.Zoom                         yes         0x00
notifications notification com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium no          0x00
notifications notification com.github.tchx84.Flatseal           yes         0x00
notifications notification io.github.Hexchat                    no          0x00
notifications notification org.godotengine.Godot                yes         0x00
notifications notification us.zoom.Zoom                         yes         0x00

$ flatpak permission-show us.zoom.Zoom
Table         Object       App          Permissions Data
background    background   us.zoom.Zoom yes         0x00
notifications notification us.zoom.Zoom yes         0x00

As you can see, chrome didn't need permissions set ootb, so you were right to wonder.
But no amount of Flatseal trial and error (including hosts etc) seem to let it launch.
Observe:

this picture was premature as 'open link' takes a couple seconds to highlight. When selected it does nothing. In all three of my browsers....
And

With xdg-open given permissions with or without Flatseal, it still won't launch.

I still think your permissions theory is valid but now I'm wondering if I need to CHMOD/CHOWN the execuatable..? Or app? Do flatpaks have executables?

edit: I shouldn't whine as the browser experience still works it's just I really hate the browser experience and really love the standalone app experience...

zmaint

brent
Here are my Flatpak Zoom permissions, looks like they are different from yours?

brent

zmaint yeah, I had a configuration (when experimenting) similar to this one and still no launchy. Zoom's own linux package and the appimage are both working great so I've officially given up on Flatpak Zoom. Great thing about FOSS: always more than one way to skin a cat!!🙂
I appreciate your help, zmaint, thank you.

zmaint

brent That is true, I love all the options🙂

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