Bug 2050991 - cannot start flatpaked app with fallback-x11 socket
Summary: cannot start flatpaked app with fallback-x11 socket
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Classification: Red Hat
Component: flatpak
Version: 9.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Debarshi Ray
QA Contact: Desktop QE
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-02-05 15:35 UTC by Vladimir Benes
Modified: 2023-07-07 13:11 UTC (History)
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Github flatpak flatpak issues 4690 0 None open [Bug]: cannot open display for GTK apps if Wayland socket exists but does not work 2022-02-05 20:52:11 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-111232 0 None None None 2022-02-05 15:37:05 UTC

Description Vladimir Benes 2022-02-05 15:35:02 UTC 
Description of problem:
When I switch from Wayland back to X (via gdm menu) I cannot start any app with 
sockets=.*fallback-x11.* 

vbenes@benjoband:~$ flatpak info --show-permissions com.github.tchx84.Flatseal 
[Context]
shared=ipc;
sockets=x11;wayland;fallback-x11;

This is one of those.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
flatpak-1.10.7-2.el9

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. log into GNOME using Wayland session
2. log out into gdm
3. log back in as the same user under X session

Actual results:
cannot run flatpak with fallback-x11 in sockets

Expected results:
should be able to run them anytime

Additional info:
Comment 1 Vladimir Benes 2022-02-05 15:35:42 UTC 
The same problem occurs when switching from X to Wayland.
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