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After updating a Fedora 42 system today, sfwbar no longer starts, reporting sfwbar: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/sfwbar/libsfwbar.so: undefined symbol: xdg_popup_interface This is with sfwbar-1.0~beta16-1.fc42.x86_64 and gtk-layer-shell-0.9.2-1.fc42.x86_64 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start a graphical Wayland environment. 2. Try to start sfwbar by running `sfwbar` from a terminal. Actual Results: sfwbar fails to start with the following error sfwbar: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/sfwbar/libsfwbar.so: undefined symbol: xdg_popup_interface Expected Results: sfwbar starts normally. Additional Information: May be related to this issue: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287046 sfwbar also works normally if gtk-layer-shell is downgraded from the current version (0.9.2) to version 0.9.0, as suggested in that FreeBSD issue.
FEDORA-2025-a0e702fc37 (sfwbar-1.0~beta16.1-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-a0e702fc37
FEDORA-2025-a0e702fc37 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-a0e702fc37` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-a0e702fc37 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2025-a0e702fc37 (sfwbar-1.0~beta16.1-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.