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appimagelauncherd causes system stutter every 30 seconds on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with GNOME #618
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Judging by the log: appimagelauncherd service checks for the /Applications folder every 30 seconds and if it is missing, it writes about it to the user log. I fixed it like this: sudo mkdir /Applications It's a folder in the root of the partition, besides ~/Applications I don't recommend installing this application. Console appimages won't start and won't work. |
I am seeing the same behavior (certain icons repainting every 30 seconds). It stopped once I killed appimagelauncherd. System: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, Wayland, Gnome 42.9 There is also a second AskUbuntu thread about this behaviour & AppImageLauncher, which is what led me here: https://askubuntu.com/a/1319165 |
I reinstalled a clean Kubuntu 23.10 today, and had the same problems until restart, at which point it was #612 again. I uninstalled again (this time i was using the lite version) but even after a restart the problems persisted. I found no .config/Appimage* anything, and the .local folders looked clear too. I have a timeshift btrfs snapshot to compare against but the amount of data is huge. |
Okay i just retried with another clean install, same issue, after clicking any appimage the entire desktop will freeze, some things sometimes work and after a reboot Plasma doesn't start. Removing .local .config and .cache allowed it to work again. Since installing the .deb and rebooting wasn't causing the issue, but only activating any appimage and going through the setup (choosing a directory) i would think the 'deleting files fix' only removes some appimagelauncher config that basically resets it as if uninstalled. Mentioning #612 since this is the newer and more visible, but both are relevant. |
Have you tried the continuous release? The "stable" release has not seen many fixes and I'm still struggling with providing packages for the upcoming stable release; consider the continuous release a release candidate, the only thing that keeps me from releasing a new version is packaging. |
Where/how do I install the continuous release? |
@TheAssassin, |
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Describe the bug
It took me a long time to figure out what was causing this problem, but appimagelauncherd causes only certain icons to repaint in the dock every 30 seconds on the dot (pics below). This causes a slight lag/display stutter that varies in severity over time. It's worse on Wayland than it is on X. I wrote a full report on AskUbuntu when I was trying to diagnose the problem:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1495200/icons-disappearing-reappearing-causing-input-lag/1495313#1495313
It happens with all Wine programs while appimagelauncherd is running, but I also saw it happen on some dpkgs, notably OpenSnitch.
I unchecked the setting to let appimagelauncherd run in the background, but still, every time I boot into my PC it would start by default, and I'd have to manually end the process myself with System Monitor. This was enough for me to uninstall the software altogether. Hopefully this gets fixed.
Expected behavior
I expected the system stutter to not happen, but I also would have liked a way to see the daemon disabled completely, or only enabled when needed for certain processes before being disabled again.
Steps to reproduce the issue
Boot into an Ubuntu 22.04 LTS live CD or VM (standard version with GNOME)
Install some program with Wine, such as foobar2000
Install AppImageLauncher via https://launchpad.net/~appimagelauncher-team/+archive/ubuntu/stable
Open foobar while appimagelauncherd is running, and watch the icons repaint every 30 seconds
Screenshots
https://i.stack.imgur.com/9itlX.gif
https://i.stack.imgur.com/VKiLl.gif
https://i.stack.imgur.com/mKYJP.jpg
Distribution and desktop environment
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release
GNOME 42.9
Installed AppImageLauncher version
Whatever the latest version at this ppa is, https://launchpad.net/~appimagelauncher-team/+archive/ubuntu/stable
I uninstalled a couple of weeks ago but it looks like the ppa hasn't been updated in a while.
appimagelauncher 202211022349-stable-0f91801~ubuntu22.04.1
List of AppImages you tried
not relevant
Additional context
no other info needed
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