Flatpaks Tab is Broken for Me  [Solved]

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Arnox
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Flatpaks Tab is Broken for Me

#1 Post by Arnox »

I tested this on a LiveUSB and wasn't able to replicate this, so I'm pretty sure this is just me. Running mx-packageinstaller in the console gives this error.

"Could not list packages from flathub remote, or remote doesn't contain packages"

No packages whatsoever will display in the list window, installed or otherwise. I'm guessing that a sources URL or something is messed up. What's weird though is I haven't touched the flatpak sources list.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-32-amd64 [6.1.129-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-32-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro splash resume=UUID=<filter>
    resume_offset=184522752 rootflags=data=journal init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.5_KDE_x64 Libretto
    September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X570-PRO v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2802 date: 10/22/2020
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0x8701021
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2209 high: 2336 min/max: 2200/4635 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2196 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200
    7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2196 10: 2336 11: 2195 12: 2196 bogomips: 91028
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP protection
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP102 [TITAN Xp] driver: nvidia v: 535.216.03 non-free: 530.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b02 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 483x272mm (19.02x10.71") s-diag: 554mm (21.82")
  Monitor-1: DP-5 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55")
    diag: 547mm (21.54") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.216.03 renderer: NVIDIA TITAN Xp/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP102 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10ef class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-32-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43a0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.75 TiB used: 149.78 GiB (5.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 47.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Micron model: 5400 MTFDDAK960TGA size: 894.25 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: U002
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: PNY model: USB 2.0 FD size: 59.95 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 930.25 GiB size: 914.57 GiB (98.31%) used: 149.6 GiB (16.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-<filter>
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%) used: 189.2 MiB (19.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 412 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 19.52 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: 40.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 52 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Repos:
  Packages: 2815 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2809 libs: 1524 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 6
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
  Processes: 317 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.52 GiB used: 2.31 GiB (14.9%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
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Re: Flatpaks Tab is Broken for Me

#2 Post by siamhie »

Try this (I've seen this mentioned many times in the past).

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flatpak --user repair; flatpak repair
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Re: Flatpaks Tab is Broken for Me

#3 Post by Arnox »

siamhie wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 12:56 am Try this (I've seen this mentioned many times in the past).

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flatpak --user repair; flatpak repair
Nope. Didn't work. Same error.
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Re: Flatpaks Tab is Broken for Me

#4 Post by j2mcgreg »

If you are using a VPN, disable it and try again.
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Re: Flatpaks Tab is Broken for Me

#5 Post by j2mcgreg »

I'll add that there have been some reports lately that out L.A. repo is acting up, so you might try switching to our Salt Lake City repo.
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Re: Flatpaks Tab is Broken for Me

#6 Post by siamhie »

Maybe a particular flatpak remote has removed it's packages (hence the second part of the message).

How to List all flatpak repositories
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-list-all ... positories
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Re: Flatpaks Tab is Broken for Me  [Solved]

#7 Post by Adrian »

1. is it mx-packageinstaller tab or flatpak itself? What happens if you run flatpak commands in terminal things like "flatpak list" and "flatpak remote-ls" (see man or --help if you don't know what commands to run)

2. if it's mx-packageinstaller problem then please provide the log for it.
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Re: Flatpaks Tab is Broken for Me

#8 Post by Arnox »

I found what the issue was.
j2mcgreg wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 6:14 am If you are using a VPN, disable it and try again.
Tried that. Nah, wasn't it.
j2mcgreg wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 7:29 am I'll add that there have been some reports lately that out L.A. repo is acting up, so you might try switching to our Salt Lake City repo.
Wasn't it either.
Adrian wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:06 am 1. is it mx-packageinstaller tab or flatpak itself?
Sorry, should have been clear. The Flatpak tab won't display packages but the rest of the tabs work absolutely fine.
Adrian wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:06 am 1. is it mx-packageinstaller tab or flatpak itself? What happens if you run flatpak commands in terminal things like... "flatpak remote-ls"
This suggestion tipped me off to what the issue really was. Running flatpak remote-ls gives me a "error: Unable to load summary from remote flathub: No GPG signatures found". And then I remembered that as a security precaution against ransomware, I locked down use of the gpg and openssl commands to superusers only. Running mx-packageinstaller in a root window fixes the issue as does setting the permissions for gpg back to what they were.

Thanks, guys! It's working good now. ^^
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