FS#79951 - [snapshot] GNOME Camera app crashes on startup

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Benjamin Woods (woodsb02) - Saturday, 14 October 2023, 00:43 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Saturday, 14 October 2023, 01:02 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
The new GNOME camera app (package name snapshot) crashes on startup.

Additional info:
* package version: snapshot 45.0-1
* config: none - default out of the box after "pacman -S snapshot"
* upstream bug report: None

Steps to reproduce:
$ pacman -S gnome
$ pacman -S snapshot
$ snapshot
2023-10-14T00:42:11.738911Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Snapshot (org.gnome.Snapshot)
2023-10-14T00:42:11.738983Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Version: 45.0
2023-10-14T00:42:11.739003Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Datadir: /usr/share/snapshot
thread 'main' panicked at 'called `Option::unwrap()` on a `None` value', aperture/src/device_provider.rs:91:90
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Saturday, 14 October 2023, 01:02 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#79945 
Comment by Benjamin Woods (woodsb02) - Saturday, 14 October 2023, 00:44 GMT
This issue is discussed on reddit here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/174azcz/gnome_45_new_camera_app/
Comment by Benjamin Woods (woodsb02) - Saturday, 14 October 2023, 00:51 GMT
This can be fixed with the following commands:
$ sudo pacman -S gst-plugin-pipewire

Looks like this is as simple as a missing dependency if using pipewire

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