Flapacks

[Dr.C]

Greetings everyone, I've notice that when I try to install a Flatpac app via the software manager, my system suddenly slows/freezes and the installation stops. The computer CPU goes up to 100% usage and I'm force to reboot. Using Mint Mate 21.1. Any suggestions?

[spamegg]

Hello Dr.C welcome to the Forum.
Please share your system info by going to:
→→→→ Menu/System Reports/System Information/click "Copy"
and pasting it here.
(Equivalently, you can use the command inxi -Fxxxmprz on the Terminal.)

Can you launch Software Manager from the Terminal

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mintinstall

and show if it gives any error messages?

Can you try installing a Flatpak from the Terminal and show the error messages? For an example:

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flatpak install flathub com.github.xournalpp.xournalpp

[Dr.C]

"flatpak install flathub com.github.xournalpp.xournalpp" cause the computer to freeze and the system requires reboot. Cannot install a flatpak app in the terminal, just freezes.

class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-58-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 5000 bus-ID: 3b:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp59s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 40:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp64s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-10:7 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2 sub-v: 237e hci-v: 5.2 rev: 237e
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 10.84 TiB used: 96.75 GiB (0.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: Star Drive PCIe SSD size: 1.75 TiB
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: ECFM12.5
temp: 27.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST10000NE0008-2JM101
size: 9.1 TiB type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 235C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 1.72 TiB used: 23.87 GiB (1.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /media/brian/Brian2 size: 9.02 TiB used: 72.88 GiB (0.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 72.0 C pch: 61.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2306 apt: 2297 snap: 9
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/appimagelauncher-team-stable-jammy.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/appimagelauncher-team-stable-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/appima ... ble/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com vera main upstream import backport
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 294 Uptime: 4h 58m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5
Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11 Shell: Sudo (sudo) v: 1.9.9 default: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: mate-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

[Dr.C]

I can install programs from the software manager just as long as they are a "system package" but if I attempt to install it from flatpak (from flathub), the system will freeze.

Also check the system reports and no crashes reported. I'm at a lost.

[Dr.C]

Found the problem. If you use the sudo command in terminal (example: sudo flatpak install midori), flatpak will install Midori without any problem but, the software manager doesn't require you to authorize the installation and without the sudo privilege, the program won't install and locks up. Therefore, I think this is a problem with software manager in Mate 21.1.

I'm wondering, is there a way to make the software manager require elevated privileges to install a flatpak?

[spamegg]

"flatpak install flathub com.github.xournalpp.xournalpp" cause the computer to freeze and the system requires reboot. Cannot install a flatpak app in the terminal, just freezes.

Therefore, I think this is a problem with software manager in Mate 21.1.

If it does not work even on the Terminal, then the issue is probably not with the Software Manager. I don't really understand the reason for it, and I cannot reproduce it, but you should definitely report this. Try your luck here https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/issues there are similar "freeze" reports like yours.