[Solved]Transmission GUI doesn't work (mageia 8 upgrade)

[pmithrandir]

Hello.

I'm using transmission GUI 5.18 for a long time, and I never found an equivalent product.
But since the mageia upgrade, I don't understand but it doesn't work anymore.

I get the following error message :

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[pmithrandir@localhost transgui]$ ./transgui
(transgui:8506): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 20:05:40.352: IA__gtk_widget_realize: assertion 'GTK_WIDGET_ANCHORED (widget) || GTK_IS_INVISIBLE (widget)' failed
(transgui:8506): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 20:05:40.352: IA__gtk_widget_realize: assertion 'GTK_WIDGET_ANCHORED (widget) || GTK_IS_INVISIBLE (widget)' failed
(transgui:8506): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 20:05:40.352: IA__gtk_widget_realize: assertion 'GTK_WIDGET_ANCHORED (widget) || GTK_IS_INVISIBLE (widget)' failed
(transgui:8506): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 20:05:40.353: IA__gtk_widget_realize: assertion 'GTK_WIDGET_ANCHORED (widget) || GTK_IS_INVISIBLE (widget)' failed


The application seems to open, but I get no icon on the system tray, neither a window to open.
I have to kill it using system activity "end process"

Do you have any clues or leads to suggest ? I have no idea as where to start.

If no idea, I accept also suggestion on tools equivalent (list torrent, setup connection, browse remote location, update list of IP not usable...)

[doktor5000]

Did you compile transgui yourself, and if not what did you download in particular ?
FWIW there are quite a few issues with other recent distros, see
https://github.com/transmission-remote- ... ssues/1371
https://github.com/transmission-remote- ... ssues/1241
https://github.com/transmission-remote- ... ssues/1310
https://github.com/transmission-remote- ... ssues/1293

You should try to build it yourself if you want to make it work.

As an alternative, you could try e.g. https://github.com/transmission-remote- ... remote-gtk

[doktor5000]

FWIW, if you want to compile it yourself, this is how I did it after installing lazarus (compiler):

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lazbuild --lazarusdir=/usr/lib64/lazarus --pcp=. -B transgui.lpi
make

Then transgui runs fine, the normal 5.18 x86_64 release did not work, as you described already.

[pmithrandir]

Thank you for your detailed answer.

I checked, and in order to compile it, I need to download 1.5GB of dependencies... (lazarus comes with lot of expectation...) I'll try to see if there is an alternative. If not, I'll do it this week end.

[doktor5000]

If you mention whether you need this for i586 or x86_66, I'll see if I can upload the compiled binary somewhere.

[pmithrandir]

Hi,

My distribution is mageia 8 x86_64.

That would be lovely.

Thank you !

Best regards,
Pierre

[doktor5000]

It's easier if I do it as RPM, otherwise some files might be missing:

transgui-5.0.18-0.git20210316.1.mga8.x86_64.rpm

(1.29 MiB) Downloaded 318 times

[pmithrandir]

Hi,

It's starts now.

But as soon as I try to connect to the server, it gives me an error about duplicate status.
https://github.com/transmission-remote- ... ssues/1325

Looks like this software is not stable any more, nor maintained so much...

Whatever, I'm really impressed by your dedication. I love mageia for years, and the path was not always easy. But I have always saw you here helping people and I must say that this dedication is quite overwhelming from my point of view.

Thank you for all that.

[doktor5000]

Applied the patch from the linked github issue, and it connects just fine here, try this:

transgui-5.0.18-0.git20210316.2.mga8.x86_64.rpm

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[pmithrandir]

It works just fine.

Thank you again !!!

[doktor5000]

You're welcome. Please don't forget to mark the thread as solved.