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In Arch, web browsers crash when opening file finder dialogue window

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I recently update my Arch, and I am currently running kernel version 5.6.6-arch1-1. When I try to open a file finder window either from Firefox or from Chrome (e.g. uploading an email attachment), both browsers crash. The error given in Firefox is: (firefox:3606): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: 19:32:17.971: Settings schema 'org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser' does not contain a key named 'show-type-column' ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 3841 ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal... Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) Now, following along with some posts I found online, I discovered that GLib searchers for these gtk schemas based on what is in the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable. However, I found that in my case that variable was empty. In my ~/.xinitrc (not sure if I should do this elsewhere) I added a line export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/:/usr/local/share And rebooted. However, the error persists and now I am not sure what to do. I ran find -iname org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser / and the only result is in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ as it should be. Furthermore, that xml file has a field name show-type-column so if the system is finding it (which I am not sure of), then everything should be alright. Does anyone have pointers as to what to do? This is extremely inconvenient so I am all ears
Asked by gabe (141 rep)
Apr 26, 2020, 01:33 AM
Last activity: Apr 27, 2020, 06:05 PM