Issues with xdg-desktop-portal-gnome (file save dialog) using Firefox (103-111) (snap and apt) and Ubuntu 22.04

chimeraha

1/16/24, 9:45 PM

I've been having some mildly infuriating issues with saving files in firefox versions 103-111. I've tried installing firefox via both apt and snap and the problem seems to persist with both:

Issue #1: The file save dialog, which I believe is controlled by xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, intermittently crashes sometimes when I try to save a file in firefox. It seems to be stuck in a loop of openning the dialog over and over again, possibly hundreds of times. This is evident by a dark shadow behind the dialog box/window and uses up a full cpu core when I open up the system monitor.

Temporary solution: Killing the xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, solves the problem, but doesn't stop it from randomly happening sometime in the future.

Issue #2 I two partitions of my ssd drive mounted in two different directories, one at "/a" and one at "/b". Within the file save dialog (xdg-desktop-portal-gnome), I can navigate to /b and subfolders within /b, however, when I try to save a file again, the file save dialog automatically defaults to some randomish folder under "/run/user/1000/doc". I know this is some sort of issue with mounting and whatnot, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Example pics are below.

Thanks for all your help!

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NateWr

3/22/24, 10:16 AM

I'm having the same problem as Issue #1. This is the only other report of the issue that I've been able to find. Did you ever find a more permanent fix? I'm on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS.

chimeraha

3/23/24, 6:00 PM

No, permanent solution, I just open up system manager and kill xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, and that way I at least don't have to close firefox. I haven't figured out a pattern either; sometimes (maybe about 25% of the time) the 'file save dialog' crashes and sometimes it doesn't.

NateWr

3/27/24, 8:12 AM

Ahh, oh well. Thanks for letting me know.

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