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GSConnect failing to discover

Open cybercoder-naj opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

Describe the bug

Installed GSConnect on my GNOME desktop and KDE Connect on Android device. My laptop cannot see my phone and vice versa. I am able to ping my phone's IP Address, but cannot connect with GSConnect

I was able to connect on Pop_OS! but since I switched to EndeavourOS, I am facing this issue.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Mobile Settings.
  2. Refresh.

Expected behavior

Show my device name in the list of available devices.

GSConnect version

54

Installed from

GNOME Extensions website

GNOME Shell version

43.4

Linux distribution/release

EndeavourOS

Paired device(s)

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

KDE Connect app version

1.23.2

Plugin(s)

No response

Support log

GSConnect: 54 (user)
GJS:       17402
Session:   x11
OS:        EndeavourOS
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Apr 14 18:36:05 org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect[3931]: [/service/backends/lan.js:broadcast:413]: "Broadcasting to LAN"
Apr 14 18:36:06 zeitgeist-datah[3660]: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:207: Error during inserting events: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.zeitgeist.EngineError.InvalidArgument: Incomplete event: interpretation, manifestation and actor are required
Apr 14 18:36:06 dbus-daemon[947]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service' requested by ':1.176' (uid=1000 pid=142880 comm="/opt/visual-studio-code/code --unity-launch --enab")
Apr 14 18:36:06 dbus-daemon[947]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service not found.

Screenshots

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Notes

I read other issues regarding this and some suggestions were to installed openssl. Endeavour and Arch comes pre-installed with openssl with the coreutils package.

cybercoder-naj avatar Apr 13 '23 15:04 cybercoder-naj

After entering the following command sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service, this is the generated support log:

GSConnect: 54 (user)
GJS:       17402
Session:   x11
OS:        EndeavourOS
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Apr 14 18:53:03 gnome-shell[148796]: Failed to load file:///var/lib/AccountsService/icons/nishant: Error opening file /var/lib/AccountsService/icons/nishant: No such file or directory
Apr 14 18:53:03 dbus-daemon[148161]: [session uid=1000 pid=148161] Activating service name='org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect' requested by ':1.15' (uid=1000 pid=148796 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell")
Apr 14 18:53:03 gnome-shell[148796]: Failed to load file:///var/lib/AccountsService/icons/nishant: Error opening file /var/lib/AccountsService/icons/nishant: No such file or directory
Apr 14 18:53:03 dbus-daemon[148161]: [session uid=1000 pid=148161] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect'
Apr 14 18:53:05 gnome-shell[148796]: Failed to load file:///var/lib/AccountsService/icons/nishant: Error opening file /var/lib/AccountsService/icons/nishant: No such file or directory
Apr 14 18:53:09 zeitgeist-datah[149072]: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:207: Error during inserting events: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.zeitgeist.EngineError.InvalidArgument: Incomplete event: interpretation, manifestation and actor are required
Apr 14 18:53:23 zeitgeist-datah[149072]: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:207: Error during inserting events: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.zeitgeist.EngineError.InvalidArgument: Incomplete event: interpretation, manifestation and actor are required

cybercoder-naj avatar Apr 14 '23 17:04 cybercoder-naj

Have you checked if your firewall is blocking access or not? Endeavour ships with firewalld

https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/wiki/Help#firewalld

yumpyy avatar Oct 18 '23 04:10 yumpyy