Linux: `[Errno 5] Input/output error (aw_server.server:122)` when starting-up `aw-qt`

[kuanyui]

• [x] I am on the latest ActivityWatch version.
• [x] I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate.

• OS name and version: Manjaro (latest, rolling upgrading)
• ActivityWatch version: 0.12.1

Describe the bug

I install activitywatch-bin (0.12.1-1) from AUR on Manjaro, and when execute aw-qt, it shows error immediately and interrupted, totally unusable:

Totally donno how to get more imformative logs for debugging so copy-paste the error message in it:

2022-12-01 20:23:26 [INFO ]: Using storage method: peewee  (aw_server.main:33)
2022-12-01 20:23:26 [INFO ]: Starting up...  (aw_server.main:41)
2022-12-01 20:23:26 [INFO ]: Using database file: /home/ky/.local/share/activitywatch/aw-server/peewee-sqlite.v2.db  (aw_datastore.storages.peewee:126)
2022-12-01 20:23:26 [ERROR]: [Errno 5] Input/output error  (aw_server.server:122)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "aw_server/server.py", line 113, in _start
  File "flask/app.py", line 909, in run
  File "flask/cli.py", line 649, in show_server_banner
  File "click/utils.py", line 300, in echo
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
2022-12-01 20:23:26 [ERROR]: Unhandled exception  (root:51)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "aw_server/main.py", line 42, in main
  File "aw_server/server.py", line 123, in _start
  File "aw_server/server.py", line 113, in _start
  File "flask/app.py", line 909, in run
  File "flask/cli.py", line 649, in show_server_banner
  File "click/utils.py", line 300, in echo
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
2022-12-01 20:23:26 [ERROR]: Unhandled exception  (root:51)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
2022-12-01 20:23:26 [ERROR]: Unhandled exception  (root:51)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

To Reproduce

1. Install activitywatch-bin on AUR provided by ActivityWatch officially.
2. Run aw-qt

Expected behavior

No error.

Documentation

Above mentioned.

Additional context

• python 3.10.8

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[kuanyui]

  File "click/utils.py", line 300, in echo

Reference: https://github.com/pallets/click/blob/bf9da4838986af3bc09a1b16974d154c61dcbe3f/src/click/utils.py#L300

Sorry I've not written Python for 5 years... I guess it may due to a failed sys.stdout.flush() or so.

Running aw-server in terminal directly is workable. So I guess it may be the problem in PyQt/Python's subprocess stdout environment.

[kuanyui]

I found where the problem is. I found that if run aw-qt in a terminal, server & gui has no error. Therefore:

• The reason is indeed stdout.
• I always launch application via krunner (KDE's application launcher), but it seems do some trick to the stdout of the application launched by it.
  • So run aw-qt in krunner will cause server error.
  • But run aw-qt > /dev/null in krunner, the server startups correctly.

I guess this is a bug that should be fixed, but I don't sure if this should be fixed in packager of Linux distro, or ActivityWatch itself.

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