BrokenPipeError during unlock

[damian-ds7]

After updating Fedora to 41 whenever I use howdy in the terminal this error gets printed.

Exception ignored in: <_io.BufferedWriter name=4>
BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

Howdy still works everywhere and I didn't find any issues. Similar issue was created not long ago (#916 ) but that was only when using hotkey RubberStamp. I never set anything like that up.

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I've searched for similar issues already, and my issue has not been reported yet.

Linux distribution (if applicable): Fedora 41

Howdy version (sudo howdy version): Howdy 3.0.0 BETA

[hnasheralneam]

I'm having the same issue on Fedora 41 (KDE spin)

[gguman]

Has anyone been able to solve this problem?

[chenxiex]

Having the same issue on Arch Linux with howdy-beta-git installed from AUR.

[Hamster1962]

+1

[a15355447898a]

+1

[rylos]

I'm getting this too n arch and howdy-beta-git

[Hunter9812]

I wish somebody can fix this issue

[NoahHallows]

+1

[awaLiny2333]

+1

[russ1217]

I think it is due to the howdy_gtk synchronization issue. I tried to modify the code at line 90 in compare.py to the following:

	try:
		if gtk_proc.poll() is None: # Make sure the gtk_proc is still running before write into the pipe
			gtk_proc.stdin.write(bytearray(message.encode("utf-8")))
			gtk_proc.stdin.flush()
	except IOError:
		pass

It seems that the Error message disappears.

[russ1217]

BTW, I am using wayland KDE on archlinux. i think howdy_gtk cannot be initialized correctly. If I turn on option gtk_stdout to "true" in howdy config. Here is the runtime error message:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/howdy-gtk/init.py", line 5, in import authsticky File "/usr/lib/howdy-gtk/authsticky.py", line 158, in window = StickyWindow() File "/usr/lib/howdy-gtk/authsticky.py", line 33, in init gtk.Window.init(self) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 505, in init raise RuntimeError( "Gtk couldn't be initialized. " "Use Gtk.init_check() if you want to handle this case.") RuntimeError: Gtk couldn't be initialized. Use Gtk.init_check() if you want to handle this case.

That is why in the compare.py:

gtk_proc.stdin.write(bytearray(message.encode("utf-8"))) gtk_proc.stdin.flush()

fails and generates the annoying error message.

[Hamster1962]

Hi russ1217. The text you added above does seem to get rid of the error but afterwards i get other errors, reference tabs, spaces and indents. Can you please advise an idiots guide to adding the extra line 'if gtk_proc.poll() is None: # Make sure the gtk_proc is still running before write into the pipe'

Is it the text editor I’m using? Or can you link me to a modified Compare.py file please

We are nearly there.

[rylos]

Hi russ1217. The text you added above does seem to get rid of the error but afterwards i get other errors, reference tabs, spaces and indents. Can you please advise an idiots guide to adding the extra line 'if gtk_proc.poll() is None: # Make sure the gtk_proc is still running before write into the pipe'

Is it the text editor I’m using? Or can you link me to a modified Compare.py file please

We are nearly there.

Double check the indents, this is the screenshot so you can check it out.

[Hamster1962]

That is helpful, which text editor are you using because my Micro spacing is all different. does that matter?

[Hamster1962]

Bingo, I did it, I used Sublime Text editor and it made it much clearer where the indents should be.

We did it ....... yay.

[russ1217]

i ues visual source code. sorry that copy paste may have caused the format problem.

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Hi russ1217. The text you added above does seem to get rid of the error but afterwards i get other errors, reference tabs, spaces and indents. Can you please advise an idiots guide to adding the extra line 'if gtk_proc.poll() is None: # Make sure the gtk_proc is still running before write into the pipe'

Is it the text editor I’m using? Or can you link me to a modified Compare.py file please

We are nearly there.

Double check the indents, this is the screenshot so you can check it out.

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[BettridgeKameron]

I think it is due to the howdy_gtk synchronization issue. I tried to modify the code at line 90 in compare.py to the following:

	try:
		if gtk_proc.poll() is None: # Make sure the gtk_proc is still running before write into the pipe
			gtk_proc.stdin.write(bytearray(message.encode("utf-8")))
			gtk_proc.stdin.flush()
	except IOError:
		pass

It seems that the Error message disappears.

Fixes it on howdy-beta on fedora 42 as well!

[frijheid]

Thanks, i can confirm its working in Fedora 42 KDE.

[dekay7]

Fixes it on Arch 6.15.1-arch1-2! Thank you @russ1217!

[boltgolt]

Thanks all, merged on beta branch now