Dash-to-dock: Not working on vanilla Fedora 31

[StephenCoady]

I get this error when I try to install dash to dock on Fedora 31:

Nov 01 10:00:54 t580 gnome-shell[1982]: JS ERROR: Extension [email protected]: Error: GrabHelper owner must be a Clutter.Actor
                                        GrabHelper@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/grabHelper.js:48:19
                                        PopupMenuManager<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/popupMenu.js:1233:28
                                        DashToDock_ShowAppsIconWrapper@/home/scoady/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/appIcons.js:1044:29
                                        DashToDock_MyDash@/home/scoady/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/dash.js:224:35
                                        DashToDock@/home/scoady/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js:234:21
                                        _createDocks@/home/scoady/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js:1645:20
                                        DashToDock_DockManager@/home/scoady/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js:1571:9
                                        enable@/home/scoady/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js:16:19
                                        _callExtensionEnable@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionSystem.js:131:13
                                        loadExtension@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionSystem.js:263:21
                                        callback@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionDownloader.js:232:17
                                        gotExtensionZipFile/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionDownloader.js:99:13

[StephenCoady]

Happy to create a PR for this if someone could point me in the right direction.

[Knepherbird]

I just tried installing the 67 version rpm from the fedora 31 updates repo and couldn't log back in to gnome-shell. had to drop to console and uninstall the package.

[kkalavantavanich]

Similar error here...

Nov 02 11:42:25 com gnome-shell[2896]: JS ERROR: Extension [email protected]: Error: GrabHelper owner must be a Clutter.Actor
                                          DashToDock_ShowAppsIconWrapper@/home/kris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/appIcons.js:1044:29
                                          DashToDock_MyDash@/home/kris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/dash.js:224:35
                                          DashToDock@/home/kris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js:234:21
                                          _createDocks@/home/kris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js:1645:20
                                          DashToDock_DockManager@/home/kris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js:1571:9
                                          enable@/home/kris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js:16:19

[mone27]

I had the same issue after upgrading to fedora 31, however after installing v67 manually (downloaded zip file and then enabled extension) it is working perfectly

[micheleg]

Is this reproducible or was it a one off error? Extension update in a running system is something that is not meant to be supported (e.g., https://gitlab.gnome.orhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/153#note_308039g/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/153#note_308039), so if the problem is soved for everybody after a full restart I would consider this not a bug.

[StephenCoady]

I don't think I explained it well enough. I had this extension running perfectly fine on Fedora 30. I updated to 31 and the extension stopped working. I removed it completely from my system and installed fresh and it errors with the above every time.

[micheleg]

So the error occurred after an update. Did you reboot the machine? Can you still reproduce the problem?

[harryhobson]

I had the extension error after upgrading to F31 and updating the extension via the gnome extensions website - was still errorring after the update (and possibly after restart). The issue resolved after restarting and installing some system updates.

[micheleg]

Closing then as it seems resolved on your end and it would be difficult to debug this. reopen the issue if the problem occurs again.

[StephenCoady]

Up to you obviously but not resolved for me. I have restarted multiple times. All updates installed.

[micheleg]

@StephenCoady Ops, sorry. So you are still getting the above error? Can you confirm which version you are running and sourced from where? Can you give a try to current master?

[StephenCoady]

OK, so I gave this another go this morning and got it working on Fedora 31 with gnome-shell 3.34.1. That's with using master. However, installing from extensions.gnome.org doesn't work at all. I'm not sure what version that uses but maybe its a smaller issue or that site hasn't been updated yet.

[blackjackshellac]

I also couldn't install from gnome.extensions.org, but got it to work by cloning here. The install from the gnome.extensions.org only seems to fail when upgrading an existing install of dash-to-dock, installing to a user without the extension works fine from gnome.extensions.org. So it would appear to be only an upgrade issue.

[blackjackshellac]

When installing into a previous install,

-- Logs begin at Fri 2019-09-06 01:50:01 EDT. --
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]:   inflating: /home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/dashtodock.mo
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]:   inflating: /home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/locations.js
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]:   inflating: /home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/stylesheet.css
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]:   inflating: /home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/dashtodock.mo
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]:   inflating: /home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/dashtodock.mo
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]:   inflating: /home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/dashtodock.mo
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]:   inflating: /home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/dashtodock.mo
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]:   inflating: /home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]:  extracting: /home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/metadata.json
Nov 06 08:02:22 woot.home gnome-shell[3045]: JS ERROR: Extension [email protected]: Error: GrabHelper owner must be a Clutter.Actor
                                             GrabHelper@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/grabHelper.js:48:19
                                             PopupMenuManager<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/popupMenu.js:1233:28
                                             DashToDock_ShowAppsIconWrapper@/home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/appIcons.js:1044:29
                                             DashToDock_MyDash@/home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/dash.js:224:35
                                             DashToDock@/home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js:234:21
                                             _createDocks@/home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js:1645:20
                                             DashToDock_DockManager@/home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/docking.js:1571:9
                                             enable@/home/steeve/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js:16:19
                                             _callExtensionEnable@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionSystem.js:131:13
                                             loadExtension@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionSystem.js:263:21
                                             callback@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionDownloader.js:232:17
                                             gotExtensionZipFile/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionDownloader.js:99:13

[blackjackshellac]

If I remove the previous installation and reinstall it works fine from gnome.extensions.org

[StephenCoady]

One last note for anyone who encounters this issue. While it works installing from source, it is not completely bug-free. It causes a bug whereby once I log in after locking my screen gnome crashes and I need to log in again except now my state isn't saved. I have narrowed it down to this extension so I've had to completely uninstall for now.

[scarsunseen24]

I can confirm... same issue. In Fedora 30, I had my dock appear on the left side when I'd just mouse-over anywhere to the left side of my screen. Now I have to move the cursor to the top left to open the Activies overview =\ Amateur Fedora user here... not really a good programmer. Hoping there is a fix.

EDIT: Just re-installed it through Software and rebooted. I had to redo my settings. Works how I want again.