Gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet: System Monitor does not open

Created on 28 Sep 2018 · 10Comments · Source: paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet

Whenever I click the menu entry for _System Monitor_, nothing happens. I cannot see any errors in Looking Glass.

OS: Ubuntu 18.04.1

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beruic

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Ok, this is definitely the issue.

I ran Shell.AppSystem.get_default().lookup_app('gnome-system-monitor.desktop') in Looking Glass, which returned a big fat null (which should probably be detected by _gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet_).
Then I installed the system monitor from the repository with $ sudo apt install gnome-system-monitor, and Shell.AppSystem.get_default().lookup_app('gnome-system-monitor.desktop') now returns [object instance proxy GIName:Shell.App jsobj@0x7f6fe90923d0 native@0x55ee9acbeb40] and I can open the Gnome System Monitor from the menu of _gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet_.

I guess the solution here is either to advice the user to install the apt-version, or somehow detect the .desktop file from the snap.

beruic on 28 Sep 2018

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After digging a bit, I think this issue roots in the fact that the Gnome System Monitor on Ubuntu 18.04 seems to be installed as a snap.

beruic on 28 Sep 2018

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Ok, this is definitely the issue.

I guess the solution here is either to advice the user to install the apt-version, or somehow detect the .desktop file from the snap.

beruic on 28 Sep 2018

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Confirm the issue. And thanks for the workaround, @beruic. It did work. :)

A33a on 3 Oct 2018

Same problem here on Ubuntu 18.10.

scroom on 13 Dec 2018

How do we solve this issue for everyone? Why is gnome-system-monitor installed as a snap at first? I can't remember I did this, and I don't see which dependency brought it in. Is this installed with the Ubuntu installer by default?

bittner on 3 Mar 2019

I confirm the snag on ubuntu 18-04
i check that gnome-system-monitor is running with
snap list
After that, remove the snap by :
sudo snap remove gnome-system-monitor
and install the apt version by :
sudo apt install gnome-system-monitor

Reboot,

ops ok !
tks @beruic

airvb on 9 Mar 2019

There are about a half dozen core GNOME apps that are now installed as snaps rather than deb packages (atleast on new installs, not sure about upgrades), this work landed a while back, 17.10 or 18.04 at a guess. And yes gnome-system-monitor is one of them!