# Weird hangups whenever File Manager (file selection specifically) is involved with GNOME **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 26, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/weird-hangups-whenever-file-manager-file-selection-specifically-is-involved-with-gnome/8748 "2025-05-26T12:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theKarlisK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/thekarlisk/32/2609_2.png) [@theKarlisK](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/theKarlisK)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/weird-hangups-whenever-file-manager-file-selection-specifically-is-involved-with-gnome/8748/1 "2025-05-26T12:51:29Z")
Hi, first and foremost I’m on Bazzite Stable with GNOME (based on Fedora 42 Silverblue): ```auto rpm-ostree status State: idle Deployments: ● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-gnome:stable Digest: sha256:80f7a914d94fec655a7e0ceec8cdaddde0572b9164ca316936704e39315a6acb Version: 42.20250522.1 (2025-05-22T07:08:36Z) LayeredPackages: coolercontrol corectrl lact ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-gnome:stable Digest: sha256:63cb02ea2918fb99fd76f8ba7515c9ffe9111ff52aa9779ae09e8d49a6666b38 Version: 42.20250519 (2025-05-19T05:19:52Z) LayeredPackages: coolercontrol corectrl lact ``` I have an odd situation that I can’t seem to find the root cause of - at first I thought this only affected Google Chrome flatpak, but today same exact thing happened with GNOME Settings while trying to import a VPN config from file. This seems to happen whenever I try to have a file selected (be it as an attachment for email, or config selection for NetworkManager), File Manager comes up but after selecting the file and pressing ok/select/whatever… nothing happens and the application or window just hangs up (the app/window is still responsive and functioning) it’s just like it’s blocked by an invisible prompt … pressing ESC on keyboard has no effect the only way to access it is to Quit/Exit or kill the app/window and just start it up again (Note that repeating the process just ends with it hung up/stuck again). And `journalctl -f` doesn’t show any errors popping up whenever that happens. I can’t tell if it’s something with sandboxing, Wayland or a GNOME extension causing this. And when it comes to Extensions, I try to use only what I need to. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/a/a77dd4304313cdb9fd304dfe1794f9fe11d75c11.png) As one last note - I use Bluefin Stable on my laptop and I haven’t encountered this there just yet. ---
**Author:** ![JohnAtl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/johnatl/32/3485_2.png) [@JohnAtl](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/JohnAtl)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/weird-hangups-whenever-file-manager-file-selection-specifically-is-involved-with-gnome/8748/2 "2025-05-26T13:01:15Z")
Perhaps related? > [@VSCode hangs when opening or saving files](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/vscode-hangs-when-opening-or-saving-files/8627): > > If I drop back to 41 GTS, will it have an older version of VSCode that might work for me? Doesn’t seem to matter the file system I am on, nor the folder I am in. The VSCode and VSCodium flatpaks have the same issue. Or, if there’s a fix, I’m all ears. Thanks I see your image is from 0522, so would have thought you’d have the fix. Could be a different problem. ---
**Author:** ![theKarlisK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/thekarlisk/32/2609_2.png) [@theKarlisK](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/theKarlisK)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/weird-hangups-whenever-file-manager-file-selection-specifically-is-involved-with-gnome/8748/3 "2025-05-26T13:07:39Z")
That indeed looks just like what I’m experiencing. Running it from terminal gives me this: ```auto flatpak run com.google.Chrome [0526/160451.373095:WARNING:chrome/app/chrome_main_linux.cc:80] Read channel stable from /app/extra/CHROME_VERSION_EXTRA [0526/160451.489079:WARNING:chrome/app/chrome_main_linux.cc:80] Read channel stable from /app/extra/CHROME_VERSION_EXTRA Gtk-Message: 16:04:51.546: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: 16:04:51.547: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" [58:58:0526/160455.127321:ERROR:gpu/command_buffer/service/gles2_cmd_decoder_passthrough.cc:1092] [GroupMarkerNotSet(crbug.com/242999)!:A02029002C370000]Automatic fallback to software WebGL has been deprecated. Please use the --enable-unsafe-swiftshader flag to opt in to lower security guarantees for trusted content. Created TensorFlow Lite XNNPACK delegate for CPU. Attempting to use a delegate that only supports static-sized tensors with a graph that has dynamic-sized tensors (tensor#-1 is a dynamic-sized tensor). [2:42:0526/160501.704525:ERROR:google_apis/gcm/engine/registration_request.cc:291] Registration response error message: DEPRECATED_ENDPOINT [2:42:0526/160525.838306:ERROR:google_apis/gcm/engine/registration_request.cc:291] Registration response error message: DEPRECATED_ENDPOINT ``` Oh and when it hangs up and I terminate it from terminal it spews out this: ```auto ^C [2 preload-host-spawn-strategy] Dropping 0x13400004c600 (3) because of connection closed [2:44:0526/160754.569082:FATAL:dbus/bus.cc:1248] D-Bus connection was disconnected. Aborting. [2:139:0526/160754.569251:FATAL:dbus/bus.cc:1248] D-Bus connection was disconnected. Aborting. [0526/160754.569220:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/linux/scoped_ptrace_attach.cc:27] ptrace: Operation not permitted (1) ``` Also tried resetting Google Chrome permissions in Flatseal without changes. ---
**Author:** ![theKarlisK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/thekarlisk/32/2609_2.png) [@theKarlisK](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/theKarlisK)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/weird-hangups-whenever-file-manager-file-selection-specifically-is-involved-with-gnome/8748/4 "2025-05-26T13:16:36Z")
OMG, I should have tried the first step in troubleshooting… 🤦‍♂️ ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/3/30cddbb0e440788de7dfb3785fddba8832b7d8b1.jpeg) Rebooted and the issue is gone. I must have had my PC running for longer than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/e/e39f7d1952979cf23b0f8d634e025fb38da50026.png) [@system](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/weird-hangups-whenever-file-manager-file-selection-specifically-is-involved-with-gnome/8748/5 "2025-05-27T16:59:48Z")
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