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jnyb
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gnome extensions prefs error

Hello,

Hoping I could get some guidance on why my extensions prefs window will not populate. I only get this error on a RHEL 8 machine going through horizon client. On a thick client, there are no issues. This issue does not happen on our RHEL 7 systems. The Shell Extensions window pops up but it is just a blank white window. Settings/Permissions issue?

OS: RHEL 8

Thin Client: 10zig Ubuntu (vmware-view 2111)

Horizon: 2111

Error:

$ gnome-shell-extension-prefs

(gnome-shell-extension-prefs:103429): dbind-WARNING **: 07:03:03.633: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-hY5mFNfStk: Connection refused
Gjs-Message: 07:03:03.765: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js 649]: reference to undefined property "canChange"

(gnome-shell-extension-prefs:103429): Gjs-WARNING **: 07:03:03.766: JS ERROR: Error: Invalid value 'undefined' for property sensitive in object initializer.
_init/Gtk.Widget.prototype._init@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gtk.js:60:9
_buildUI@resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js:633:24
_init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js:572:9
_addExtensionRow@resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js:291:19
_scanExtensions/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js:284:17
asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:131:13
main@resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js:691:5
@<main>:1:43

Thank you,

Johnny

 

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GSA_IT_Infra
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I get the same problem on Horizon 8.6 2206.

VMWare supply a replacement gnome-shell-3.32.2-9.el8.x86_64/libgnome-shell.so in this build which replaces the OS supplied one.

The OS supplied version is 3.32.2-40, so VMWare performs a downgrade of an RPM installed library by just copying the VMWare version over the top.

Re-installing the gnome-shell package restored the preferences dialog for me. 

However I do not know what this breaks. I suspect this is SSO related.

jnyb
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Thank you for the update. I will give this a shot and see if it fixes my issue.

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