#1120934 Backup & Restore crash when opening

Package:
gnome-authenticator
Source:
gnome-authenticator
Description:
TOTP authentication app for the GNOME Desktop
Submitter:
Date:
2026-02-07 20:03:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1120934#5
Date:
2025-11-18 13:06:27 UTC
From:
To:
While using gnome-authenticator on trixie, tried to import codes from
other OTP app.

The backup & Restore menu crashes the app while opening:/
/
/thread 'main' panicked at
/usr/share/cargo/registry/aperture-0.9.3/src/viewfinder.rs:248:22://
/
/Missing GStreamer Base Plug-ins: BoolError { message: "Failed to find
element factory with name 'glsinkbin' for creating element", filename:
"/usr/share/cargo/registry/gstreamer-0.23.5/src/element_factory.rs",
function:
"gstreamer::element_factory::ElementBuilder::build::{{closure}}",
line: 286 }//
/
/note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a
backtrace/

gnome-authenticator is missing a dependency to Backup & Restore work properly.

Installing gstreamer1.0-gl fixes it.

Don't know if on Gnome DE this gstreamer1.0-gl is installed as
dependency for other apps, but not on XFCE.

Please consider adding gstreamer1.0-gl as a dependency
for gnome-authenticator or at least as Recommended.

Thanks!
#1120934#10
Date:
2026-02-07 20:01:13 UTC
From:
To:
On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:06:27 +0000 eng.stk@sapo.pt wrote:
[...]

For a minimal Gnome DE gstreamer1.0-gl gets pulled in by showtime,
again an application:

$ apt why gstreamer1.0-gl
gstreamer1.0-gl:amd64 is selected for install because:
1. gnome-core:amd64 is selected for install
2. gnome-core:amd64 Depends showtime (>= 49)
3. showtime:amd64 Depends gstreamer1.0-gl

I therefore believe gstreamer1.0-gl should be added as a dependency
also for gnome-authenticator.

Sven