#1143863 lutris: Does not start due to removed GnomeDesktop dependency

#1143863#5
Date:
2026-08-07 13:14:05 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
A recent upgrade of Gnome packages

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
Starting the application crashes immediatly on

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/games/lutris", line 68, in <module>
    from lutris.gui.application import LutrisApplication
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lutris/gui/application.py", line 41, in
<module>
    from lutris.game import GAME_START, GAME_STOPPED, Game, export_game,
import_game
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lutris/game.py", line 17, in <module>
    from lutris.config import LutrisConfig
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lutris/config.py", line 8, in <module>
    from lutris import settings, sysoptions
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lutris/sysoptions.py", line 10, in
<module>
    from lutris.util.display import DISPLAY_MANAGER, SCREEN_SAVER_INHIBITOR,
is_compositing_enabled, is_display_x11
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lutris/util/display.py", line 134, in
<module>
    DISPLAY_MANAGER = get_display_manager()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lutris/util/display.py", line 128, in
get_display_manager
    return DisplayManager(screen)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lutris/util/display.py", line 60, in
__init__
    self.rr_screen = GnomeDesktop.RRScreen.new(screen)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 123, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError(f"{self.__name__!r} object has no attribute {name!r}")
AttributeError: 'gi.repository.GnomeDesktop' object has no attribute 'RRScreen'

#1143863#10
Date:
2026-08-13 22:56:08 UTC
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Bug has been fixed upstream --> https://github.com/lutris/lutris/issues/6828