#1151506 libgweather-4-0t64: Failed to open database

Package:
libgweather-4-0t64
Source:
libgweather-4-0t64
Description:
GWeather shared library
Submitter:
Michael Ott
Date:
2026-10-21 06:51:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1151506#5
Date:
2026-10-21 06:27:01 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

after update to 4.6.0 gdm3 does not start.

I try to run gnome-shell from command line and I got this error:'
$ gnome-shell
libmutter-Message: 07:14:14.765: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter 51.0) as a
Wayland display server
libmutter-Message: 07:14:14.767: No seat assigned, running headlessly
MESA-EGL: warning: failed to open /dev/dri/renderD128: Permission denied
MESA-EGL: warning: failed to open /dev/dri/renderD128: Permission denied
libmutter-Message: 07:14:14.823: Created surfaceless renderer without GPU
libmutter-Message: 07:14:14.870: Using public X11 display :0, (using
unix:/tmp/.X11-unix/X1 for managed services)
libmutter-Message: 07:14:14.871: Using Wayland display name 'wayland-0'
wayland-egl: could not open /dev/dri/renderD128 (Permission denied)
EGL setup failed, disabling glamor
Failed to initialize glamor, falling back to sw
GNOME Shell-Message: 07:14:15.081: Will monitor session 4

(gnome-shell:42144): GWeather-CRITICAL **: 07:14:15.110: Failed to open
database /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gweather-locations/Locations.bin: Failed to
open file “/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gweather-locations/Locations.bin”: open()
failed: No such file or directory
**
GWeather:ERROR:../libgweather/gweather-location.c:207:location_ref_for_idx:
assertion failed: (db)
Bail out! GWeather:ERROR:../libgweather/gweather-
location.c:207:location_ref_for_idx: assertion failed: (db)
== Stack trace for context 0x5624fe0efb60 ==
#0   5624fe1c07c8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:393
(13ac25cbe920 @ 85)
#1   5624fe1c06f8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:368
(13ac25cbe830 @ 491)
#2   5624fe1c0658 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:332
(13ac25cbeb50 @ 27)
#3   5624fe1c0560 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:954
(13ac25cc55b0 @ 1431)
#4   5624fe1c04c0 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panelMenu.js:10
(13ac25c79560 @ 27)
#5   5624fe1c0420 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panelMenu.js:95
(13ac25c79880 @ 27)
#6   5624fe1c0380 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/dateMenu.js:861
(13ac25cc57e0 @ 27)
#7   5624fe1c02d8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:692 (13ac25c95470
@ 106)
#8   5624fe1c0210 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:703 (13ac25c954c0
@ 109)
#9   5624fe1c0170 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:656 (13ac25c953d0
@ 114)
#10   5624fe1c00c8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:508
(13ac25c91ec0 @ 778)
#11   5624fe1c0028 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:445
(13ac25c95740 @ 27)
#12   5624fe1bff70 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:251 (12c521e133d0
@ 964)
#13   5624fe1bfec8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:182 (12c521e13240
@ 379)
#14   5624fe1bfe48 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/init.js:12 (3ee51b98d970
@ 10)
#15   5624fe1bfdb8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/init.js:20 (3ee51b98d8d0
@ 48)
(EE) could not connect to wayland server

After downgrade to 4.4.4-5 it works again
#1151506#14
Date:
2026-10-21 06:47:56 UTC
From:
To:
I was already working on updating the fix before I saw the bug report.
This is fixed by installing gweather-locations.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha