Bug#1117793: gnome-tweaks: "TypeError: GioUnix.DesktopAppInfo.get_filename() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)"

Jonathan Kamens jik at kamens.us
Fri Oct 10 22:06:39 BST 2025


Package: gnome-tweaks
Version: 49.0-1
Severity: important

gnome-tweaks won't launch:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-tweaks", line 100, in <module>
    from gtweak.app import GnomeTweaks
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/app.py", line 13, in <module>
    from gtweak.tweakview import Window
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/tweakview.py", line 20, in <module>
    from gtweak.tweaks.tweak_group_startup import TWEAK_GROUP as StartupApplicationTweaks
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_startup.py", line 348, in <module>
    TWEAK_GROUP = AutostartTweakGroup()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_startup.py", line 243, in __init__
    self._startup_dapps = self._get_startup_desktop_files()
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_startup.py", line 327, in _get_startup_desktop_files
    if not AutostartFile(dappinfo).is_start_at_login_enabled():
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gtweak/utils.py", line 156, in __init__
    self._desktop_file = appinfo.get_filename()
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
TypeError: GioUnix.DesktopAppInfo.get_filename() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.16.9+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-tweaks depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.49.0-1
ii  gir1.2-adw-1                                 1.8.0-1
ii  gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0                     49.0-1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              2.84.4-3
ii  gir1.2-gnomedesktop-4.0                      44.4-1
ii  gir1.2-gtk-4.0                               4.20.1+ds-2
ii  gir1.2-gudev-1.0                             238-7
ii  gir1.2-notify-0.7                            0.8.6-2
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.56.3-2
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        48.1-2
ii  gnome-shell-common                           48.5-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    49.0-1
ii  mutter-common                                48.5-1
ii  python3                                      3.13.7-1
ii  python3-gi                                   3.50.0-7
ii  user-session-migration                       0.5.0

gnome-tweaks recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-tweaks suggests:
ii  gnome-shell-extension-prefs  48.5-2

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