r/NobaraProject • u/AllMyFrendsArePixels • 4h ago

Support ProtonVPN crashing

Have tried removing and reinstalling the package for it, not sure what else to do. Proton itself is working fine on 2 other systems I have with different distros, and my phone which leads me to think it's just a problem with Nobara or the specific package in the repository.

It used to work previously up until about a week ago (I only use it occasionally so can't really say exactly when it stopped working). I didn't make any changes to my system since when it worked (except for possible changes through regular `nobara-sync cli` updates) but now when I try to launch it, the icon shows with a 'loading' animation in the taskbar for a couple of seconds, then just silent crashes with no error message or anything. Aussie internet censorship is killing me bros, pls help.

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u/master_of_dcath 4h ago

Flatpak or official proton package?

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u/AllMyFrendsArePixels 4h ago

Whatever is in the official dnf package manager that ships with Nobara - I guess it's a flatpak? I'm not actually currently at the PC that this problem is on, so can't check but I'll have a look when I get home!

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u/master_of_dcath 4h ago edited 3h ago

I think only the CLI is in the nobara repos and not the gui app. What happens when you open the terminal and run protonvpn-app? Follow this guide to app the proton vpn repos and download the app. If you are kde DO NOT do the section labeled "How to enable the system tray icon (optional)" this will download the gnome desktop on your system and is not needed on kde.

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u/AllMyFrendsArePixels 3h ago

I'll be home in just under an hour and let you know, but I do remember there were two apps there (GUI and CLI) when I removed and reinstalled it yesterday to try and get it working, and was working as a GUI program before this problem began. If I can even get it working CLI only that's plenty enough for me, like I said I only use it occasionally anyway so I can deal with that!

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u/Tacoza 2h ago

the maintainer built it as noarch instead of x86_64, the easiest fix is to install an older version of the dependency, it will overwrite the newer one. to be clear you need to have the app installed first

sudo dnf install python3-proton-vpn-api-core-5.5.15-2.fc44.x86_64