mate-hud crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: error occurred in AboutToShow

[Connor Bornak]

Crash occurred when attempting to open the HUD in Google Chrome.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: mate-hud 19.10.1-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-16.16-generic 5.13.13
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu69
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Thu Sep 30 10:47:04 2021
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/mate-hud/mate-hud
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-09-27 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Beta amd64 (20210923)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: mate-hud
ProcEnviron:

PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/mate-hud/mate-hud']
SourcePackage: mate-hud
Title: mate-hud crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: error occurred in AboutToShow
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo

[Connor Bornak (connor717)]

This bug is (at least on my system) repeatable when using Google Chrome. I am unaware if they share any similarities under the hood, but the global menu seems to work perfectly fine with Google Chrome and Chromium.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.