Public bug reported: Last week, I did a clean install of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on a relatively beefy Thinkpad. This is going to be my Linux build machine (for a game I'm working on) so I installed only a few things: VSCode, Steam, Caffeine, Timeshift, and the requirements for building the game (Flutter SDK, development libraries).
While testing the game, I noticed that all animations in the game are skipped. I checked what the app thinks about the environment and it reports animations in the OS as disabled. I double-checked that they're not. 1. They are not disabled in Settings > Accessibility. 2. `gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface enable-animations` returns `true` 3. `dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/interface/enable-animations` returns `true` Yet, I get this when using `gdbus`: ``` $ gdbus call --session --dest org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop --object-path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop --method org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read org.gnome.desktop.interface enable-animations (<<false>>,) ``` Apparently, `gdbus` is where some applications are looking when trying to figure out whether animations are enabled. From what I understand, this is _the_ correct way, even. Yesterday, I tried installing Ubuntu from scratch and I reproduced the issue on the clean OS install as well, so it's not something I botched along the way. You can see my screenshot gallery here: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/155982#issuecomment-2387958637 . This issue seems to not appear in installations of Ubuntu that were upgraded from version 22.04, only in clean installations of Ubuntu 24.04. Another person on Mastodon was able to reproduce this issue, too: https://mastodon.social/@sesiv...@vivaldi.net/113238290862309705 I also asked this as a question on askubuntu (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1528661/clean-ubuntu-install-reports- enable-animations-as-false-when-theyre-enabled) but, in retrospect, I think this is a bug in the system, not a support question. I know I can fix this for myself but I want this to work as expected for others. System: ``` $ lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS Release: 24.04 ``` ## Expected gdbus (or whatever the subsystem that gdbus uses) returns the correct value for animations enabled/disabled state ## What happens instead gdbus returns false while everything else returns true ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: libglib2.0-bin 2.80.0-6ubuntu3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-45.45-generic 6.8.12 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-45-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckMismatches: ./boot/grub/grub.cfg CasperMD5CheckResult: fail CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 3 11:18:41 2024 InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-10-02 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: glib2.0 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2083593 Title: gdbus reports enable-animations as false when they are enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/2083593/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
