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Apply the GSK_RENDERER fix to walker's autostart entry #6444

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Apply the GSK_RENDERER fix to walker's autostart entry
MaciekTW Jul 30, 2026
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Rewrite only the Exec line instead of replacing the autostart entry
MaciekTW Jul 31, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion default/walker/walker.desktop
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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Walker
Comment=Walker Service
Exec=walker --gapplication-service
Exec=env GSK_RENDERER=cairo walker --gapplication-service
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application
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echo "Run walker's autostart service with the cairo GTK renderer"

# omarchy-launch-walker starts walker with GSK_RENDERER=cairo, but the resident
# service is normally already running from the XDG autostart entry, which had no
# environment override. That left walker rendering through GTK4's Vulkan backend,
# which can hard-freeze the session on amdgpu (#6443). Leave customized entries alone.
walker_autostart="$HOME/.config/autostart/walker.desktop"

if [[ -f $walker_autostart ]] && grep -q "^Exec=walker --gapplication-service$" "$walker_autostart"; then
cp "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/walker/walker.desktop" "$walker_autostart"

# The autostart generator only re-reads the entry on reload, so apply it now
# instead of waiting for the next login.
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user try-restart app-walker@autostart.service
fi
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@MaciekTW MaciekTW Jul 31, 2026 •
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Good catch — fixed in f82d8ae, and the risk is worse than the cosmetic keys.

The case that actually matters is someone who deliberately disabled walker's autostart by setting Hidden=true (or X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false) while leaving Exec untouched. Copying the default entry over the top would have dropped that key and silently re-enabled autostart during an update the user never asked for.

Now only the stock Exec line is patched in place, so every other key survives:

sed -i "s|^Exec=walker --gapplication-service$|Exec=env GSK_RENDERER=cairo walker --gapplication-service|" "$walker_autostart"

The grep guard stays so the service is only reloaded when something actually changed, and idempotency now falls out naturally since the pattern no longer matches after the rewrite. Comment updated to describe what the code does rather than what I meant it to do.