# The thunar "GLib-GIO:ERROR" after glib2 2.74.3-1 update to glib2 2.74.4-1 **URL:** \ **Category:** EndeavourOS installation\ **Created:** [December 24, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173 "2022-12-24T01:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/22 "2023-01-04T10:22:23Z")
> [@anthony93](#): > > An easy way to test it out would be to uninstall that package and then see if thunar complains. `vala-panel-appmenu` you mean… uninstalling glib2 would be bad 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anthony93/32/92169_2.png) [@anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anthony93)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/23 "2023-01-04T10:23:50Z")
Yeah. Uninstall vala panel. I should probably clarify that. ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/24 "2023-01-04T10:55:46Z")
> I installed “Global menu” by these commands: > > 1. `yay vala-panel-appmenu`, > 2. `vala-panel-appmenu-registrar`, > 3. `vala-panel-appmenu-xfce`, > 4. `sudo pacman -S appmenu-gtk-module`, > 5. `xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/ShellShowsMenubar -n -t bool -s true`, > 6. `xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/ShellShowsAppmenu -n -t bool -s true` vala-panel-appmenu does not exist on AUR or repo… i do see only: vala-panel-appmenu-valapanel just try to reproduce in a vm… but i can start thunar without the error… ---
**Author:** ![anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anthony93/32/92169_2.png) [@anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anthony93)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/25 "2023-01-04T10:59:45Z")
When ppl install stuff from outside the AUR and the repo, that’s when things start to go haywire. ---
**Author:** ![anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anthony93/32/92169_2.png) [@anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anthony93)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/26 "2023-01-04T11:00:43Z")
Were u able to figure out where gmenuexporter.c came from? ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/27 "2023-01-04T11:04:22Z")
nah it does not exist here … ![2023-01-04_12-02](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/8/382f82995c024d4f8802ed24df306f2a4f3aeb32.jpeg) ```auto [joe@joe-virtualbox ~]$ LANG=C pacman -Qo /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gmenuexporter.c error: No package owns /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gmenuexporter.c [joe@joe-virtualbox ~]$ LANG=C ls /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gmenuexporter.c ls: cannot access '/usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gmenuexporter.c': No such file or directory [joe@joe-virtualbox ~]$ ``` ---
**Author:** ![anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anthony93/32/92169_2.png) [@anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anthony93)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/28 "2023-01-04T11:06:33Z")
Then why did Thunar throw that exception? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/29 "2023-01-04T11:09:17Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![Katie](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Katie](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Katie)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/30 "2023-01-04T11:26:52Z")
Exactly! I couldn’t reproduce it on VM too. So I did reinstall of EnOS. And I have this error again. The full list of vala packages: ![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/6/663b48b8873d561ba18913d0bc20ab0710979433.png) ---
**Author:** ![Katie](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Katie](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Katie)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/31 "2023-01-04T11:30:01Z")
As mentioned [here](https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/issues/999#note_63057) it might be not `thunar`, but `dbus` through exporting menu panel to `vala-panel`. (?) ---
**Author:** ![anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anthony93/32/92169_2.png) [@anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anthony93)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/32 "2023-01-04T11:36:29Z")
What puzzles me is that an exception occurred inside a file that (seemingly) doesn’t even exist on your system. ---
**Author:** ![anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anthony93/32/92169_2.png) [@anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anthony93)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/33 "2023-01-04T12:00:23Z")
@Katie Does the error still occur if you uninstall `vala-panel` and all its related packages? What if you kill the `vala-panel` application and then launch `thunar`? Does the error still occur then? ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/34 "2023-01-04T12:47:10Z")
okay i will try on hardware install 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Katie](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Katie](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Katie)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/35 "2023-01-04T13:13:39Z")
> [@anthony93](#): > > What if you kill the `vala-panel` application and then launch `thunar`? Does the error still occur then? Cant’t figure out which process to kill. ---
**Author:** ![anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anthony93/32/92169_2.png) [@anthony93](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anthony93)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/36 "2023-01-04T13:18:30Z")
> [@Katie](#): > > Cant’t figure out which process to kill. Hmm. Open up htop and search for vala. There should be a list of processes. Can you take a screenshot of that list? ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/37 "2023-01-04T14:01:57Z")
`pidof vala-panel` will gave the pid yu can use for `kill pid` where pid is replaced with the pid number 😉 ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/38 "2023-01-04T14:03:11Z")
also on real hardware i can not reproduce the error … it must be something you installed or changed on your system or by any small chance something related to your specific hardware … but i do not think this is possible… what exactly is installed? `yay -Qs vala-panel` and in addition what you have from AUR: `pacman -Qm` And you mention plank also… so you do install plank too and use it in your setup? ---
**Author:** ![petsam](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/petsam/32/41308_2.png) [@petsam](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/petsam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/39 "2023-01-04T14:26:18Z")
> [@Katie](#): > > Tried `sudo thunar` and it works. But do not know what to derive from it. It means one of two things IME. 1. A permissions problem on using a file (probably a lib), which you can check looking into permissions in library, or other system files (unlikely IMHO) 2. Some local file (in your `$HOME/.local/*`) is overriding a system file (lib??). You can check this by creating a new user account and testing for the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Katie](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Katie](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Katie)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/40 "2023-01-04T15:13:03Z")
I am not sure that all these has a sence. I explain. 1. Killing the `vala-panel` processes. We do not know wich processes exactly to kill. Vala uses xfce panel, it’s a plugin. It uses dbus and many other staff to pick up menu bars from GNOME, KDE, GTK applications. So it is difficult for me to figure out wich process to kill. There is no any `vala` or `appmenu` processes running. 2. We certanly know that exactly update from `glib2` 2.74.3 to 2.74.4 triggered the problem. We certainly know it. Without update of this package everything worked. 3. `sudo thunar` doesn’t lead us to the conclution that some file was overwritten. It is just show us that with higher privileges vala-panel or something related to vala-panel doesn’t have access to the menu and doesn’t trigger the problem. ---
**Author:** ![petsam](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/petsam/32/41308_2.png) [@petsam](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/petsam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173/41 "2023-01-04T15:21:20Z")
> [@Katie](#): > > `sudo thunar` doesn’t lead us to the conclution that some file was overwritten. It is just show us that with higher privileges vala-panel or something related to vala-panel doesn’t have access to the menu and doesn’t trigger the problem. You seem to have a lot of Linux knowledge and I am surprised you have even asked for help. Apart from irony/joking, what is the problem testing any advice you were given, even not understanding/agreeing with? 🤷 It’s your system. your problem anyway 🤷 [Previous page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/the-thunar-glib-gio-error-after-glib2-2-74-3-1-update-to-glib2-2-74-4-1/35173.md?page=3)