[bug] AppImage fails to start on Kubuntu due to libayatana-appindicator / glib issue

[twodogs2022]

Hello,

I tried running BongoCat 0.8.2 AppImage on Kubuntu (version: noble, x86_64), and it crashes immediately with the following error:

thread 'main' panicked at /home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/libappindicator-sys-0.9.0/src/lib.rs:41:5:
Failed to load ayatana-appindicator3 or appindicator3 dynamic library
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libayatana-ido3-0.4.so.0: undefined symbol: g_once_init_leave_pointer
libayatana-appindicator3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
libappindicator3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have installed the necessary libraries:

• libayatana-appindicator3-1
• gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
• libxapp-gtk3-module
• libglib2.0-0 (version 2.80.0)

I also tried creating .so symlinks for libayatana-appindicator3.so and libappindicator3.so and running with LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0, which allows it to start, but this is not a permanent solution.

It seems that the AppImage is either missing the correct AppIndicator libraries or bundling an older version of glib that is incompatible with Kubuntu's libraries.

Could you please look into updating the AppImage to work natively on Kubuntu/Ubuntu systems without needing LD_PRELOAD?

Thanks!

[Icarus-Xu]

Same error on debian KDE

[2025-12-05][10:41:31][TRACE][arboard::platform::linux::x11] Started serve requests thread.
src/nv_gbm.c:288: GBM-DRV error (nv_gbm_create_device_native): nv_common_gbm_create_device failed (ret=-1)

pci id for fd 28: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 30: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 31: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 30: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 31: 10de:2582, driver (null)
src/nv_gbm.c:288: GBM-DRV error (nv_gbm_create_device_native): nv_common_gbm_create_device failed (ret=-1)

pci id for fd 16: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 17: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 20: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 17: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 20: 10de:2582, driver (null)
src/nv_gbm.c:288: GBM-DRV error (nv_gbm_create_device_native): nv_common_gbm_create_device failed (ret=-1)

pci id for fd 15: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 18: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 20: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 18: 10de:2582, driver (null)
pci id for fd 20: 10de:2582, driver (null)
KMS: DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: 权限不够
KMS: DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: 权限不够
Failed to create GBM buffer of size 800x600: 权限不够
KMS: DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: 权限不够
KMS: DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: 权限不够

thread 'main' (22068) panicked at /home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/libappindicator-sys-0.9.0/src/lib.rs:41:5:
Failed to load ayatana-appindicator3 or appindicator3 dynamic library
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libayatana-ido3-0.4.so.0: undefined symbol: g_once_init_leave_pointer
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libayatana-ido3-0.4.so.0: undefined symbol: g_once_init_leave_pointer
libayatana-appindicator3.so: 无法打开共享目标文件: 没有那个文件或目录
libappindicator3.so: 无法打开共享目标文件: 没有那个文件或目录
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
[1]    22068 IOT instruction  ./BongoCat_0.8.2_amd64.AppImage