GUI known problems
As a general rule of thumb, if the GUI crashes or doesn't show up, open a terminal and type: ~ $ opensnitch-ui
It'll display more details.
Be sure before launching it that no other opensnitch-ui process is running (pgrep opensnitch-ui).
Also check how much CPU the process opensnitch-ui is consuming. If it consumes 90-100% of the CPU continuously it may be this Ubuntu bug: #647
When the GUI starts, you should have a new icon in your systray -> 
👉 If there's no icon, most probably your Window Manager or Desktop Environment does not support systray icons. If you're running GNOME you need to install this extension -> https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator (check if it's available for your distribution)
See the instructions detailed below to see how to enable it.
👉 On the other hand, if you're running LinuxMint <= 21.1 or Ubuntu <= 22.10 or Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS, see if the process opensnitch-ui is consuming 100% of the CPU.
Solution to this problem:
~ $ pip install grpcio==1.41.0
~ $ pip install protobuf==3.20.0See this issue for more information: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/647#issuecomment-1383956333
🐛 As a consequence of the previous problem, you may also encounter this error:
If this call came from a _pb2.py file, your generated code is out of date and must be regenerated with protoc >= 3.19.0.
If you cannot immediately regenerate your protos, some other possible workarounds are:
1. Downgrade the protobuf package to 3.20.x or lower.
2. Set PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION=python (but this will use pure-Python parsing and will be much slower).
The solution to this problem is also described in detail in these issues:
https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/1214#issuecomment-2518864350
https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/1129 - https://stackoverflow.com/a/73383927 ($ pip install protobuf==3.20.6)
https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/discussions/1003#discussioncomment-6642001
Same problem than above, sytray icons not supported. Install the gnome-shell-extension-appindicator, and follow the instructions detailed below.
On Gnome-Shell >= 3.16, systray icons have been removed. You have to install the extension gnome-shell-extension-appindicator to get them back.
Download latest version - https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/releases
Install it with your regular user: gnome-extensions install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator-v33.zip
~ $ sudo yum install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator.noarch
# RESTART GNOME: logout or press ALT+F2 and type 'r'
~ $ gnome-extensions enable appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com
~ $ killall opensnitch-uiSee this comment/issue for more information: #44.
guttermoonk: The solution is to set services.opensnitch.enable = true; in configuration.nix, which will launch the program on it's own during startup.
https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/1218#issuecomment-2466759612
PyQt5 doesn't seem to be fully supported on Wayland. For example the pop-ups are not correctly positioned on the screen, or the main window crashes randomly:
The Wayland connection experienced a fatal error: Protocol error
In these cases, try launching the GUI as follow:
~ $ QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb opensnitch-ui
If after installing OpenSnitch and reboot, the GUI does not show up upon login to your Desktop Environment, be sure that the following path exists in your $HOME:
~ $ ls ~/.config/autostart/opensnitch_ui.desktop
If it doesn't exist, create it:
~ $ mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart/
~ $ ln -s /usr/share/applications/opensnitch_ui.desktop ~/.config/autostart/If you have installed the GUI from the repositories of a distribution, tell the maintainer of the package to create that symbolic link after installation.
see issue #434 for more information.
It's usually a problem of the Desktop Environment. You can try to configure the theme by using qt5ct, or executing the following commands:
~ $ sudo apt-get install -y qt5-style-plugins
~ $ sudo cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/environment
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
EOFMore info: #303
Since version v1.5.1, you can change GUI theme from the Preferences -> UI -> Theme . You'll need to install qt-material: ~ $ pip3 install qt-material
Be sure that you have properly set the icon theme of your Window Manager.
Launch the GUI as follow and see if the icons show up: ~ $ XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME opensnitch-ui
👉 Alternatively, install qt5ct, launch it an go to the "Icons Theme" tab. Select an icon theme an click on Apply.
Then launch the GUI as follow: ~ $ QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct opensnitch-ui
If either of these methods work, add the variable to your ~/.bashrc or /etc/environment.
https://codebrowser.dev/qt5/qtbase/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp.html#1406
You have to install unicode_slugify and grpcio-tools, usually not available in old distros. You can install them using pip:
$ pip3 install grpcio==1.16.1
$ pip3 install unicode_slugify
$ pip3 install protobuf==3.6You may need to uninstall setuptools if it keeps failing: ~ $ pip3 uninstall setuptools
If you have installed it by double clicking on the pkgs, using a graphical installer, try to install it from command line:
$ sudo dpkg -i
*opensnitch*deb; sudo apt -f install
See issue #25, issue #16 and issue #32 for additional information.
This error means that your python3-protobuf is not compatible with OpenSnitch. Try uninstalling or upgrading it.
If the GUI keeps failing with the same error, install protobuf using pip3: ~ $ pip3 install protobuf==3.6
Check that you don't have a previous installation of opensnitch GUI in /usr/lib/python3*//opensnitch/ or /usr/local/lib/python3/*/opensnitch/
If you have a previous installation remove it, and install the GUI again (you may have an installation of the original repo).
If it doesn't work, report it describing the steps to reproduce it, and the exception or log. For example:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/opensnitch/dialogs/prompt.py", line 362, in _on_apply_clicked
self._rule.name = slugify("%s %s %s" % (self._rule.action, self._rule.operator.type, self._rule.operator.data))
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slugify.py", line 24, in slugify
unicode(
NameError: name 'unicode' is not definedFor ArchLinux/Manjaro users this worked:
installed was from AUR python-unicode-slugify-git r43.b696c37-1 removed it and installed python-unicode-slugify 0.1.3-1.
(since 1.7.0 bf9801f917e1a433150dc257453ce3cd719cd195, users can configure these options from the Preferences dialog)
Some users have reported issues displaying the GUI on 4k monitors. See #43 for more information.
Setting these variables may help:
~ $ export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
~ $ export QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=1 (or 1.25, 1.5, 2, ...)In case of multiple displays: ~ $ export "QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=1;1"