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Quickshell refuses to start up - module "qs" is not installed #1667

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@V3NCO

Step 1. Before you submit

  • I have read the Troubleshooting and Usage pages.
  • I've successfully updated to the latest version following the guidance.
  • I've successfully updated the system packages to the latest.
  • I've ticked the checkboxes without reading their contents

Step 2. Quick diagnose info

Quick diagnose https://0x0.st/8d_7.result
    ./diagnose

/========================\
| Checking git repo info |
\========================/

[===diagnose===] git remote get-url origin
https://github.com/end-4/dots-hyprland
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] git rev-parse HEAD
2426682cc296807d840e902ece1514a5c1ad2d4f
[---SUCCESS---]

/=================\
| Checking distro |
\=================/

[===diagnose===] ii_check_distro
LSB Version:	n/a
Distributor ID:	Arch
Description:	Arch Linux
Release:	rolling
Codename:	n/a
[---SUCCESS---]

/====================\
| Checking variables |
\====================/

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CACHE_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_CACHE_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CONFIG_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_CONFIG_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_DATA_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_DATA_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_STATE_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_STATE_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV
declare -x ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV="/home/venco/.local/state/quickshell/.venv"
[---SUCCESS---]

/============================\
| Checking directories/files |
\============================/

[===diagnose===] ls -l /home/venco/.local/state/quickshell/.venv
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 venco venco  43 Jul 18 16:52 CACHEDIR.TAG
drwxr-xr-x 1 venco venco 380 Jul 18 16:52 bin
drwxr-xr-x 1 venco venco  20 Jul 18 16:52 lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 venco venco   3 Jul 18 16:52 lib64 -> lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 venco venco 190 Jul 18 16:52 pyvenv.cfg
[---SUCCESS---]

/===================\
| Checking versions |
\===================/

[===diagnose===] Hyprland --version
Hyprland 0.50.0 built from branch  at commit c4a4c341568944bd4fb9cd503558b2de602c0213  (version: bump to 0.50.0).
Date: Wed Jul 16 09:33:42 2025
Tag: v0.50.0, commits: 6279
built against:
 aquamarine 0.9.1
 hyprlang 0.6.3
 hyprutils 0.8.1
 hyprcursor 0.1.12
 hyprgraphics 0.1.5


no flags were set

[---SUCCESS---]

/==============================================\
| Finished. Output saved as "diagnose.result". |
\==============================================/

Step 3. Describe the issue

Hi; I updated my system with sudo pacman -Syu and yay -Syu and then updated ii-qs with install.sh; Now quickshell won't start up anymore and i don't have a wallpaper either

Logs

$ pkill qs; qs -c ii

INFO: Launching config: "/home/venco/.config/quickshell/ii/shell.qml"
  INFO: Shell ID: "874ff250a26bdec7189d4a211a1ca51c" Path ID "874ff250a26bdec7189d4a211a1ca51c"
  INFO: Saving logs to "/run/user/1000/quickshell/by-id/gj4ojrlzs/log.qslog"
  WARN: QSettings::value: Empty key passed
 ERROR: Failed to load configuration
 ERROR:   caused by **/shell.qml[55:48]: Type Bar unavailable
 ERROR:   caused by **/modules/bar/Bar.qml[13:1]: module "qs.modules.common.functions" is not installed
 ERROR:   caused by **/modules/bar/Bar.qml[12:1]: module "qs.modules.common.widgets" is not installed
 ERROR:   caused by **/modules/bar/Bar.qml[11:1]: module "qs.modules.common" is not installed
 ERROR:   caused by **/modules/bar/Bar.qml[10:1]: module "qs.services" is not installed
 ERROR:   caused by **/modules/bar/Bar.qml[9:1]: module "qs" is not installed

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