Can't access files to add background

[frdbr]

Choosing select background option and then the Add background option one can't see the files in the computer.

[hfiguiere]

The package doesn't grant access to the filesystem.

Until the flatpak is fixed, this can be overridden with a tool like Flatseal, or with the command line.

[ananace]

I'd call this a duplicate of #20
Since electron/electron#19159 seems to be planned for october with 14.0 though I'm guessing it might be reasonable to add a read-only permission for the home directory until then

[vchernin]

@ananace FYI Electron 14 seems to be scheduled to release on August 31st. https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/electron-timelines
Hopefully Jitsi updates quickly after that.

[mccarthyryanc]

This issue still exists for me as of version 2022.1.1. But a temporary fix was to run with the --filesystem option:

flatpak run --filesystem=/path/to/pictures:ro org.jitsi.jitsi-meet

and then add the backgrounds. After that, app could be launched normally with the backgrounds saved.

[vchernin]

@mccarthyryanc what distro, and xdg-desktop-portal version? It works for me on Fedora 35 with xdg-desktop-portal-1.12.1-1.fc35.x86_64

[mccarthyryanc]

@vchernin I'm on Pop!_OS 20.04 and xdg-desktop-portal-1.6.0-1, so maybe a little too old?

[vchernin]

Unfortunately that is possible, 1.6.0 was released over 2 years ago. I assume it will work in newer Pop os releases.

[mccarthyryanc]

That's okay, thanks for the follow up! I have a fix for now and it sounds like it should work post-upgrade.