System-monitor-next applet no longer works

[vinyloup]

Hello System-monitor-next developpers :-)

Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Gnome 42.0

System-monitor-next applet no longer works after have a good fonctionnement since some days .
The "Meta is null" is incomprehensible for me .
Have you a idea how to fix this problem ?

Thank you in advance about your help.

[mgalgs]

It looks like you have version 55 of the extension. Please update to the latest version, which should fix this issue.

[vinyloup]

Hello Mgagls

Thanks you for your respons.
No update is offered to me via the extension manager.
I tried uninstalling this extension and then reinstalling it. But I got the same result.
When I look in the list of installed extensions, this is what I get.

Have an idea or a trick to resolv this problem ?

[mgalgs]

Ah sorry, just noticed that you said you're running Gnome Shell version 42. I'm not sure on this bug and don't have a GS 42 environment for testing, so I'd recommend rolling your extension back to a working version. Here's the full list of system-monitor-next versions that support GS version 42:

If version 55 isn't working for you maybe you could try one of these other versions (I'd start with 43 and work backwards).

[FelixBer]

Looks like this happens on Ubuntu 22.04 installations with non-default locale, you have to do

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

and select the meta package C.UTF-8 (at the very top). Even the latest version works then.
No idea why.

[mgalgs]

TBD: Do we need to add something to the README about enabling the C.UTF-8 locale?

[vinyloup]

Hello everyone Unfortunately for me, enabling the C.UTF-8 locale not solve my problem. Despite everything, thank you for FelixBer for this suggestion . I still have my extension in error despite uninstalling then reinstalling this extension. Le mar. 23 janv. 2024 à 01:44, Mitchel Humpherys ***@***.***> a écrit :

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[mgalgs]

Bummer, but thanks for reporting back, @vinyloup. Have you tried installing version 43 or earlier of the extension?

[vinyloup]

Hello Mitchel Yes, i tried version 43 or earlier. My last test is the 55, as you can see in the following screenshot : [image: Capture d’écran du 2024-01-25 21-50-28.png] Do you have any idea what "meta is null" means in this context ? Le mar. 23 janv. 2024 à 23:15, Mitchel Humpherys ***@***.***> a écrit :

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[ZimbiX]

@vinyloup The screenshot hasn't come through - try posting it via the website rather than email

[vinyloup]

Hello ZimbiX

Sorry, I left out this important detail! The screenshot via website

[jzskca]

The following suggestion that a user left in the reviews on the extensions website resolved the issue for me:

sudo apt install gir1.2-gtop-2.0 gir1.2-nm-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-1.0

[mgalgs]

@vinyloup I believe you were running into this issue:

#64 (comment)

The summary is that you must have been missing some system dependencies (as suggested by @jzskca), but the system dependency help dialog was buggy, so when we try to display the help dialog it just throws the meta is null error. For now we've just ripped out the help dialog, but we'll track the effort of updating it over in #69.

Please try installing the system dependencies and restarting. I'm going to close this under the assumption that this is indeed the problem, but please let me know if that's not the case and we can re-open.

[vinyloup]

Hello @mgalgs

The problem is still'nt completely resolved but it has improved since I installed all the gir-1.2-* packages, recommended by @jzskca . Currently, I lose the display of the clock, the display of which I can easily find using the Dash to Panel Settings positioning options.
Thanks to everyone who helped me with this problem.