[pygobject-3.52 breakage] cinnamon-settings-daemon stand still when changing mouse & touchpad settings

[Capricornus007]

Distribution

Arch Linux

Package version

6.4.8

Graphics hardware in use

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series]

Frequency

Always

Bug description

The cinnamon-settings-daemon just cannot let me see or change the mouse and touchpad part, with double quick click, it changed the mouse tracker size from 24 to 5 (seen from dconf-editor)

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Cinnamon Settings.
2. Click on Mouse & Touchpad settings for once.
3. The Cinnamon settings stand still.
   3.1.optional. The mouse tracker become extremely small with double quick click on the settings

Expected behavior

The mouse & touchpad settings should display normally and can let me change

Additional information

System Information:
Kernel: 6.13.7-zen1-1-zen
cinnamon-settings-daemon: 6.4.3-1
journalctl or .xsession-errors related Logs: None
Logs when I tryed cinnamon-settings mouse:

/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py:458: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Window.set_wmclass is deprecated
  self.window.set_wmclass(wm_class, wm_class)
Loading Mouse module
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 811, in <module>
    window = MainWindow()
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 330, in __init__
    if self.load_sidepage_as_standalone():
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 464, in load_sidepage_as_standalone
    self.go_to_sidepage(sp_data.sp, user_action=False)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 185, in go_to_sidepage
    sidePage.build()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/SettingsWidgets.py", line 212, in build
    self.module.on_module_selected()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_mouse.py", line 65, in on_module_selected
    [CDesktopEnums.PointerAccelProfile.DEFAULT.value_nick, _("Device default")],
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'PointerAccelProfile' object has no attribute 'value_nick'

So sorry that my English is not good so some parts may not be described clearly. As a supplement for not sure whether it can be used as a reference to solve the bug, my system language is zh_TW.UTF-8

[Vanes1236]

Same bug here, even getting exactly the same terminal output. Also running Arch, kernel Linux 6.13.7-arch1-1. DE version 6.4.8. However, as my GPU I'm utilizing an Nvidia GTX 1060, driver version 570.133.07-dkms.

/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py:458: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Window.set_wmclass is deprecated
self.window.set_wmclass(wm_class, wm_class)
Loading Mouse module
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 811, in
window = MainWindow()
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 330, in init
if self.load_sidepage_as_standalone():
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 464, in load_sidepage_as_standalone
self.go_to_sidepage(sp_data.sp, user_action=False)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 185, in go_to_sidepage
sidePage.build()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/SettingsWidgets.py", line 212, in build
self.module.on_module_selected()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_mouse.py", line 65, in on_module_selected
[CDesktopEnums.PointerAccelProfile.DEFAULT.value_nick, _("Device default")],
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'PointerAccelProfile' object has no attribute 'value_nick'

[Vanes1236]

A recent update from Cinnamon 6.4.8-1 > 6.4.8-2 seems to have fixed the issue.

[2025-03-23T14:59:43+0300] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon (6.4.8-1 -> 6.4.8-2)

[Capricornus007]

Thank you for your reminder. I can also get access to mouse settings in this new minor version. I will close this issue for now.

[antonio-rojas]

This still needs to be fixed upstream, please reopen

[leigh123linux]

This still needs to be fixed upstream, please reopen

Is the archlinux change backwards compatible?

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/cinnamon/-/commit/27bc024e0291c224827799a37d96575c87ff7e53

The pygobject-3.52 update is going to break many packages with it's incompatible changes.

[timfeierabend]

This looks related to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pygobject/-/merge_requests/394

According to the changelog https://pygobject.gnome.org/changelog.html, 394 was included with pre-release version 3.51.

The archlinux change could be used in combination with hasattr() to use either value_nick or name - whichever is available.

@mtwebster - any thoughts on how to proceed here?

[mtwebster]

Does this work? (Eliminate .value_nick and the valtype argument)
it doesn't quite.

diff --git a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_mouse.py b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_mouse.py
index 0fdbe5205..c0802d25c 100755
--- a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_mouse.py
+++ b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_mouse.py
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ class Module:
             settings.add_row(switch)
 
             clickpad_list = [
-                [CDesktopEnums.TouchpadClickMethod.DEFAULT.value_nick, _("Default device behavior")],
-                [CDesktopEnums.TouchpadClickMethod.NONE.value_nick, _("Disabled")],
-                [CDesktopEnums.TouchpadClickMethod.AREAS.value_nick, _("Virtual button areas along bottom of touchpad")],
-                [CDesktopEnums.TouchpadClickMethod.FINGERS.value_nick, _("Use multiple fingers for right and middle click")]
+                [CDesktopEnums.TouchpadClickMethod.DEFAULT, _("Default device behavior")],
+                [CDesktopEnums.TouchpadClickMethod.NONE, _("Disabled")],
+                [CDesktopEnums.TouchpadClickMethod.AREAS, _("Virtual button areas along bottom of touchpad")],
+                [CDesktopEnums.TouchpadClickMethod.FINGERS, _("Use multiple fingers for right and middle click")]
             ]
 
-            combo = GSettingsComboBox(_("Click actions"), "org.cinnamon.desktop.peripherals.touchpad", "click-method", clickpad_list, valtype=str)
+            combo = GSettingsComboBox(_("Click actions"), "org.cinnamon.desktop.peripherals.touchpad", "click-method", clickpad_list)
             settings.add_row(combo)
 
             settings = SettingsSection(_("Scrolling"))

[clefebvre]

Thank you. Fixed in 6.4.9.