[BUG] Atuin Desktop does litterally nothing on Arch/Hyrpland

[zackkitzmiller]

Bug Description

A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install Atuin Desktop
2. Open Atuin Desktop
3. Observe

Expected Behavior

The application does anything useful.

Actual Behavior

Opens up an empty window pane with a few menu items in it. Clicking them does nothing.

Environment

• OS: Arch Linux/Hyrpland
• Atuin Desktop Version: 00.20
• Atuin CLI Version: 18.3.13
• Shell: [e.g. zsh, bash, fish]
• Terminal: [e.g. iTerm2, Terminal.app, Ghostty]
   Linux framezrk 6.19.6-arch1-1 [FEATURE] Ctrl-click to open links in terminals #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:25:08 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  - Linux 6.19.6-arch1-1
  - Hyprland 0.54.1 (Wayland)

Screenshots/Logs

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❯ atuin-desktop
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.599811061Z][INFO][tracing::span] perform;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.599862297Z][INFO][tracing::span] authenticate;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.599890048Z][INFO][zbus::connection::handshake::common] write_command; command=Auth(Some(External), Some([49, 48, 48, 48]))
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.599937878Z][INFO][zbus::connection::handshake::common] write_commands; commands=[Auth(Some(External), Some([49, 48, 48, 48]))] extra_bytes=None
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600014551Z][INFO][tracing::span] read_command;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600041401Z][INFO][zbus::connection::handshake::common] read_commands; n_commands=1
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600078090Z][INFO][tracing::span] send_secondary_commands;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600124196Z][INFO][zbus::connection::handshake::common] write_commands; commands=[NegotiateUnixFD, Begin] extra_bytes=Some([108, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 109, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 111, 0, 21, 0, 0, 0, 47, 111, 114, 103, 47, 102, 114, 101, 101, 100, 101, 115, 107, 116, 111, 112, 47, 68, 66, 117, 115, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 115, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 111, 114, 103, 46, 102, 114, 101, 101, 100, 101, 115, 107, 116, 111, 112, 46, 68, 66, 117, 115, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 1, 115, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 0, 0, 0, 6, 1, 115, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 111, 114, 103, 46, 102, 114, 101, 101, 100, 101, 115, 107, 116, 111, 112, 46, 68, 66, 117, 115, 0, 0, 0, 0])
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600438504Z][INFO][zbus::connection::handshake::client] receive_secondary_responses; expected_n_responses=1
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600464963Z][INFO][zbus::connection::handshake::common] read_commands; n_commands=1
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600562936Z][INFO][zbus::connection] start_object_server; started_event=Some(Event { listeners_notified: 0, listeners_total: 1 })
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600614873Z][INFO][zbus::connection] {}; obj_server_task_name="ObjectServer task"
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600688852Z][INFO][tracing::span] socket reader;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600711023Z][INFO][tracing::span] read_socket;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600738454Z][INFO][tracing::span] read_socket;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600767068Z][INFO][tracing::span] read_socket;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600875300Z][INFO][tracing::span] read_socket;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600957874Z][INFO][tracing::span] read_socket;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.600989704Z][INFO][tracing::span] read_socket;
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.604331912Z][INFO][atuin_desktop::util] Loading environment from login shell: /bin/bash
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.611519747Z][INFO][atuin_desktop::util] Loaded 4 environment variables from login shell. PATH: /home/zrk/.local/bin:/home/zrk/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.14.3/bin:/home/zrk/.local/share/omarchy/bin:/home/zrk/.local/share/mise/shims:/home/zrk/.local/share/omarchy/bin/:/home/zrk/.local/bin:/home/zrk/.local/share/../bin:/home/zrk/.atuin/bin:/home/zrk/.cargo/bin:/home/zrk/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/zrk/.local/bin:/home/zrk/.summonaikit/bin
[2026-03-19T05:53:48.611560954Z][INFO][atuin_desktop] Successfully loaded login shell environment

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## Additional Context
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[zackkitzmiller]

[jinncoder]

This is probably related to #60

[MichaelRogsys]

As I detailed in #60 comments, I too experaince the same critical bug on Fedora Workstation as well as CachyOS using KDE.