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As a general rule of thumb, if the GUI crashes or doesn't show up, open a terminal and type: `~ $ opensnitch-ui`
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As a general rule of thumb, if the GUI crashes or doesn't show up, open a terminal and type: `~ $ opensnitch-ui --debug`
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It'll display more details.
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Be sure before launching it that no other `opensnitch-ui` process is running (`pgrep opensnitch-ui`).
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Also check how much CPU the process `opensnitch-ui` is consuming. If it consumes 90-100% of the CPU continuously it may be this Ubuntu bug: #647
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Also check how much CPU the process `opensnitch-ui` is consuming. If it consumes 90-100% of the CPU continuously it may be this Ubuntu 22.x bug: #647
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### GUI does not show up
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Same problem than above, sytray icons not supported. Install the `gnome-shell-extension-appindicator`, and follow the instructions detailed below.
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#### OpenSnitch icon does not show up on Gnome-Shell
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#### OpenSnitch systray icon does not show up on Gnome-Shell
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On Gnome-Shell >= 3.16, systray icons have been removed. You have to install the extension gnome-shell-extension-appindicator to get them back.
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See this comment/issue for more information: [#44](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/44).
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#### OpenSnitch systray icon does not show up on Xfce4 (and maybe other Desktop Environments)
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Some systems may have installed `ayatana-indicator-application`, a service to "proxy" menu items from AppIndicator apps to a renderer supporting the Ayatana System Indicators implementation.
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In this scenario, our icon and others do not show up on the systray. The solution is remove it: `sudo apt remove ayatana-indicator-application`
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### OpenSnitch starts maximized in Hyperland
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> guttermoonk: The solution is to set services.opensnitch.enable = true; in configuration.nix, which will launch the program on it's own during startup.

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