Timeshift not launching

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Hi, I installed Timeshift backup software, by means of sudo zypper install timeshift on Leap 15.5, but it is not launching.
My root partition is ext4.
Please advise.
I tried manually installing timeshift-23.12.2-1-omv2490.x86_64.rpm but it failed due to unfulfilled depenencies.
system info:

inxi -F
System:
  Host: Plonter-Desktop Kernel: 5.14.21-150500.55.39-default arch: x86_64
    bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.5
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B365M-A v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2208
    date: 07/09/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: N/A condition: N/A
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: Intel Core i7-9700 bits: 64 type: MCP cache: L2: 2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4700 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: USB C Video Adaptor type: USB driver: N/A
  Device-3: Microdia USB Live camera type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution:
    1: 1920x1080 2: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL
    GT2)
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Microdia USB Live camera type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.14.21-150500.55.39-default running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.64 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: a8:5e:45:e2:87:3c
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
  IF: eth1 state: down mac: 00:e0:4c:68:51:92
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB
    driver: btusb
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.26 TiB used: 842.76 GiB (36.5%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD120 size: 1.82 TiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 98.85 GiB used: 7.85 GiB (7.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb6
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 50.6 MiB (52.7%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sdb1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 263 Uptime: 0h 56m Memory: 15.48 GiB used: 2.82 GiB (18.2%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.23
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There is an error:

leap@leaptest:~> LANG=C timeshift-launcher
/usr/bin/timeshift-launcher: line 23: x-terminal-emulator: command not found
leap@leaptest:~>
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Thanks. Any workaround or idea or anything?
I am on KDE x-org

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@hui I’m on Leap 15.5, GNOME and Xorg and don’t see that error.

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Found the problem…
On non GNOME DEs the launcher or timeshift-gtk are not able to properly call a password prompt.
sudo wont work either. So you have to directly call the app as root:

su -c "timeshift-launcher"
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@hui is libvte-2_91-0 and typelib-1_0-Vte-2.91 installed?

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Yes they are installed, but see my answer above for the reason (sorry i edited the message whilst you were answering…).

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@shmu26
To make it easier and to make the application starter work properly: Open your application menu, type timeshift, right click ->Edit application.

Change the entry as following:

Screenshot_20240104_142756
Screenshot_20240104_142756417Ă—560 36.4 KB

From now on, if you click the application starter in your menu, the password dialog will pop up and you can enter your root password. The app will start properly now.

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The command works.
But editing the launcher produces an error:
Screenshot_20240104_161821

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it should be sufficient to install pkexec. Which can be also configured to skip password prompt if needed.

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@shmu26
You are missing a “/” in front of “usr/bin/xdg-su”
You can compare how it should look like by examining another entry which uses root permissions. As example the menu entry from YaST or YaST Software. Or have a look at my screenshot again…

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SOLVED
Thanks to @hui and all the other participants for your patience and your help!