awesome 4.3-6 broken after glib2 2.88.0-1 upgrade
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# Description:
After performing a system upgrade, the `glib2` package upgraded from version `2.86.5-1` to `2.88.0-1`, awesome attempts to launch, but quickly fails and crashes entirely, not even loading to the default config as a backup.
Inspecting `.xsession-errors` shows the stack traceback, with the first error originating from `lua53-lgi` (version `0.9.2-13`). Given `lua53-lgi` depends on `glib2`, and `glib2` was the package which was upgraded, this leads me to believe `glib2` or `lua53-lgi` to be the culprit.
I'm not entirely sure if this report should be under `glib2`, `lua53-lgi`, or `awesome`, so please let me know if the issue needs to be moved elsewhere.
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# Additional info:
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* package version(s):
* `awesome 4.3-6`
* `glib2 2.88.0-1`
* config and/or log files:
```
error while running function!
stack traceback:
[C]: in field 'fromarray'
/usr/share/lua/5.3/lgi/ffi.lua:87: in function 'lgi.ffi.load_enum'
/usr/share/lua/5.3/lgi/override/cairo.lua:55: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
/usr/share/lua/5.3/lgi/namespace.lua:183: in function 'lgi.init.require'
(...tail calls...)
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/color.lua:54: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/init.lua:10: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
/home/jade/.config/awesome/rc.lua:6: in main chunk
error: /usr/share/lua/5.3/lgi/ffi.lua:87: bad argument #1 to 'fromarray' (lgi.record expected, got table)
error while running function!
stack traceback:
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/color.lua:132: in function </usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/color.lua:126>
(...tail calls...)
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/cache.lua:30: in function 'gears.cache.get'
(...tail calls...)
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/color.lua:369: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/init.lua:10: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua:6: in main chunk
error: /usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/color.lua:132: attempt to call a nil value (field 'create_rgba')
error while running function!
stack traceback:
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/color.lua:132: in function </usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/color.lua:126>
(...tail calls...)
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/cache.lua:30: in function 'gears.cache.get'
(...tail calls...)
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/color.lua:369: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
/usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/init.lua:10: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua:6: in main chunk
error: /usr/share/awesome/lib/gears/color.lua:132: attempt to call a nil value (field 'create_rgba')
2026-04-07 17:46:59 E: awesome: main:866: couldn't find any rc file
```
* link to upstream bug report, if any:
* https://github.com/lgi-devs/lgi/issues/358
* https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/4094
# Steps to reproduce:
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1. Install `awesome 4.3-6`
2. Attempt to launch awesome
3. Observe immediate crash
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