Obsidian 0.15.9 doesn't launch on Ubuntu - Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Install the md.obsidian.Obsidian flatpak
  2. $ md.obsidian.Obsidian

Expected result

Obsidian should launch

Actual result

An error is printed and the application immediately exits:

2022-09-04 07:12:21 Loading main app package /app/resources/obsidian.asar
Gtk-Message: 01:12:21.439: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"
[3:0904/011221.469252:ERROR:bus.cc(397)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
[3:0904/011221.469289:ERROR:bus.cc(397)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2022-09-04 07:12:21 Checking for update using Github

Environment

  • Operating system: Linux pop-os 5.19.0-76051900-generic
  • Debug info: (inaccessible)
  • Flatpak info:
              ID: md.obsidian.Obsidian
         Ref: app/md.obsidian.Obsidian/x86_64/stable
        Arch: x86_64
      Branch: stable
     Version: 0.15.9
     License: LicenseRef-proprietary=https://obsidian.md/eula
      Origin: flathub
  Collection: org.flathub.Stable
Installation: user
   Installed: 376.0 MB
     Runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/21.08
         Sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/21.08

      Commit: d2d3ca7646dd996e95f17895bae8b289de10206b72e8c2a4b8fe4191032e9209
      Parent: a1cdbf04dc8e9f8595cae49f75d7e9f95a39d7c5d160f512371fddf95dfc88bd
     Subject: Update git-2.37.2.tar.xz to 2.37.3 (66acfbe3)
        Date: 2022-08-30 19:38:36 +0000
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the flatpack is produced by third party. we don’t support it. Try the snap or the appimage.

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Ah, okay. I went with the .deb and it worked, so I’ll just stick with that. Thanks!