FAQ

Why is my Walker opening so slow?

Walker is a GTK4 Application with a lot of customizability. Every time you open it, there's a lot of upfront processing that has to happen. To mitigate this, you can run a background service. Read the according section.

To debug: run walker in a terminal and check it's output.

Service is running and Walker is still slow to open

If you have an Nvidia GPU, try setting GSK_RENDERER=cairo environment variable. GTK4 uses Vulkan by default, which might cause issues with Nvidia.

My videos don't have a thumbnail

Walker will auto-play video files. Make sure you have these installed:

  gst-libav \
  gst-plugins-bad \
  gst-plugins-base \
  gst-plugins-good \
  gst-plugins-ugly \

NO NVIDIA. SERVICE IS UP.

I have no idea. Open an issue with as much information as possible.