That works !! starts fine with --disable-clutter

Read this... might explain it what is happening. Last comment says a recent fix in geeqie fixes it but will it need the sources from git. BTW I am not a dev, just an end user.

I am not running unstable, could there be some update of the x system that fixes this issue which has not made it into stable ?

odd. I have removed all the config files related to this program to simulate a clean fresh first time install and it still fails. This is on 2 machines. The laptop which I did not update it works fine on.

If I compile the program myself from source it works fine. Needs a rebuild by the maintainer.

Same issue on an Asus X75V laptop. The power button does nothing when it is set to power off in settings but works if it is set to suspend.

I am not a developer so I am not sure what is meant when a 'patch' is required. However for info the latest stable 1.4 tar version compiles and runs fine on Solus so just needs packaging I guess.

Development resumed on this application 5 months ago. New 1.4 version is supported by most other distros.

Closed - Separate Requested made for alternative more current tool.

This may be an alternative if the requirement is something more recently updated that is still being developed.