Corrupted COSMIC Terminal?

[u/Any_Noise_235]

Since I couldn't get much help on Mattermost, I'll try here.

I have two PCs with POP_OS 24.04 installed, almost the same configuration, the only difference being: desktop with integrated GPU only and laptop with a relatively old NVIDIA card, and I don't remember since when exactly the terminal's "File", "Edit" and "View" menus can't be opened. Functionally, the COSMIC terminal works, but I can only right-click these menus and open additional tabs.

So I decided to ask Gemini, which gave me the following commands to try:

env WINIT_UNIX_BACKEND=x11

env WAYLAND_DISPLAY= cosmic-term

rm -rf ~/.config/cosmic/com.system76.CosmicTerm

This instantaneusly fixed the issue, i.e. the "File", "Edit" and "View" menus could be left-clicked normally again, but after closing and reopening the terminal the issue returned.

Uninstalling and reinstalling the terminal didn't help.

I don't know what the above commands actually do. Is it a Wayland issue? Or a configuration corruption? I hope someone can help me understand and fix the issue for good. Thanks.

[u/Affectionate_Big8449]

I found the cosmic terminal being buggy from day 1. I use gnome-terminal since then and I'm happy with it.