Your message dated Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:18:46 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1121465: fixed in gnome-calls 49.1.1-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1121465,
regarding gnome-calls: calls-daemon cannot start - error no such flag --daemon
for gnome-calls
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Package: gnome-calls
Version: 49.1.1-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
Running I installed gnome-calls and its systemd user service
always errors out with:
systemctl --user status calls-daemon
× calls-daemon.service - A phone dialer and call handler (daemon mode)
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/calls-daemon.service; enabled;
preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2025-11-26 21:38:07 CET; 2s
ago
Invocation: 690a632777904acb902903c7c259be4d
Process: 2637981 ExecStart=/usr/bin/gnome-calls --daemon (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 2637981 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Mem peak: 19.9M
CPU: 60ms
nov. 26 21:38:07 hermes systemd[4158]: Starting calls-daemon.service - A phone
dialer and call handler (daemon mode)...
nov. 26 21:38:07 hermes gnome-calls[2637981]: Option inconnue --daemon
nov. 26 21:38:07 hermes systemd[4158]: calls-daemon.service: Main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
nov. 26 21:38:07 hermes systemd[4158]: calls-daemon.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.
nov. 26 21:38:07 hermes systemd[4158]: Failed to start calls-daemon.service - A
phone dialer and call handler (daemon mode).
"Option inconnue --daemon"
is
"Unknown flag --daemon"
LC_ALL=C gnome-calls --help
Usage:
gnome-calls [OPTION?]
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-gapplication Show GApplication options
Application Options:
-p, --plugins=PLUGIN The name of the plugins to load
-l, --dial=NUMBER Dial a telephone number
-v, --verbose Enable verbose debug messages
--version Print current version
Best Regards,
Alban
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing-debug
APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500,
'oldstable-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (90, 'unstable-debug'),
(90, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.17.8+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages gnome-calls depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings- 0.49.0-2
backend]
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.26.8-1
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.26.8-1
ii init-system-helpers 1.69
ii libadwaita-1-0 1.8.1-1
ii libc6 2.41-12
ii libcallaudio-0-1 0.1.99-1
ii libebook-contacts-1.2-4t64 3.56.2-4
ii libfeedback-0.0-0 0.8.7-1
ii libfolks26 0.15.9-7
ii libgee-0.8-2 0.20.8-2
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.86.2-1
ii libgom-1.0-0t64 0.5.5-1
ii libgstreamer1.0-0 1.26.8-1
ii libgtk-4-1 4.20.3+ds-2
ii libmm-glib0 1.24.2-2
ii libpeas-2-0 2.2.0-2
ii libsecret-1-0 0.21.7-2
ii libsofia-sip-ua-glib3t64 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1+b1
ii libsofia-sip-ua0t64 1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-6.1+b1
ii modemmanager 1.24.2-2
Versions of packages gnome-calls recommends:
ii callaudiod 0.1.99-1
ii gnome-contacts 49.0-1
gnome-calls suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: gnome-calls
Source-Version: 49.1.1-2
Done: Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gnome-calls, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras <[email protected]> (supplier of updated gnome-calls
package)
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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:24:00 +0100
Source: gnome-calls
Architecture: source
Version: 49.1.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: DebianOnMobile Maintainers
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras <[email protected]>
Closes: 1121465
Changes:
gnome-calls (49.1.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* d/patches: Fix failing systemd user service startup.
And also pick the patches that
- make the systemd unit restart on failure
- allows using systemd for dbus service activation (Closes: #1121465)
* d/control: Remove Rules-Requires-Root
* d/control: Drop Priority field and bump to Standards-Version 4.7.3
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