Bleachbit fails to act on anything

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey there,
>
[OT: I have no faith at all in AI, but...
>
> * Run BleachBit with administrator privileges.
Done, failed.

> * Check for a corrupt configuration file by renaming the
>   ~/.config/bleachbit/bleachbit.ini file so that it gets recreated.
No change - same result.

> * Run BleachBit in debug mode and check the logs by replacing
>   username with your username in this command: bleachbit --gui
>   --debug-log=/home/username/bleachbit.log
Results (no errors):
BleachBit version = 5.0.0
Git revision = ece0c51
gi.version = 3.48.2
GTK version = 3.24.41
GTK theme = Greybird-dark
GTK icon theme = elementary-xfce-dark
GTK prefer dark theme = False
SQLite version = 3.45.1
local_cleaners_dir = None
locale_dir = /usr/share/locale/
options_dir = /home/admar/.config/bleachbit
personal_cleaners_dir = /home/admar/.config/bleachbit/cleaners
system_cleaners_dir = /usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners
locale.getlocale = ('en_US', 'UTF-8')
os.getenv(DESKTOP_SESSION) = xubuntu
os.getenv(LOGNAME) = admar
os.getenv(USER) = admar
os.getenv(SUDO_UID) = None
os.path.expanduser(~") = /home/admar
get_distribution_name_version() = ubuntu 24.04
sys.argv = ['/usr/bin/bleachbit', '--gui',
'--debug-log=/home/admar/bleachbit.log']
sys.executable = /usr/bin/python3
sys.version = 3.12.3 (main, Aug 14 2025, 17:47:21) [GCC 13.3.0]
__file__ = /usr/share/bleachbit/SystemInformation.py
~
> * Check for conflicting software that can block BleathBit from
>   functioning correctly, like antivirus or security software.
How do I know what conflicts with BleachBit?

> * Uninstall and reinstall BleachBit.
Already done, no effect.

MRZ