Helm-mini doesn't load (?)

[agzam]

Description :octocat:

After updating packages helm-mini doesn't work

Reproduction guide :beetle:

• Start Emacs
• Update packages (it will require restart)
• Restart Emacs

Observed behaviour: :eyes: :broken_heart: helm-mini SPC b b doesn't work, unless Emacs restarted again

System Info :computer:

• OS: darwin
• Emacs: 26.0.50.1
• Spacemacs: 0.200.5
• Spacemacs branch: develop (rev. 628562f0)
• Graphic display: t
• Distribution: spacemacs
• Editing style: vim
• Completion: helm
• Layers:

  ((org :variables org-enable-reveal-js-support t org-enable-bootstrap-support t org-enable-github-support t :packages
    (not org-present))
  (auto-completion :variables auto-completion-tab-key-behavior 'cycle)
  csv yaml emacs-lisp javascript
  (html :packages
     (not pug-mode slim-mode))
  (markdown :variables markdown-live-preview-engine 'vmd)
  (shell-scripts :packages
              (not fish-mode))
  clojure lua haskell
  (auto-completion :variables auto-completion-enable-snippets-in-popup t auto-completion-enable-help-tooltip t auto-completion-enable-sort-by-usage t)
  syntax-checking spell-checking helm
  (shell :variables shell-enable-smart-eshell t shell-default-term-shell "/bin/zsh")
  fasd
  (ibuffer :variables ibuffer-old-time 8)
  osx restclient emoji ranger search-engine imenu-list docker git
  (version-control :variables version-control-diff-tool 'diff-hl version-control-global-margin t)
  (github :variables gist-view-gist t)
  ag-dired ag-general ag-dash ag-synonyms ag-org ag-clojure)

• System configuration features: JPEG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS NS MODULES

Error on debug-on-error t

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
  helm-buffers-list--init()
  apply(helm-buffers-list--init nil)
  helm-funcall-with-source(((name . "Buffers") (init . helm-buffers-list--init) (candidates . helm-buffers-list-cache) (keymap keymap (29 . helm-toggle-buffers-details) (67108925 . helm-buffer-diff-persistent) (3 keymap (97 . helm-buffers-toggle-show-hidden-buffers) (100 . helm-buffer-run-kill-persistent) (61 . helm-buffer-run-ediff) (15 . helm-buffer-switch-other-frame) (111 . helm-buffer-switch-other-window)) (24 keymap (19 . helm-buffer-save-persistent) (4 . helm-buffers-run-browse-project)) (19 . helm-buffers-run-multi-occur) (27 keymap (67108896 . helm-buffers-mark-similar-buffers) (97 . helm-mark-all) (109 . helm-toggle-all-marks) (37 . helm-buffer-run-query-replace) (67108901 . helm-buffer-run-query-replace-regexp) (68 . helm-buffer-run-kill-buffers) (85 . helm-buffer-revert-persistent) (61 . helm-buffer-run-ediff-merge) (103 keymap (115 . helm-buffer-run-zgrep))) keymap (tab . helm-execute-persistent-action) (33554440 . describe-key) (17 . ace-jump-helm-line) (f13 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 12)) (f12 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 11)) (f11 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 10)) (f10 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 9)) (f9 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 8)) (f8 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 7)) (f7 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 6)) (f6 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 5)) (f5 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 4)) (f4 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 3)) (f3 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 2)) (f2 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 1)) (menu-bar keymap (help-menu keymap (describe keymap (describe-mode . helm-help)))) (help keymap (109 . helm-help)) (23 . #[0 "\306\307\310\311\312\305!\313\"\314$\216\315\302!\210\316\304!\317\211\211\301=\203'\315\302!\210\320\202]\321\303\"\211\262\203:\315A!\210\320\202]\312!\262\322\300\"\262
\323
!\203S\315
!\210\202\\\324\325\"\244\317\266\204\205e\202)\207" [(keymap (tab . helm-execute-persistent-action) (33554440 . describe-key) (17 . ace-jump-helm-line) (f13 lambda nil ... ...) (f12 lambda nil ... ...) (f11 lambda nil ... ...) (f10 lambda nil ... ...) (f9 lambda nil ... ...) (f8 lambda nil ... ...) (f7 lambda nil ... ...) (f6 lambda nil ... ...) (f5 lambda nil ... ...) (f4 lambda nil ... ...) (f3 lambda nil ... ...) (f2 lambda nil ... ...) (menu-bar keymap ...) (help keymap ...) #3 (f1 lambda nil ... ...) (8 . helm-next-source) (20 . helm-toggle-resplit-and-swap-windows) (C-tab . undefined) (67108897 . helm-toggle-suspend-update) (3 keymap ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) (67108987 . helm-enlarge-window) (67108989 . helm-narrow-window) (19 . undefined) (24 keymap ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) (11 . helm-previous-line) (67108896 . helm-toggle-visible-mark) (0 . helm-toggle-visible-mark) (C-M-up . helm-scroll-other-window-down) (C-M-down . helm-scroll-other-window) (M-prior . helm-scroll-other-window-down) (M-next . helm-scroll-other-window) (12 . "
") (15 . helm-next-source) (10 . helm-next-line) (26 . helm-select-action) (9 . helm-execute-persistent-action) (13 . helm-maybe-exit-minibuffer) (left . helm-previous-source) (right . helm-next-source) (7 . helm-keyboard-quit) (22 . helm-next-page) (27 keymap ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) (next . helm-next-page) (prior . helm-previous-page) (C-up . helm-follow-action-backward) ...) 23 helm-yank-text-at-point ((31 . helm-undo-yank-text-at-point)) nil nil make-byte-code 0 "\300\205\300 \207" vconcat vector [] 1 call-interactively read-key nil t assoc lookup-key commandp mapcar identity last-command-event unread-command-events] 7 nil nil]) (f1 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-select-nth-action 0)) (8 . helm-next-source) (20 . helm-toggle-resplit-and-swap-windows) (C-tab . undefined) (67108897 . helm-toggle-suspend-update) (3 keymap (57 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth 9)) (56 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth 8)) (55 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth 7)) (54 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth 6)) (53 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth 5)) (52 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth 4)) (51 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth 3)) (50 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth 2)) (49 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth 1)) (63 . helm-help) (62 . helm-toggle-truncate-line) (21 . helm-refresh) (6 . helm-follow-mode) (9 . helm-copy-to-buffer) (11 . helm-kill-selection-and-quit) (25 . helm-yank-selection) (45 . helm-swap-windows)) (67108987 . helm-enlarge-window) (67108989 . helm-narrow-window) (19 . undefined) (24 keymap (57 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth -9)) (56 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth -8)) (55 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth -7)) (54 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth -6)) (53 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth -5)) (52 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth -4)) (51 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth -3)) (50 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth -2)) (49 lambda nil (interactive) (helm-execute-selection-action-at-nth -1)) (2 . helm-resume-list-buffers-after-quit) (98 . helm-resume-previous-session-after-quit) (6 . helm-quit-and-find-file)) (11 . helm-previous-line) (67108896 . helm-toggle-visible-mark) (0 . helm-toggle-visible-mark) (C-M-up . helm-scroll-other-window-down) (C-M-down . helm-scroll-other-window) (M-prior . helm-scroll-other-window-down) (M-next . helm-scroll-other-window) (12 . "
") (15 . helm-next-source) (10 . helm-next-line) (26 . helm-select-action) (9 . helm-execute-persistent-action) (13 . helm-maybe-exit-minibuffer) ...) (action . helm-type-buffer-actions) (persistent-action . helm-buffers-list-persistent-action) (persistent-help . "Show this buffer") (help-message . helm-buffer-help-message) (filtered-candidate-transformer helm-skip-boring-buffers helm-buffers-sort-transformer helm-highlight-buffers helm-fuzzy-highlight-matches) (volatile) (match . helm-buffers-match-function) (mode-line "Buffer(s)" "\\<helm-map>\\[helm-help]:Help \\[helm-select-action]:Act \\[helm-maybe-exit-minibuffer]/f1/f2/f-n:NthAct \\[helm-toggle-suspend-update]:Tog.suspend") (header-line . "TAB: Show this buffer (keeping session)") (resume lambda nil (setq helm-buffers-in-project-p nil)) (migemo . nomultimatch) (buffer-list . helm-buffer-list)) helm-buffers-list--init)
  helm-funcall-foreach(init nil)
  helm-initial-setup(nil)
  helm-initialize(nil nil nil (helm-source-buffers-list helm-source-recentf helm-source-buffer-not-found))
  helm-internal((helm-source-buffers-list helm-source-recentf helm-source-buffer-not-found) nil nil nil nil "*helm mini*" nil nil nil)
  apply(helm-internal ((helm-source-buffers-list helm-source-recentf helm-source-buffer-not-found) nil nil nil nil "*helm mini*" nil nil nil))
  helm((helm-source-buffers-list helm-source-recentf helm-source-buffer-not-found) nil nil nil nil "*helm mini*" nil nil nil)
  apply(helm ((helm-source-buffers-list helm-source-recentf helm-source-buffer-not-found) nil nil nil nil "*helm mini*" nil nil nil))
  helm(:sources (helm-source-buffers-list helm-source-recentf helm-source-buffer-not-found) :buffer "*helm mini*" :ff-transformer-show-only-basename nil :truncate-lines t)
  helm-mini()
  funcall-interactively(helm-mini)
  call-interactively(helm-mini nil nil)
  command-execute(helm-mini)

[hicksy994]

Do you still have this problem after the recent fixes here?

[agzam]

@hicksy994 I think it's fixed. Closing for now