Electron GPU initialization fails on Ubuntu 22.04

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Electron GPU initialization fails on Ubuntu 22.04

Closed this issue 2 years ago · 6 comments

This seems to be a common issue with electron-builder: Automattic/simplenote-electron#3096. The error message I see is the same as listed in that issue.

I have been able to work around the problem by adding --no-sandbox to the electron invocation made by npm start.

Answer 1 · 2023-01-11T22:10:28.000Z

Thanks for letting us know!

Anastasia

Answer 2 · 2023-01-12T09:27:55.000Z

No problem; please let me know if I can supply any more information from my system.

Answer 3 · 2023-01-13T00:52:40.000Z

Hi @Baltoli,

Thank you again for bringing this to our attention! Would you mind trying --in-process-gpu instead of --no-sandbox , see if that works? I was looking into the issue earlier today and it seems like a preferrable workaround over disabling sandboxing.

We plan on adding a relevant note about it in our installation guide with our next release.

Best Regards,

Andreas

Answer 4 · 2023-01-13T10:52:41.000Z

If I use the --in-process-gpu flag, I see the same startup messages in the console I've launched FRET from as I do with --no-sandbox, but the electron shell doesn't appear.

Answer 5 · 2023-01-13T17:29:30.000Z

Thank you, @Baltoli !

Answer 6 · 2023-01-14T00:10:26.000Z

I am closing this issue. We have added a note in the FRET installation instructions that will appear in the next release.

Thanks everyone.

Anastasia