Element window not showing up

[Guanran928]

System info:
https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=c0af461776
(Arch Linux, nVidia + Intel hybrid laptop, Wayland)

What happened:

1. I tried running element with flatpak run im.riot.Riot --proxy-server=127.0.0.1:7890
2. No window showed up except the tray icon.

(I am using a proxy server because Matrix is banned at where I live)

Logs (flatpak run ... > element.log):
element.log

The Element package provided by my distribution is working well.

[Heus-Sueh]

same here

[Guanran928]

Solved: Disable Wayland Window System (socket=wayland) in flatpak.

[pieterdd]

This solved it for me, thanks. Does the Flatpak distribution control the default value of this setting? If so it might be possible to make it work out of the box.

[Guanran928]

@pieterdd I think you can, see here.

[jokeyrhyme]

Might be related to one of these:

• Crash when resizing window [Wayland] element-hq/element-desktop#768
• Crash on launch on wayland (sway) with mixed-scaled dual monitor setup element-hq/element-desktop#873
• segfault on wayland element-hq/element-desktop#1040

[pieterdd]

The X version works for me. In the meantime, I'll share some logs here if it helps debug:

❯ flatpak run im.riot.Riot
[3:0208/172155.259389:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
/home/pieter/.var/app/im.riot.Riot/config/Element exists: yes
/home/pieter/.var/app/im.riot.Riot/config/Riot exists: no
LaunchProcess: failed to execvp:
xdg-settings
[3:0208/172156.083567:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
[3:0208/172156.083665:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
Starting auto update with base URL: https://packages.element.io/desktop/update/
Auto update not supported on this platform
Fetching translation json for locale: en_EN
Changing application language to en
Fetching translation json for locale: en
Resetting the UI components after locale change
Resetting the UI components after locale change
[3:0208/172156.239932:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(276)] Gtk: gtk_widget_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
[47:0208/172156.248609:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.248778:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.248913:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.249033:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.249156:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.249276:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.249398:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.249480:ERROR:gbm_pixmap_wayland.cc(82)] Cannot create bo with format= RGBA_8888 and usage=SCANOUT
[47:0208/172156.249573:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.249689:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.249828:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.249948:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.250072:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.250216:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.250340:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[47:0208/172156.250432:ERROR:gbm_pixmap_wayland.cc(82)] Cannot create bo with format= RGBA_8888 and usage=GPU_READ
[47:0208/172156.250488:ERROR:shared_image_factory.cc(962)] CreateSharedImage: could not create backing.
[47:0208/172156.250544:ERROR:shared_image_factory.cc(766)] DestroySharedImage: Could not find shared image mailbox
[47:0208/172156.250643:ERROR:gpu_service_impl.cc(1105)] Exiting GPU process because some drivers can't recover from errors. GPU process will restart shortly.
[3:0208/172156.272780:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(993)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=8704
[74:0208/172156.291343:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(127)] ContextResult::kTransientFailure: Failed to send GpuControl.CreateCommandBuffer.
[92:0208/172156.375761:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.375928:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.376057:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.376193:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.376322:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.376450:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.376578:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.376667:ERROR:gbm_pixmap_wayland.cc(82)] Cannot create bo with format= RGBA_8888 and usage=SCANOUT
[92:0208/172156.376772:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.376907:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.377030:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.377152:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.377279:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.377405:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.377529:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[92:0208/172156.377616:ERROR:gbm_pixmap_wayland.cc(82)] Cannot create bo with format= RGBA_8888 and usage=GPU_READ
[92:0208/172156.377671:ERROR:shared_image_factory.cc(962)] CreateSharedImage: could not create backing.
[92:0208/172156.377733:ERROR:shared_image_factory.cc(766)] DestroySharedImage: Could not find shared image mailbox
[92:0208/172156.377824:ERROR:gpu_service_impl.cc(1105)] Exiting GPU process because some drivers can't recover from errors. GPU process will restart shortly.
[74:0208/172156.383252:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(127)] ContextResult::kTransientFailure: Failed to send GpuControl.CreateCommandBuffer.
[3:0208/172156.399029:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(993)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=8704
[110:0208/172156.487027:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.487192:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.487330:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.487454:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.487575:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.487697:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.487830:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.487923:ERROR:gbm_pixmap_wayland.cc(82)] Cannot create bo with format= RGBA_8888 and usage=SCANOUT
[110:0208/172156.488027:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.488149:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.488276:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.488410:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.488533:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.488655:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.488779:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[110:0208/172156.488876:ERROR:gbm_pixmap_wayland.cc(82)] Cannot create bo with format= RGBA_8888 and usage=GPU_READ
[110:0208/172156.488934:ERROR:shared_image_factory.cc(962)] CreateSharedImage: could not create backing.
[110:0208/172156.488993:ERROR:shared_image_factory.cc(766)] DestroySharedImage: Could not find shared image mailbox
[110:0208/172156.489090:ERROR:gpu_service_impl.cc(1105)] Exiting GPU process because some drivers can't recover from errors. GPU process will restart shortly.
[3:0208/172156.508923:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(993)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=8704
[74:0208/172156.585201:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(127)] ContextResult::kTransientFailure: Failed to send GpuControl.CreateCommandBuffer.
Changing application language to en
Fetching translation json for locale: en
Resetting the UI components after locale change