Can't run app, EGL_SUCCESS error (Arch Linux)

[Mykra]

when i try to run this program on Arch, I get the following error message:
could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...

[vanloctech]

Hi @Mykra,
Cause: this looks like a Linux/WebKitGTK rendering issue, not a problem with your channel data or settings. On some Arch-based systems, WebKitGTK crashes while trying to create a GBM/EGL display, which leads to the error:

could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...
This is a known issue in the WebKitGTK stack on some Linux setups. A working workaround is to disable the GBM renderer for WebKitGTK.

Workaround:
Please try launching the app with this environment variable set:

WEBKIT_DMABUF_RENDERER_DISABLE_GBM=1 ./Youwee.AppImage

If you installed the app as a normal command/package, use:

WEBKIT_DMABUF_RENDERER_DISABLE_GBM=1 youwee

If that fixes it, you can make it persistent by adding this to your shell profile:

echo 'export WEBKIT_DMABUF_RENDERER_DISABLE_GBM=1' >> ~/.profile

Then log out and back in.

If you launch the app from a desktop shortcut, you can also edit the .desktop file and change the Exec= line to:

Exec=env WEBKIT_DMABUF_RENDERER_DISABLE_GBM=1 youwee

We are also adding an app-side fix so Linux users should not need to set this manually in future builds.

Ref: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286236

[Mykra]

Thanks, this solved the issue

[vanloctech]

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