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headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

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[Solved] Obsidian opens to a blank window after updating electron

Electron was updated to 26 today, from 25.  Since the update Obsidian only opens to a blank window.  There is no error output when running it in a console, only a successful startup message.  Electron 26 can't be removed to use 25 without breaking the electron meta-package.

Edit: Electron 27 was added, same result.  The electron meta-package prevents uninstalling the most current version (now 27) to try to use 25 which was the last known working.

Edit 2: solved with an Obsidian update which makes Electron 25 a dependency.

Last edited by headkase (2024-01-04 16:28:13)

micronetic

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Registered: 2020-02-26

Posts: 40

Re: [Solved] Obsidian opens to a blank window after updating electron

There is a bug report, but only for Electron 26, would have added that it is the same with 27 but I can't write there.

// Electron got updated to 28 but this doesn't work either lol 3 versions in a row and it is not working, is nobody testing it before pushing?

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … -/issues/2

Last edited by micronetic (2024-01-04 10:08:52)

czak

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Registered: 2019-02-16

Posts: 7

Re: [Solved] Obsidian opens to a blank window after updating electron

There is a merge request in progress, which will switch `electron` to `electron25`: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … requests/1

As a temporary workaround, I've installed `electron25` and run Obsidian with it explicitly:

$ electron25 /usr/lib/obsidian/app.asar

Or create a desktop file in your ~/.local:

~ % cat ~/.local/share/applications/obsidian.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Obsidian
Exec=/bin/electron25 /usr/lib/obsidian/app.asar %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=obsidian
StartupWMClass=obsidian
Comment=Obsidian
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/obsidian;
Categories=Office;

pipep

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Registered: 2016-12-04

Posts: 10

Re: [Solved] Obsidian opens to a blank window after updating electron

Obsidian has been updated to obsidian-1.5.3-2, adding the electron25 dependency, and now it works again.

Coqui

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Registered: 2024-01-04

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved] Obsidian opens to a blank window after updating electron

Thank you for this fix. Had me panicking as I started my workday.