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jonathanl

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Registered: 2020-03-30

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[SOLVED] Some applications freezing when downloaded with AUR

Hey everyone, this is my first linux distro, and I am having some issues getting certain apps, installed with AUR, working.

I am on 5.5.13-arch1-1 and I am using xmonad / LG3D. The reason I mention the window manager and desktop environment is because the apps seem to simply not re-render. If I manually open some other menu (i.e. 'about') using the icon on polybar the app will re-render once and then be frozen again.

The first package I experienced this with was `slack-desktop` and I ended up installing with snap, which worked.

I am now experiencing it with zoom (which isn't available over snap).

Does anyone have any ideas why the gui portion of the apps might not be functioning properly? I though it might be a compositor issue but I am very new so that might be completely misguided.

Last edited by jonathanl (2020-03-30 21:02:44)

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Some applications freezing when downloaded with AUR

I don't use xmonad but https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xm … figuration mentions some specific config that might be necessary from chromium/electron based applications.

FWIW if you are currently using xf86-video-intel and have an intel GPU you might want to try removing that, it's generally known for weird rendering issues.

jonathanl

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Registered: 2020-03-30

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Re: [SOLVED] Some applications freezing when downloaded with AUR

Thank you for such a quick response! I added that xmonad config already, so that shouldn't be the problem. However the intel GPU does sound like it could be the issue.

If I just `pacman -Rs xf86-video-intel` that should be enough to remove it right? I am worried something else might depend on it.

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Some applications freezing when downloaded with AUR

If anything dependend on it, pacman wouldn't let you remove it.

If you have an xorg.conf entry for the intel driver, you'll need to move/delete it too.

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jonathanl

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Registered: 2020-03-30

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Re: [SOLVED] Some applications freezing when downloaded with AUR

@trilby thank you, I couldn't find anything in the xorg.conf.d in both /usr/share/X11 and /etc/X11 so I think I am good. Rebooting and crossing my fingers!

jonathanl

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Re: [SOLVED] Some applications freezing when downloaded with AUR

It worked! Thanks everyone, it also sorted out a couple other UI issues I was having.