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esuhl

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From: UK

Registered: 2009-09-16

Posts: 140

AppImage won't start. Display compositor is crashing...?

I've downloaded the AppImage file for an application called "Guarda".

It runs fine on my laptop, but on my desktop PC I get the following error message:

$ ./Guarda-1.0.20.AppImage 
Checking for update
[1803:0219/204811.243398:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(1034)] The display compositor is frequently crashing. Goodbye.
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

I tried disabling the compositor (unticking it in the XFCE Settings / Windows Manager Tweaks / Compositor tab), but got exactly the same error message (with different numbers before the word "FATAL").

The PC seems to be otherwise working, and runs other AppImages successfully.  It's quite old, and uses the nvidia-470xx-dkms driver.

I'm not sure how to troubleshoot further.  Can anyone help?

Thanks :-)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: AppImage won't start. Display compositor is crashing...?

Is there a reason you didn't use the AUR package?  Does the AUR-packaged appimage result in the same error?

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esuhl

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From: UK

Registered: 2009-09-16

Posts: 140

Re: AppImage won't start. Display compositor is crashing...?

Is there a reason you didn't use the AUR package?

Ah.  I didn't check the AUR.  I thought AppImages were self-contained and didn't need to be installed...?

Does the AUR-packaged appimage result in the same error?

Yes - same as before:

$ guarda 
Checking for update
[30441:0222/151609.541670:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(1034)] The display compositor is frequently crashing. Goodbye.
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 30,459

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Re: AppImage won't start. Display compositor is crashing...?

From a quick web search, users are reporting that adding the "--no-sandbox" flag provides a workaround.  However, I have no idea if this is a good idea in the long term.  But if you can confirm that that flag is sufficient it should narrow down the problem further.

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esuhl

Member

From: UK

Registered: 2009-09-16

Posts: 140

Re: AppImage won't start. Display compositor is crashing...?

Thanks. Your search skills are better than mine!

Yes -- both the standalone AppImage and the AUR AppImage start successfully with the "--no-sandbox" flag.