Vscode does not launch in wayland session #146349

adamijak · 2022-03-30T19:19:20Z

VS Code Version: 1.66
OS Version: Fedora 36

Steps to Reproduce:

When I launch vscode with code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland it does not run under wayland it does under xwayland

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Xelphos · 2022-03-30T21:27:50Z

Can confirm. Refuses to launch for me as well.
Fedora 36, Ryzen 3700x, RTX 2070 SUPER, Wayland, GNOME.

FeralHedgehog · 2022-03-30T21:31:59Z

I'm experiencing the same issue on Arch Linux, but I've found a weird workaround - if you run code with many command line options it will reliably launch in Wayland-native mode:
code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland --log debug --log debug
I've gotten it to work on several machines, though each requires a different amount of --log debug options (one needs two, another needs five).

Tested on:
Arch Linux, Ryzen 5 5600G, Radeon Graphics, Wayland, Sway - x2 --log debug
Arch Linux, Intel Core i7-1165G7, Iris Xe Graphics, Wayland, Sway - x5 --log debug
Arch Linux, Intel Core m3-6Y30, Intel HD Graphics 515, Wayland, Sway - x2 --log debug

barklan · 2022-03-30T21:32:43Z

Recent version of Insomnia (uses electron 17.1.0) does not start as well with flags --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland.

barklan · 2022-03-30T21:44:55Z

Same thing, exactly this input (or more args) launches VSCode with native Wayland window

code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland --log debug --log debug --log debug --log debug --log debug --log debug --log debug --log debug --log debug --log debug  --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland

Without any arguments or with just --ozone-platform-hint=wayland it starts xwayland window.
Arch Linux / KDE Plasma (wayland session)

Xelphos · 2022-03-30T21:50:05Z

I could be wrong, but I wonder if this issue is this: electron/electron#33355

rstrube · 2022-03-30T21:58:01Z

Same here, since 1.66 unable to run as a native wayland application.

Previously I had setup ~/.config/code-flags.conf with the following:

--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform
--ozone-platform=wayland

And it would run as a native wayland application. Since 1.66 I get a crash. I've attached the coredump:

vscode_1.66.coredump.txt

I've gone back to running it as a XWayland application for the time being.

utybo · 2022-03-30T22:15:18Z

As a side note, this affects all electron applications with version 17 I've tried, including the little test app that pops up when you run just electron (this probably affects earlier versions of Electron as well) but not with electron-nightly, hopefully thanks to the PR mentioned by Xelphos.

For example: on the left, using the latest available version of Electron (from Manjaro repositories), on the right using electron-nightly from NPM.

I guess we have to wait for a backport of whatever fixed the issue into 17.x, then wait for VS Code to update the bundled version of Electron?

Xelphos · 2022-03-30T22:17:51Z

As a side note, this affects all electron applications with version 17, including the little test app that pops up when you run just electron (this probably affects earlier versions of Electron as well) but not with electron-nightly, hopefully thanks to the PR mentioned by Xelphos.

For example: on the left, using the latest available version of Electron (from Manjaro repositories), on the right using electron-nightly from NPM.

I guess we have to wait for a backport of whatever fixed the issue into 17.x, then wait for VS Code to update the bundled version of Electron?

Ah, cool. Thanks for sharing. Yeah, it looks like the fix was included Electron 17.3.1. So I guess we just have to wait for that.

PHLAK · 2022-03-31T05:29:32Z

Same, VS Code fails to launch after updating to v1.66.0. Here's the verbose output.

$ code --verbose
Warning: 'enable-features' is not in the list of known options, but still passed to Electron/Chromium.
Warning: 'ozone-platform' is not in the list of known options, but still passed to Electron/Chromium.
[4087:0330/222408.674131:WARNING:wayland_object.cc(94)] Binding to gtk_shell1 version 4 but version 5 is available.
[4087:0330/222408.674374:WARNING:wayland_drm.cc(96)] Failed to get drm magic
[4087:0330/222408.789478:WARNING:bluez_dbus_manager.cc(248)] Floss manager not present, cannot set Floss enable/disable.
[4130:0330/222408.814735:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(454)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is egl, ANGLE is
[4130:0330/222408.817684:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(377)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.860Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Request to start watching: /home/chris/.config/Code/User (excludes: <none>),/home/chris/.config/Code/User/settings.json (excludes: <none>)
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.875Z] Starting VS Code
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.875Z] from: /opt/visual-studio-code/resources/app
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.875Z] args: {
  _: [],
  diff: false,
  add: false,
  goto: false,
  'new-window': false,
  'reuse-window': false,
  wait: false,
  help: false,
  'list-extensions': false,
  'show-versions': false,
  'pre-release': false,
  version: false,
  verbose: true,
  status: false,
  'prof-startup': false,
  'no-cached-data': false,
  'prof-v8-extensions': false,
  'disable-extensions': false,
  'disable-gpu': false,
  'ms-enable-electron-run-as-node': false,
  telemetry: false,
  debugRenderer: false,
  logExtensionHostCommunication: false,
  'skip-release-notes': false,
  'skip-welcome': false,
  'disable-telemetry': false,
  'disable-updates': false,
  'disable-keytar': false,
  'disable-workspace-trust': false,
  'disable-crash-reporter': false,
  'crash-reporter-id': 'a1eecd63-651b-426c-97ba-236bca2d24e1',
  'skip-add-to-recently-opened': false,
  'unity-launch': false,
  'open-url': false,
  'file-write': false,
  'file-chmod': false,
  'driver-verbose': false,
  force: false,
  'do-not-sync': false,
  trace: false,
  'force-user-env': false,
  'force-disable-user-env': false,
  'open-devtools': false,
  __sandbox: false,
  'no-proxy-server': false,
  'no-sandbox': false,
  nolazy: false,
  'force-renderer-accessibility': false,
  'ignore-certificate-errors': false,
  'allow-insecure-localhost': false,
  'disable-dev-shm-usage': false,
  logsPath: '/home/chris/.config/Code/logs/20220330T222408'
}
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.876Z] Resolving machine identifier...
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.876Z] Resolved machine identifier: 31950d74875970a23fcd086e0932c06c52174bdf1301a3dcd541555964f70073
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.877Z] Main->SharedProcess#connect
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.881Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Started watching: '/home/chris/.config/Code/User'
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.882Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Started watching: '/home/chris/.config/Code/User/settings.json'
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.884Z] StorageMainService: creating global storage
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.889Z] lifecycle (main): phase changed (value: 2)
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.890Z] windowsManager#open
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.891Z] windowsManager#open pathsToOpen [
  {
    workspace: { id: '62750c442316dab285c54ce35595073b', configPath: [h] },
    type: 1,
    exists: true,
    remoteAuthority: undefined,
    transient: undefined
  }
]
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.892Z] windowsManager#doOpenFolderOrWorkspace {
  folderOrWorkspace: {
    workspace: { id: '62750c442316dab285c54ce35595073b', configPath: [h] },
    type: 1,
    exists: true,
    remoteAuthority: undefined,
    transient: undefined
  },
  filesToOpen: undefined
}
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.893Z] IPC Object URL: Registered new channel vscode:65862d78-bb52-4652-bd76-e8634f4237c9.
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.893Z] window#validateWindowState: validating window state on 1 display(s) { mode: 0, x: 0, y: 0, width: 1024, height: 768 }
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.893Z] window#validateWindowState: 1 monitor working area { x: 0, y: 0, width: 1920, height: 1200 }
[main 2022-03-31T05:24:08.893Z] window#ctor: using window state { mode: 0, x: 0, y: 0, width: 1024, height: 768 }
[4087:0330/222408.893894:WARNING:wayland_surface.cc(118)] Server doesn't support zcr_alpha_compositing_v1.
[4087:0330/222408.893907:WARNING:wayland_surface.cc(129)] Server doesn't support overlay_prioritizer.
[4087:0330/222408.893910:WARNING:wayland_surface.cc(139)] Server doesn't support surface_augmenter.
[4087:0330/222408.894139:ERROR:cursor_loader.cc(116)] Failed to load a platform cursor of type kNull
[0330/222408.898545:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
[0330/222408.917129:ERROR:directory_reader_posix.cc(42)] opendir /home/chris/.config/Code/Crashpad/attachments/2049057f-ca20-4181-a48e-4eb7ccc9a045: No such file or directory (2)

deepak1556 · 2022-03-31T05:40:06Z

Merging to #141964, this is a known issue and will be fixed with next electron patch update.

mamantoha · 2022-03-31T11:48:03Z

Electron 17.3.1 should fix the issue https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v17.3.1

jokeyrhyme · 2022-03-31T18:28:07Z

Howdie, thanks for sharing this very cool project

I was wondering if there were plans to include a wayland test case in CI at some point? Is there a milestone or a set of other tasks that need to be done before doing so?

Put another way, when will wayland regressions block releases?

Cheers!

eternal-sorrow · 2022-03-31T18:36:32Z

Howdie, thanks for sharing this very cool project

I was wondering if there were plans to include a wayland test case in CI at some point? Is there a milestone or a set of other tasks that need to be done before doing so?

Put another way, when will wayland regressions block releases?

Cheers!

I guess not before Wayland backend becomes default when running in a wayland compositor. Right now it's opt-in, so users who enable it should know what they are doing and what the risks are.

mtorromeo · 2022-03-31T22:13:49Z

Right now it's opt-in, so users who enable it should know what they are doing and what the risks are

I don't understand the reasoning, this does not have anything to do with testing a feature in CI

hlafaille · 2022-04-01T04:24:47Z

code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland --log debug --log debug

Doesn't work on Arch, including --disable-gpu-sandbox

ljedrz · 2022-04-01T18:35:26Z

The following works for me on Arch (4x --log debug):

code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland --log debug --log debug --log debug --log debug

alosarjos · 2022-04-07T20:34:53Z

Still failing for me with 1.66.1

mamantoha · 2022-04-07T21:22:40Z

Failing because 1.66.1 uses Electron 17.2.0. I guess next release will use >= 17.4.0

juxuanu · 2022-04-13T08:38:16Z

1.66.2 crashed my gnome-shell 🥳 . Still not working, then.

adamijak · 2022-04-13T08:53:10Z

1.66.2 crashed my gnome-shell partying_face . Still not working, then.

It does not crash mine gnome-shell, but vscode is not starting either.
Issue still not resolved. I will stick with 1.65.2

utybo · 2022-04-13T09:43:55Z

For people stuck on 1.65 because of Wayland-related issues, you can also use VS Code Insiders which is less stable (as you'd expect from nightly releases) but it works well for me under Wayland. Mine reports Electron 17.4.0.

Ashark · 2022-05-04T07:15:01Z

you can also use VS Code Insiders

In Arch Linux I have built code-git version 1.67.0.r96226.g9556854c8fc-1, it reports Electron 13.6.9 for some reason. But it launches with Wayland.

9Lukas5 · 2022-05-07T04:36:44Z

Hey folks, I'm on Ubuntu 20.04/Gnome 42. Updated to 1.67.0-1651667246 and it works again under wayland without changing my desktop file 👍

zoeleu · 2022-05-08T01:02:03Z

It works on 1.67.0, however, I have no window decorations.

Xelphos · 2022-05-08T02:54:52Z

It works on 1.67.0, however, I have no window decorations.

You need to use --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations

Or change the Title Bar Style to custom in settings.

9Lukas5 · 2022-05-08T09:48:15Z

@Xelphos hu, cool feature flag, helps me with another application.

For VSCode I'm using an internal setting quite a while now:

Open your settings in texteditor (JSON) (ctrl+shift+p, type "settings", open settings (JSON))
add "window.titleBarStyle": "custom"

And I'll keep using the VSCode custom title bar, because with the electron flag I get a normal looking title bar, but the buttons are on the left instead of the right and going to fullscreen keeps a quite large padding around the whole window.
With the custom title bar it looks much better in my opinion.

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