[ISSUE] element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[ISSUE] element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Seltyk]

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New issue by Seltyk on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575

Description:
### Is this a new report?

Yes

### System Info

Void 6.3.13_1 x86_64 AuthenticAMD notuptodate hold rrmFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

### Package(s) Affected

element-desktop-1.11.36_1

### Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?

https://github.com/vector-im/element-desktop/issues/1167

### Expected behaviour

The program should not crash

### Actual behaviour

5-60 seconds after starting, the program crashes with `trace trap element-desktop` if executed in the shell. 

### Steps to reproduce

1. Start the program
2. Wait

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Bnyro]

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New comment by Bnyro on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1676270915

Comment:
I'm using the package regularly on a daily basis and can't reproduce that issue.

Can you try updating your system (or `olm` specifically) to the latest version?
If that doesn't help, can you try downgrading `element-desktop` to an earlier version?

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Seltyk]

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New comment by Seltyk on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1676400159

Comment:
Updating didn't help. The `olm` version used is packed in `element-desktop`, and manually installing latest `olm` from the repositories doesn't make Element use it (the version info in settings still showed the previous version).

The oldest version I have in xbps cache is 1.11.35, and downgrading to that changed nothing.  
Downgrading to 1.11.24 (released in February, before I was having this problem) also did not fix the issue, but changed the warnings printed to terminal. Clearly, something else regarding my system is causing this issue -- sometihng that changed within the last 3 months.

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Seltyk]

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New comment by Seltyk on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1676400159

Comment:
Updating didn't help. The `olm` version used is packed in `element-desktop`, and manually installing latest `olm` from the repositories doesn't make Element use it (the version info in settings still showed the previous version).

Downgrading to 1.11.35 that changed nothing.  
Downgrading to 1.11.24 (released in February, before I was having this problem) also did not fix the issue, but changed the warnings printed to terminal. Clearly, something else regarding my system is causing this issue -- something that changed within the last 3 months.

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Luciogi]

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New comment by Luciogi on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1686817629

Comment:
try removing element from  `~/config/`
Note: It would remove any login account and data

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Seltyk]

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New comment by Seltyk on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1687322380

Comment:
Element lasted a little while longer that time, but still crashed with the same error.

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[hunter2k01]

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New comment by hunter2k01 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1739695690

Comment:
Same issue

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Luciogi]

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New comment by Luciogi on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1740284741

Comment:
I installed for testing , login works, not crashing

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Luciogi]

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New comment by Luciogi on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1740284741

Comment:
I installed for testing , login works, not crashing
package version : element-desktop-1.11.43_1

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Seltyk]

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New comment by Seltyk on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1857242696

Comment:
Interestingly, I can run element-desktop v1.11.43 just fine if I build it from source. Something about the installed Void package is meaningfully different from the result of checking out the version tag from git, building, and using `yarn start`.

Re: element-desktop crashes shortly after starting

[Seltyk]

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New comment by Seltyk on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45575#issuecomment-1857242696

Comment:
Interestingly, I can run element-desktop v1.11.43 just fine if I build it from source. Something about the installed Void package is meaningfully different from the result of checking out the version tag from git, building, and using `yarn start`.

To clarify, I cloned the sources for element-web and element-desktop, `git checkout` to tag v1.11.43, and built from source the boring way. In theory, aside from launching the application via yarn, the result should be identical. Yet it isn't.