Fix startup problems for some Linux platforms for some installs

[jasonhenriquez]

Fix startup problems for some Linux platforms for some installs

Pull Request Type

• Bugfix

Related issue

None; Segmentation fault (core dumped) occurring for some Linux users post-Electron 30

Description

Co-created with @absidue

• Fixes downloads for Wayland (not sure if any others) users using non-7z/portable Linux builds

Testing

• Download a non-7z/portable Linux build from here and confirm the app opens & runs correctly

Desktop

• OS: OpenSUSE
• OS Version: TW

Additional context

This does not work for 7z / portable downloads, which is going to be a major problem for those users going forward. The commit in this PR can be reverted once electron/electron#35630 is merged.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Downloaded and installed freetube_0.20.0_amd64.rpm on Fedora 40 VM but application isnt opening :(

Edit: Ill try my Ubuntu VM

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Downloaded and installed freetube_0.20.0_amd64.deb on my Ubuntu VM but also refused to open

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Hmm did a sanity check and downloaded installers from our website and installed them. They also didnt open....

Installed the FT from flatpak and it was completely ok so im not sure what is happening on my end

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Tried it again a day later and it worked....

LGTM

Srry made a mistake. Installer from our website runs but this build still doesnt run for me

[jasonhenriquez]

Are you using a non- 7z/portable build? @efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Tried freetube_0.20.0_amd64.rpm and freetube_0.20.0_amd64.deb

Edit: you probably only saw my last comment, I left multiple :)

[jasonhenriquez]

Sorry about that! Could you show what error is occurring when you try to open it?

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Im not getting any visual error. If i click on the application it doesnt start. If i run freetube in the terminal it acts like it ran FT but nothing happens. Any advice how i should capture an error?

[absidue]

@efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc If you run it from the terminal you need to add the --ozone-platform-hint=auto flag yourself (this pull request adds when it gets launched through the UI, e.g. icon in the task bar).

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Oh my bad. Added it but still doesnt do anything for me....
It just sits idle like this starring at me :(

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[jasonhenriquez]

Closing this in favor of temporarily reverting the Electron version.