(move this issue) SKIP app won't start on linux due to a panic in Tauri

[Ocramius]

Disclaimer: issue reported here in lack of better medium

I'm reporting this issue here, because:

• the FLIRC forums don't send registration emails, so you get stuck
  • at registration confirmation at https://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/register/&do=validating
  • at OAuth registration (also not working): OAuth application ID is missing there ( https://accounts.google.com/signin/oauth/error/v2?authError=<SNIP>&flowName=GeneralOAuthFlow )

I was suspicious at the reduced forum activity, but that explains it well.

I'm therefore reporting my issue here, hoping that the maintainers can find a better place for it, by moving it. The only reason I picked this repository is that this is the one with the latest activity under the @flirc organization.

Experienced issue

Note: problem also occurs in Ubuntu, but I'm trying my luck on NixOS too.

Download the Skip app from https://flirc.tv/products/skip1s-remote-universal-remote-control?variant=43489094729960 ( https://update.flirc.tv/skipapp/beta/0.9.993/SkipApp-0.9.993.9235-Beta-x64.AppImage.tar.gz?token=skipAppUpdate )

cd Downloads
tar xzvf SkipApp-0.9.993.9235-Beta-x64.AppImage.tar.gz
nix-shell -p appimage-run
appimage-run skip-app_0.9.993+9235_amd64.AppImage

The result:

~/Downloads via ❄️  impure (shell) 
❯ appimage-run skip-app_0.9.993+9235_amd64.AppImage
skip-app_0.9.993+9235_amd64.AppImage installed in /home/ocramius/.cache/appimage-run/a9af08b560baf3c8a5fca910e82c90184d5455114c3e2bf7fd6b1c69e8626d64
Panicked: PanicHookInfo { payload: Any { .. }, location: Location { file: "/root/.cargo/git/checkouts/tauri-9dcc2f9152472c1a/8c5fcf4/core/tauri-utils/src/lib.rs", line: 205, col: 11 }, can_unwind: true, force_no_backtrace: false }

I experienced the same crash back in February, and thought of re-trying, hoping it would be because of my system dependencies.

I traced down the issue to these potential refs:

• https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/c7b9a5352532a8ea52bbdb18d81c99ba2842ec71/crates/tauri-utils/src/lib.rs#L194-L206 (unhandled match {} ? )
• Causing AppImage to crash on NixOS tauri-apps/tauri#7734
• https://mastodon.social/@ocramius/113958551463218209
• https://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/11226-can-the-skip-remote-be-set-up-with-linux/

I also tried it on Ubuntu 24.04 via QEMU, with the same crashes occurring

nix shell nixpkgs#quickemu
quickget ubuntu 24.04 minimal
quickemu --vm ubuntu-24.04.conf

Workaround

For now, my workaround has been to dust off an old Windows PC I had in my basement, and get my SKIP controller configured that way.

[jdk]

Thank you for letting me know. Please go ahead and try and post this in the forums again. I think I fixed it. Was actually two things. Google without warning disabled email due to needing an 'app password' now. And the Re-captcha broke.

I think both should be fixed. Can you give me: uname -a on the machine that throws the error?

[Ocramius]

Please go ahead and try and post this in the forums again.

Forum access seems to work, thanks! 👍

Can you give me: uname -a on the machine that throws the error?

❯ uname -a
Linux ocramius-fw16 6.12.32 #1-NixOS SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jun  4 12:43:54 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux