Atom Editor 1.6 i686 isn't starting properly

[rafaelsoaresbr]

After updating from 1.5 to 1.6, Atom isn't starting properly. Any hints?

[rafaelsoaresbr]

This Issue is reported upstream
atom/atom#10819

[sjug]

Hey @rafaelsoaresbr, thanks for the heads up. We can keep this issue open and I'll keep updating the AUR package as upstream rolls out the fixes.

Also if there's a patch released before it's merged we can also put that into the package.

[rafaelsoaresbr]

@sjug Version 1.6.2 will build and run successfully on Arch Linux i686 after this pull request (merged):
nodegit/nodegit#980

I've edited packages.json (inside source tar ball) on line #40:

"nodegit": "0.12.0",  -> "nodegit": "0.12.2", 

Can you make a patch for it? Or just include a condition in you PKGBUILD's prepare() fase until next release of Atom:

if [[ "$CARCH" == "i686" ]]; then
    --some useful code here--
fi

This should do the trick for others distros as well:
atom/atom#10819
nodegit/nodegit#974

Future versions may build and run as well after this pull request (yet to be merged):
atom/atom#11401

Thanks @johnhaley81 @tbranyen and @SEAPUNK

[sjug]

Hey Rafa,

This is still an issue on 1.7.0?

[sjug]

Fixed, please let me know if it works! 276db3d

[rafaelsoaresbr]

Thanks, I'm building it right now.

[SEAPUNK]

Same. Will let you know if it's fixed on my end.

[SEAPUNK]

It works, thanks.

[roshimon]

Upgrading to atom 1.8.0-beta1 has fixed the issue for me. Working flawlessly now :)