Prism Launcher segfaults on some desktop environments

[danielyyyfan]

Confirmations

• [x] I searched for similar bug reports in https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues and found none were relevant.
• [x] I tried updating Pi-Apps and the issue is still not fixed. How to update Pi-Apps?
• [x] IMPORTANT: I promise to respond to comments on this issue and write a good bug report https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/how-to-write-good-bug-report/

What happened?

app wont instal

Description

i tried to install mincraft java prizim and it tried it 2 times and restarted the app and it didnt work

What are your system specs (run the following command in your terminal)?

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
OS architecture: 64-bit
Last updated Pi-Apps on: 09/07/2025
Latest Pi-Apps version: 09/06/2025
Kernel: aarch64 6.12.34+rpt-rpi-v8
Device model: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.1
SOC identifier: bcm2712
Machine-id (hashed): ea17b15609928a7bbf4a2b2c203f112edf429449
Serial-number (hashed): 47176c6305b0b5dd429b9978d03fc37f747fad9d
Cpu name: Cortex-A76
Ram size: 15.99 GB
Raspberry Pi OS image version: 2024-03-15
Language: en_US.UTF-8

(Recommended) Error log? Terminal output? Debug messages?

[Botspot]

Please send terminal output or error messages.

[ObsidianBlock]

I got this after running 'env MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=true prismlauncher' Executable or app menu doesn't work either.

[Botspot]

Works from my end.

Let's arrange a time for a remote debugging session. I prefer to use raspberry pi connect, or rustdesk to see what could be going wrong on your end

[Botspot]

@ObsidianBlock, if you use Discord, please send me a private message in discord to arrange a time for remote troubleshooting.

[ObsidianBlock]

I do. You can send a DM to @ObsidianBlocku8c

[theofficialgman]

Given output from the couple of screenshots in this thread and the discord, this looks like potentially a "GNOME" only issue.

[theofficialgman]

Upstream bug. See https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher/issues/4130 for details.

In the meantime, you can use one a desktop environment that does not experience the segfault (labwc (access from advanced settings in raspi-config on piOS) or KDE Plasma()

[TimDev9492]

@ObsidianBlock, if you use Discord, please send me a private message in discord to arrange a time for remote troubleshooting.

Did you get it to work?

[theofficialgman]

@TimDev9492 Please see the upstream bug linked in my previous message as well as the temporary workaround you can use.

[ObsidianBlock]

@TimDev9492 Yes. Just switch to labwc or wayland. The setting is in raspi-config's advanced settings. X11 does not work.