Altair has a problem with displaying menu entries.

[Draqun]

Describe the bug Installation Altair from snap on Ubuntu 20.04 has a problems with displaying menu entries.

To Reproduce I do not know it can be easily reproduced. I have clear Ubuntu with all updates and after installation Altair I saw I cannot use menu entries.

Expected behavior Seeing menu entries

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Browser: Chrome Version 104.0.5112.79 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• Platform: snap
• Version 4.5.3

Additional context I'm not sure altair uses Python, but some application had problems when I installed python3.9 and made id default python version. If there are some python dependencies maybe there is a problem.

[imolorhe]

Weird. Altair does not use any python dependencies as far as I know. I have no idea what could be the issue with snap here. Could it be a theme issue? Have you tried changing your system theme to something light and see what happens?

[Draqun]

I mentioned Python, because I had problem with another apps. Anyway, I changed theme and it didn't help.

[imolorhe]

Do you want to try some of the suggestions here? https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snapped-app-not-loading-fonts-on-fedora-and-arch/12484/72

To be clear, I don't have any ideas what the issue could be. I am not a linux user myself so can't troubleshoot it either., but there seems to be an issue with snap in general as we have other reported issues (#1341 #1240)

[Draqun]

I have a time and I was discover there is some problem with amd devices

 >altair

(altair:72077): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:22:00.732: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1413:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(altair:72077): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:22:00.735: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3286:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(altair:72077): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:22:00.736: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3748:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
undefined
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/index.html
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/styles.css
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/assets/img/logo_350.svg
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/runtime.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/polyfills.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/main.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/assets/i18n/default.json
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/assets/i18n/en-US.json
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/630.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/jetbrains-mono-latin-400-normal.woff2
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/assets/img/logo.svg
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/60.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/60.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/60.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/60.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/60.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/60.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/60.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/855.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/855.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/855.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/855.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/855.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/855.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/855.js
file.. /snap/altair/101/resources/app.asar/node_modules/altair-static/build/dist/852.js
[72077:0816/152230.871423:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(329)] GPU state invalid after WaitForGetOffsetInRange.
[72077:0816/152230.875660:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=512
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory

As you see snap cannot find file /usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory which exists there. Problem with this file is known, but I couldn't find any solution.

[Draqun]

Maybe another. Here https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/amd-oss-graphics-drivers-missing-access-to-amdgpu-ids-file/12067/12 I found information there is need to add part

layout:
  /usr/share/libdrm:
    bind: $SNAP/usr/share/libdrm

to meta/snap.yaml. Is it possible to you prepare correct snap which can I install and check is is solution?

[imolorhe]

Interesting. I wouldn't be able to build a custom snap at the moment, but I'll add this to the configuration for the next release.

[migs35323]

ubuntu 22.04 here issue happens here as well, amd cpu if that matters (it was mentioned above) using default theme i didn't use altair for a while and i am experiencing this issue now, i even did a purge of the snap and install it again hoping it would fix it another thing that i am noticing now when i try to enter an url the app freezes and displays the ubuntu "wait / force quit" window sometimes it gets stuck and the app doesn't respond to keys but still responds to mouse hoovering

[Draqun]

Great. I'll be back with feedback to you after update, but no sooner than two weeks from now.

[imolorhe]

@Draqun Thanks for that. Very much appreciated!

[imolorhe]

@Draqun released a new version with that setting

[Draqun]

Sadly it looks like it didn't help. It looks like there is no '/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids' in '/snap/altair/current/' and it cannot find it anyway.

[imolorhe]

@Draqun Looks like this is trying to find /usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids on your machine and not within Altair?

Based on that, I searched and found some things that might work for you: https://github.com/anbox/anbox/issues/1031#issuecomment-774308547

You can also try to unsquash the snap and make the changes following this comment: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/amd-oss-graphics-drivers-missing-access-to-amdgpu-ids-file/12067/14

All snaps are available in the releases page)

Let me know if any of that works

[Draqun]

Thanks for reply. I unsquashed snap and made 2 things.

1. Removed layout section I proposed before because it is not needed.
2. Added required path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib:$SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$SNAP/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib:$SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$SNAP/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$SNAP/usr/share/libdrm

It resolved the problem locally, but I think it is a more complex problem with snap system. Anyway, I think problem can be mark as solved and I will try contact with ubuntu/snap developers to resolve problem globally.

Thanks a lot. Draqun