Cannot start meshlab with XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland

[alexswerner]

Starting meshlab on debian stable (bookworm) results in the error message (in a dialog box):

Meshlab was not able to start.
Please check your Graphics drivers.

Error: GLEW initialization failed: Unknown error

This is Meshlab version MeshLab_64bit_fp v2020.09 running as a normal user on x86_64 in form of an Intel Alder Lake CPU with integrated Iris Xe Graphics.

running meshlab like

XDG_SESSION_TYPE="" meshlab

works fine.

If I compile the current main branch (a748adc) this error message does not appear, but the opengl view port is filling with content from other windows and flickers. Running with XDG_SESSION_TYPE unset the application works as expected.

[julianonunes]

Same issue here running on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 after upgrade.

[alemuntoni]

Does this happen with the latest version of MeshLab (2023.12)? It does work as expected on my Ubuntu 24.04 with wayland (using flatpak version).

[wargreen]

Same issue with the debian unstable packaged version : 2020.09+dfsg1-3

[MikeTaylor]

Same thing with Debian 12 (Bookworm), which by default installs Meshlab 2020.09+dfsg1-2.

[BazkieBumpercar]

Same here, Debian 12 + Wayland, KDE, AMD card, Meshlab 2020.09+dfsg1-2. Same error.