ente [Auth] AppImage does not work on some distros (error message included)

Description

On Debian Bookworm I had no problems in running Ente Auth 4.3.6. After the Upgrade to Debian Trixie just a window without any further function opens claiming something like

"There are no settings for the specified pixel format"

(I translated the message to English, so it might be slightly different.)

I tried to upgrade Ente Auth to 4.4.3 but the problem persists, but I get this error when starting from Terminal:

./ente-auth.AppImage 

(io.ente.auth:9347): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 11:33:56.713: gdk_gl_context_make_current: assertion 'GDK_IS_GL_CONTEXT (context)' failed

** (io.ente.auth:9347): WARNING **: 11:33:56.713: Failed to initialize GLArea: Es sind keine Einstellungen für das angegebene Pixelformat vorhanden

** (io.ente.auth:9347): WARNING **: 11:33:56.714: gtk.dart: failed to call method: No engine to send to

Version

4.3.6 and 4.4.3

What product are you using?

Ente Auth

What platform are you using?

Desktop - Linux

Jul 31 '25 09:07 borque

having the same issue on CachyOS (arch based), error occurs on both Wayland and X11 server, initial error below

(io.ente.auth:28237): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 17:43:59.880: gdk_gl_context_make_current: assertion 'GDK_IS_GL_CONTEXT (context)' failed

** (io.ente.auth:28237): WARNING **: 17:43:59.880: Failed to initialize GLArea: No GL implementation is available

** (io.ente.auth:28237): WARNING **: 17:43:59.880: gtk.dart: failed to call method: No engine to send to Gtk-Message: 17:43:59.882: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"

** (io.ente.auth:28237): WARNING **: 17:43:59.882: gtk.dart: failed to call method: No engine to send to

installing appmenu-gtk-module does not correct error, new error below

(io.ente.auth:28935): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 17:47:47.417: gdk_gl_context_make_current: assertion 'GDK_IS_GL_CONTEXT (context)' failed

** (io.ente.auth:28935): WARNING **: 17:47:47.417: Failed to initialize GLArea: No GL implementation is available

** (io.ente.auth:28935): WARNING **: 17:47:47.418: gtk.dart: failed to call method: No engine to send to

** (io.ente.auth:28935): WARNING **: 17:47:47.420: gtk.dart: failed to call method: No engine to send to

** (io.ente.auth:28935): WARNING **: 17:47:47.421: gtk.dart: failed to call method: No engine to send to

Jul 31 '25 16:07 2013bjc

I have the same issue on Fedora.

(io.ente.auth:14133): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 15:56:44.710: gdk_gl_context_make_current: assertion 'GDK_IS_GL_CONTEXT (context)' failed

** (io.ente.auth:14133): WARNING **: 15:56:44.710: Failed to initialize GLArea: No available configurations for the given pixel format

** (io.ente.auth:14133): WARNING **: 15:56:44.712: gtk.dart: failed to call method: No engine to send to

~~I am now currently being forced to use Waydroid and the Ente Auth app in there.~~ This won't even work. It's just stuck on the 1st screen 😭 if I knew more on how to do stuff with packages I would just make a PR with fixes