[Linux] The app is completely frozen by open it after installation

[RobotoSkunk]

I've just installed the app by using the itch-setup file and every time I try to open the app, it just doesn't work at all. Even to close the app I have to kill the process with killall -9 itch.

System Information:

Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.107.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.4.0-4-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × AMD FX-8800P Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G
Memory: 15.1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2

[turgabr1]

Same here but on Ubuntu 22.04

[begin-theadventure]

Try kitch-setup.

[karadoc]

Today I downloaded and installed it on Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon. It seems to have installed successfully (~/.itch looks like it has sensible stuff in it, and there is a shortcut for itch in the games section of the launcher menu); but when I try to run it, it seems to crash immediately.

I see a grey rectangle for a few seconds (a totally empty app window), and then it disappears. The system monitor shows itch running while the rectangle is visible, but then it closes. I haven't seen any error messages or logs.

[edit] After searching around a bit more, I found #2771 and #2816, and others that are apparently talking about my issue. I can run the app if I use --no-sandbox. I don't know whether or not it is the same issue here though. Maybe the issue here is something different, because no one else has mentioned needing to use killall -9 itch to close it.

[mortoray]

I have the same behaviour. A white window appears briefly, then closes immediately. Using --no-sandbox allows it to work.