Signal-Desktop
Signal-Desktop copied to clipboard
Can't launch signal-desktop on fresh Linux Mint installation
Using a supported version?
- [X] I have searched searched open and closed issues for duplicates.
- [X] I am using Signal-Desktop as provided by the Signal team, not a 3rd-party package.
Overall summary
Just installed Linux Mint and installed Signal Desktop using these commands from the official site
# NOTE: These instructions only work for 64-bit Debian-based
# Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Mint etc.
# 1. Install our official public software signing key:
wget -O- https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | gpg --dearmor > signal-desktop-keyring.gpg
cat signal-desktop-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
# 2. Add our repository to your list of repositories:
echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main' |\
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
# 3. Update your package database and install Signal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop
(source: https://signal.org/download/linux/)
Now Signal Desktop doesn't launch. I haven't had this issue on Fedora as of this week, FWIW.
Here is the logging I see when I run signal-desktop --enable-logging=stderr --v=2
[54904:0909/185708.148154:INFO:cpu_info.cc(53)] Available number of cores: 4
[54904:0909/185708.148470:VERBOSE1:zygote_main_linux.cc(201)] ZygoteMain: initializing 0 fork delegates
[54901:0909/185708.156477:VERBOSE1:bus.cc(916)] Method call: message_type: MESSAGE_METHOD_CALL
interface: org.freedesktop.DBus
member: GetNameOwner
signature: s
string "org.freedesktop.login1"
[54903:0909/185708.159591:INFO:cpu_info.cc(53)] Available number of cores: 4
[54903:0909/185708.159918:VERBOSE1:zygote_main_linux.cc(201)] ZygoteMain: initializing 0 fork delegates
Set Windows Application User Model ID (AUMID) { AUMID: 'org.whispersystems.signal-desktop' }
NODE_ENV production
NODE_CONFIG_DIR /opt/Signal/resources/app.asar/config
NODE_CONFIG {}
ALLOW_CONFIG_MUTATIONS undefined
HOSTNAME karimint
NODE_APP_INSTANCE undefined
SUPPRESS_NO_CONFIG_WARNING undefined
SIGNAL_ENABLE_HTTP undefined
userData: /home/karim/.config/Signal
config/start: Did not find user config file (or it was empty), cache is now empty object
config/start: Did not find ephemeral config file (or it was empty), cache is now empty object
making app single instance
[54901:0909/185709.077903:VERBOSE1:key_storage_util_linux.cc(51)] Password storage detected desktop environment: XFCE
[54901:0909/185709.104935:VERBOSE1:device_event_log_impl.cc(198)] [18:57:09.083] Display: EVENT: x11_display_manager.cc:110 Displays updated, count: 2
[54901:0909/185709.105026:VERBOSE1:device_event_log_impl.cc(198)] [18:57:09.104] Display: EVENT: x11_display_manager.cc:112 Display[2763197193410388] bounds=[0,0 1920x1080], workarea=[0,0 1920x1080], scale=1, rotation=0, panel_rotation=0 external detected
[54901:0909/185709.105111:VERBOSE1:device_event_log_impl.cc(198)] [18:57:09.105] Display: EVENT: x11_display_manager.cc:112 Display[8564274688388437] bounds=[1920,0 1920x1080], workarea=[1920,0 1920x1080], scale=1, rotation=0, panel_rotation=0 external detected
[54901:0909/185709.105217:VERBOSE1:pref_proxy_config_tracker_impl.cc(191)] 0x25bc000479c0: set chrome proxy config service to 0x25bc0007a760
[54901:0909/185709.107167:VERBOSE1:media_stream_manager.cc(1527)] MSM::InitializeMaybeAsync([this=0x25bc022b0140])
[54901:0909/185709.110088:VERBOSE1:media_stream_manager.cc(1527)] MDM::MediaDevicesManager()
[54901:0909/185709.110168:VERBOSE1:media_stream_manager.cc(1527)] MSM::MediaStreamManager([this=0x25bc022b0140]))
[54901:0909/185709.114810:VERBOSE1:select_file_dialog_linux_portal.cc(297)] File chooser portal available: yes
[54901:0909/185709.124878:VERBOSE1:bus.cc(916)] Method call: message_type: MESSAGE_METHOD_CALL
interface: org.freedesktop.DBus
member: GetNameOwner
signature: s
string "org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop"
[54901:0909/185709.171532:VERBOSE1:key_storage_util_linux.cc(51)] Password storage detected desktop environment: XFCE
[54901:0909/185709.171571:VERBOSE1:key_storage_linux.cc(118)] Selected backend for OSCrypt: GNOME_LIBSECRET
[54935:0909/185709.435414:WARNING:sandbox_linux.cc(430)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
Steps to reproduce
- Install Linux Mint
- Install Signal Desktop from signal repositories
- Launch Signal Desktop
Expected result
Signal Desktop launches
Actual result
Signal Desktop doesn't launch
Screenshots
No response
Signal version
7.23.0
Operating system
OS: Linux Mint wilma 22 x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.8.0-38-generic
Version of Signal on your phone
No response
Link to debug log
No response