[Bug]: Failed to launch on Debian13 (Gtk-ERROR)

[jjl9807]

What happened?

I downloaded affine-0.25.5-stable-linux-x64.deb from the 0.25.5 release to upgrade, but after installation, the app fails to start. The error log is as follows:

(process:47896): Gtk-ERROR **: 10:59:08.758: GTK 2/3 symbols detected. Using GTK 2/3 and GTK 4 in the same process is not supported

Distribution version

Linux

App Version

0.25.5

What browsers are you seeing the problem on if you're using web version?

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Are you self-hosting?

• [ ] Yes

Self-hosting Version

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Relevant log output

(process:47896): Gtk-ERROR **: 10:59:08.758: GTK 2/3 symbols detected. Using GTK 2/3 and GTK 4 in the same process is not supported

Anything else?

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[ddybing]

Perhaps related to the newer version of Electron used in 0.25.5?

[blasseye]

Same thing on debian 12.

You can fix the issue by forcing Affine to use GTK 3. To do this, simply add the argument:

--gtk-version=3

Two options:

1. From the command line:

./AFFiNE.AppImage --gtk-version=3

2. In the .desktop file: Modify the Exec= line to include the argument, for example:

Exec=affine --gtk-version=3 %U

This prevents the application from loading GTK 4 alongside GTK 3 and avoids the error.

[Atmois]

Seems to be related to https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/issues/13987, running with the --gtk-version=3 flag fixed the issue when running the AppImage directly and via the desktop file as suggested here.