AppImage fails to start: "Could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...

[yan-pi]

When running the Raycast Linux AppImage (raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage), the application crashes immediately and cannot start.

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Download raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage.

2. Make it executable:

   chmod +x raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage

3. Run:

   ./raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage

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Expected Behavior

Raycast should open normally without crashing.

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Actual Behavior

It fails to start and prints:

Could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...
[1]    IOT instruction (core dumped)

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System Information

OS:       CachyOS x86_64
Kernel:   Linux 6.15.6-2-cachyos
Shell:    zsh 5.9
WM:       Hyprland 0.49.0 (Wayland)
Terminal: kitty 0.42.1
CPU:      Intel Core i5-13420H (8 cores) @ 4.60 GHz
GPU 1:    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
GPU 2:    Intel UHD Graphics
Memory:   15.34 GiB (8.92 GiB in use)
Disk:     Btrfs, 160.83 GiB / 420.00 GiB
Display:  2560x1600 @ 165 Hz + 1920x1080 @ 75 Hz
OpenGL:   NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2

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Tests & Logs

Default run

./raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage
Could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...
[1]    46329 IOT instruction (core dumped)

Tried forcing software rendering

LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 ./raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage
Could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...
[1]    25644 IOT instruction (core dumped)

Tried disabling GPU acceleration

./raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage --disable-gpu
Could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...
[1]    25783 IOT instruction (core dumped)

Tried forcing X11

XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 ./raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage
Could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...
[1]    25972 IOT instruction (core dumped)

Tried GDK_BACKEND=x11

GDK_BACKEND=x11 ./raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage
Could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...
[1]    26889 IOT instruction (core dumped)

Tried GDK_BACKEND + software rendering

LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 GDK_BACKEND=x11 ./raycast-linux_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage
Could not create GBM EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Aborting...
[1]    27357 IOT instruction (core dumped)

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Additional Notes

• libgbm, mesa, libglvnd are installed and up to date.
• Other Electron-based apps work fine on this system.
• This seems related to GBM initialization when running on NVIDIA hardware under Wayland.
• Tested multiple flags (--disable-gpu, LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE, GDK_BACKEND) with no success.

[ByteAtATime]

Interesting, this seems to be a similar but different error than #3. Can you confirm that installing the updated AppImage still returns the same error?

[yan-pi]

Yes, I continue to experience the same problem. I will attempt to run the app locally to determine whether there are any additional loggers that may be causing this issue.

[avivbintangaringga]

Kind of same problem here, i got Cannot get default EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS. Cannot create EGL context: invalid display (last error: EGL_SUCCESS). I also tried to run the latest build from the github action but it still shows the same error message.

I'm using NixOS (nixos-unstable) with Hyprland (0.50.1) and using Nvidia GPU if that matters. I also tried on my dualbooted Arch installation, same with Hyprland too, shows the exact same error message.

[MoshiurRahmanAdib]

I have similar problems:

❯ ./flare.appimage
Cannot get default EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS
Cannot create EGL context: invalid display (last error: EGL_SUCCESS)
[1]    8414 segmentation fault (core dumped)  ./flare.appimage

My system:

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Kernel: 6.15.9-arch1-1
Resolution: 2560x1440
DE: GNOME 48.4
WM: Mutter (Wayland)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400 (12) @ 4.30 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 [Discrete]
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 15827 MiB

[ByteAtATime]

Seems like the same error as gitbutlerapp/gitbutler#4955 - no resolution yet though, unfortunately

[ByteAtATime]

On the NixOS side, someone seems to have figured out a solution to a similar error: #14 (comment)

I personally can't really test anything, as I can't seem to reproduce this error, but also I honestly have no experience with anything graphics-related. I'm assuming it's something to do with drivers, though 😅

[Dhruvkoshta]

using Arch and was getting a similar problem.
Try running using WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 ./flare.appimage
It works with this but don't know why.