Bug 886181

Summary:	net-irc/irccloud-desktop-bin does not start if --no-sandbox is not set with nvidia-drivers (probably other electron-based programs too)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Marco Scardovi (scardracs) <mscardovi>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Jason A. Donenfeld <zx2c4>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	jstein
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Marco Scardovi (scardracs) 2022-12-15 22:31:38 UTC

Hello everyone,
I'm opening that bug because irccloud does not start if --no-sandbox is not set with nvidia-drivers. I perfectly understand that running an electron application without sandbox is less secure but actually it does not work at all:

23:28:56.430 › setupConfig
23:28:56.508 › ready []
23:28:56.559 › isDefaultProtocolClient: irc true
23:28:56.560 › isDefaultProtocolClient: ircs true
23:28:56.562 › openMainWindow
[7632:1215/232857.706541:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(445)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
fish: Job 1, 'irccloud' terminated by signal SIGTRAP (Trace or breakpoint trap)

Is it possible to add --no-sandbox to irccloud.desktop IF nvidia-drivers is detected? Thanks

Comment 1 Marco Scardovi (scardracs) 2022-12-15 22:33:35 UTC

I don't really like the idea of disable it so, if you have better solution, please tell me

Comment 2 Marco Scardovi (scardracs) 2023-01-11 15:12:27 UTC

After some research it seems possible to use --in-process-gpu too