App is not starting correctly and fails with error: logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory

[cmonty14]

This issue was already reported #211 .

Description I try to start the app with command $ flatpak run com.github.eneshecan.WhatsAppForLinux however the app crashes after a few second with error:

F: Not sharing "/dev/log" with sandbox: Path "/dev" is reserved by Flatpak

(whatsapp-for-linux:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:55:50.312: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1649:16: '-gtk-icon-size' is not a valid property name

(whatsapp-for-linux:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:55:50.312: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1652:16: '-gtk-icon-size' is not a valid property name
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory

I'm running latest version:

$ flatpak info com.github.eneshecan.WhatsAppForLinux

WhatsApp for Linux - An unofficial WhatsApp desktop application for Linux

         Kennung: com.github.eneshecan.WhatsAppForLinux
             Ref: app/com.github.eneshecan.WhatsAppForLinux/x86_64/stable
     Architektur: x86_64
           Zweig: stable
         Version: 1.6.2
          Lizenz: GPL-3.0
        Ursprung: flathub
        Sammlung: org.flathub.Stable
    Installation: system
     Installiert: 12,7 MB
Laufzeitumgebung: org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/43
             Sdk: org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/43

          Commit: 38d5814072193e2a0dfc1bcb2ee4d7140456916d8f8fc1529ee500b2ebdc9638
          Parent: 36ad461f8d4162414087b4ee80afa60450f0981923f540274af96313f2c3f2b1
         Betreff: Bump version to 1.6.2 (3c7c04c1)
           Datum: 2023-04-09 21:39:20 +0000

Environment

• Distro: Kali Linux
• Package: flatpak
• Desktop Environment or Window Manager: KDE

[eneshecan]

I cannot reproduce the issue with my Debian VM. Could you please try giving permission to /dev/log with flatseal?

[cmonty14]

I cannot reproduce the issue with my Debian VM. Could you please try giving permission to /dev/log with flatseal?

I installed flatseal, and this shows that required permission for /dev/log already exists.

I don't think this is a permission issue. On Debian, /dev/log is a softllink to /run/systemd/journal/dev-log:

$ ls -l /dev/log    
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 16. Mai 16:13 /dev/log -> /run/systemd/journal/dev-log

This is written to syslog when executing flatpak run com.github.eneshecan.WhatsAppForLinux:

Mai 18 10:30:03 eliza systemd[3618]: Started app-flatpak-com.github.eneshecan.WhatsAppForLinux-750619.scope.
Mai 18 10:30:04 eliza kded5[3905]: Registering ":1.150/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/com_github_eneshecan_WhatsAppForLinux_Tray" to system tray
Mai 18 10:30:04 eliza rtkit-daemon[1381]: Successfully made thread 750674 of process 750657 owned by '1001' RT at priority 5.
Mai 18 10:30:04 eliza rtkit-daemon[1381]: Supervising 5 threads of 3 processes of 1 users.
Mai 18 10:30:10 eliza kwin_wayland[3774]: pw.conf: can't load config client.conf: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Mai 18 10:30:10 eliza kwin_wayland[3774]: pw.conf: can't load default config client.conf: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Mai 18 10:30:10 eliza kwin_wayland_wrapper[3774]: kwin_screencast: Failed to create PipeWire context
Mai 18 10:30:10 eliza plasmashell[3930]: error creating screencast "Failed to create PipeWire context"
Mai 18 10:30:13 eliza kded5[3905]: Service  ":1.150" unregistered
Mai 18 10:30:13 eliza systemd[3618]: app-flatpak-com.github.eneshecan.WhatsAppForLinux-750619.scope: Consumed 9.082s CPU time.
Mai 18 10:30:16 eliza kwin_wayland[3774]: pw.conf: can't load config client.conf: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Mai 18 10:30:16 eliza kwin_wayland[3774]: pw.conf: can't load default config client.conf: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Mai 18 10:30:16 eliza kwin_wayland_wrapper[3774]: kwin_screencast: Failed to create PipeWire context
Mai 18 10:30:16 eliza plasmashell[3930]: error creating screencast "Failed to create PipeWire context"

[petrisch]

I am on 1.6.2 from flathub on debian bullseye. /run/systemd/journal/dev-log can be added as a path to flatseal, then this error goes away.

Now it still crashes with some gtk and opengl errors. I'm on mobile on the couch, so sorry for the short bugreport.

[cmonty14]

After adding /run/systemd/journal/dev-log to Flatseal, the app still fails to start. To be precise, Whatsapp crashes when it tries to load QR code.

$  flatpak run com.github.eneshecan.WhatsAppForLinux
F: Not sharing "/dev/log" with sandbox: Path "/dev" is reserved by Flatpak
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: SettingMap: Key file does not have group “web”, returning default value: 1
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: SettingMap: Key file does not have group “web”, returning default value: 0
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: SettingMap: Key file does not have group “general”, returning default value: 1
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: SettingMap: Key file does not have group “web”, returning default value: 0
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: SettingMap: Key file does not have group “general”, returning default value: 0
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: SettingMap: Key file does not have group “general”, returning default value: 1
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: SettingMap: Key file does not have group “general”, returning default value: 0
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: SettingMap: Key file does not have group “general”, returning default value: 0
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: SettingMap: Key file does not have group “appearance”, returning default value: 0
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: 
<13>Jun 16 21:18:25 whatsapp-for-linux[5]: ** (whatsapp-for-linux:2): WARNING **: 21:18:26.329: GDK is not able to create a GL context, falling back to glReadPixels (slow!): Unable to create a GL context