Whem I'm opening whatsapp-for-linux is freezing and does nothing.

[visious25]

Description Whem I'm opening whatsapp-for-linux is freezing and does nothing.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

$ whatsapp-for-linux 
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: 
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: (whatsapp-for-linux:663372): libenchant-WARNING **: 12:34:20.470: Error loading plugin: libaspell.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: 
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: 
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: (whatsapp-for-linux:663372): libenchant-WARNING **: 12:34:20.470: Error loading plugin: libnuspell.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: 
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: 
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: (whatsapp-for-linux:663372): libenchant-WARNING **: 12:34:20.470: Error loading plugin: libhspell.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: 
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: 
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: (whatsapp-for-linux:663372): libenchant-WARNING **: 12:34:20.471: Error loading plugin: libvoikko.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: 
<13>Apr 29 12:34:20 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:21 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:21 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:21 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:22 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:22 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:22 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:22 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:22 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:23 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:23 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:58 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:58 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:58 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer
<13>Apr 29 12:34:58 whatsapp-for-linux[663376]: AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer

Expected behavior After installing nVidia drivers that happens.

Screenshots

Environment

• Distro [Arch Linux]
• Package [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/whatsapp-for-linux]

  $ pacman -Qi whatsapp-for-linux 
  Name            : whatsapp-for-linux
  Version         : 1.6.5-1
  Description     : An unofficial WhatsApp desktop application for linux
  Architecture    : x86_64
  URL             : https://github.com/eneshecan/whatsapp-for-linux
  Licenses        : GPL3
  Groups          : None
  Provides        : None
  Depends On      : gtkmm3  webkit2gtk  libayatana-appindicator  libcanberra  gst-plugins-base  gst-plugins-good  gst-plugins-bad  gst-libav
  Optional Deps   : hunspell-en_us: spell-checking
  Required By     : None
  Optional For    : None
  Conflicts With  : None
  Replaces        : None
  Installed Size  : 451.28 KiB
  Packager        : Unknown Packager
  Build Date      : Mon Apr 29 07:59:13 2024
  Install Date    : Mon Apr 29 08:30:05 2024
  Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
  Install Script  : No
  Validated By    : None

• Desktop Environment, Window Manager [Xfce4, Xfwm4]

[Gfreak412]

Same Here - My Issue

[Gfreak412]

Use Wayland instead of x11 and it will start working perfectly again!

[visious25]

@Gfreak412 Xfce4 doesn't use Wayland so far.