Segmentation fault on X.Org since version 2024.5.0 (AppImage)

[araujorm]

Description

Client (appimage) always crashes with segmentation fault since version 2024.5.0 (automatically downloaded yesterday, also tried downloading manually)

Current behavior

Opens a blank window briefly, then crashes (segfault)

10:59:55.500 › Checking for update
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Expected Behavior

Not crashing and working as usual

Possible Solution

Revert to 2024.3.0 or use any browser instead

Steps to reproduce

Run latest 2024.5.0 jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage

Environment details

Fedora Linux 39 (Thirty Nine) Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU + 12 GB RAM

$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: IMC Networks Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
    loaded: intel dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1440x810~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD
    Graphics 620 (WHL GT2)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib

No other crashes or system instability happening besides this

Also tried removing $HOME/.config/Jitsi\ Meet/ but still crashes.

[saghul]

Can you get a backtrace?

[araujorm]

Can you get a backtrace?

I tried with gdb but not very useful at the moment, I guess I'm missing some symbols? Any advice?

12:14:46.632 › Update for version 2024.5.0 is not available (latest version: 2024.5.0, downgrade is disallowed).
12:14:46.634 › checkForUpdatesAndNotify called, downloadPromise is null

Thread 1 "jitsi-meet" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x000055555cdd286e in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x000055555cdd286e in ??? ()
#1  0x8000000080000000 in ??? ()
#2  0x0000333001010101 in ??? ()
#3  0x0000000000000000 in ??? ()

Meanwhile tried with other resolutions (since I know I usually don't use a very standard one...) but result is exactly the same at both 1600x900~60Hz and 1920x1080~60Hz.

Also tried (again) removing $HOME/.config/Jitsi\ Meet/ and noticed that when I do it doesn't crash right away: I get the introductory message that I can skip, and it all seems well until I maximize the window. It always crashes then.

I'm using cinammon with a panel (taskbar alike) on top, tried with several sizes from 21 to 32 (usually I have 24) but no matter what, jitsi-meet-electron 2024.5.0 always crashes too when maximizing.

For now I'm reverting to 2024.3.0 and chown'ed $HOME/.cache/jitsi-meet-electron-updater as root to prevent auto-update, but if you can give me any advice on how to get a useful backtrace I can try to do so. Thanks in advance.

[saghul]

This is already very useful, thank you! Not sure how to get a more meaningful backtrrace TBH. The question is if this is a problem on Electron 30 or in something else...

[araujorm]

Meanwhile tried the Flathub version, doesn't crash. I'll be testing it as a workaround too.

[csett86]

And regarding maximizing, I found this very recent fix regarding crashes when maximizing on electron 30.0.4 (we are at 30.0.3), so maybe its then fixed by that as well: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/42126

[saghul]

Good catch @csett86 !

[csett86]

And this fix in electron 30.0.5 looks promising as well: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/42179