symbol lookup error: signal-desktop: undefined symbol: snd_device_name_get_hint, version ALSA_0.9

[romeokienzler]

Using a supported version?

• [X] I have searched searched open and closed issues for duplicates.
• [X] I am using Signal-Desktop as provided by the Signal team, not a 3rd-party package.

Overall summary

I'm using Signal in a Docker environment. On ubuntu 24.04 and 24.10 base images I get:

symbol lookup error: signal-desktop: undefined symbol: snd_device_name_get_hint, version ALSA_0.9

when starting Signal

Downgrading to 23.10 solved the problem.

Steps to reproduce

Build image from this Dockerfile

Expected result

App starts

Actual result

App writes

symbol lookup error: signal-desktop: undefined symbol: snd_device_name_get_hint, version ALSA_0.9

to the console

Screenshots

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Signal version

7.12.0

Operating system

Linux Ubuntu >= 24.04 docker base image

Version of Signal on your phone

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Link to debug log

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[romeokienzler]

This error can be fixed by using the ubuntu base image version <= 23.10, as done in this Dockerfile. Therefore, closing...