[Linux] Does not launch on Linux with error FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(415)] GPU process isn't usable

[tareqimbasher]

Issue

Running NetPad on some Linux environments results in the app crashing with an error:

[300044:0103/022825.743082:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(415)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.

This appears to be an issue exhibited by a number of Electron-based apps:

• Atom: ([Arch Linux] GPU process isn't usable atom/atom#23608)
• SimpleNote: (FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(415)] GPU process isn't usable. Automattic/simplenote-electron#3044)
• Useful info: Link

Workaround

Until this is fixed, a workaround is to run with the --no-sandbox option. ie:

netpad --no-sandbox

or you can modify /usr/share/applications/netpad.desktop and add --no-sandbox to Exec like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=NetPad
Exec=/opt/NetPad/netpad --no-sandbox %U

Other useful information can be found in the linked issues above.

Note

If you ran NetPad and it crashed because of this, the app might still be running in the background. Kill the app process(es) using your task manager before attempting to run it again.

[tareqimbasher]

Fixed in new NetPad v0.2.0 release. Fix comes from upstream Electron.