Electron snap app packaged with snapcraft GPU disabled on Raspberry Pi
I’ve been going around in circles for hours trying to figure out why my electron app build with electron-builder and packaged as a snap does not have any GPU acceleration enabled. Iv googled and searched forums for ages and im still stuck, would love some help here.
As you can see from the attached image, all acceleration has been disabled. The app runs terribly as a result.
It looks like theres some sort of driver issue as im seeing in the logs:
- libGL Error: Failed to load driver: vc4
- MESA-LOADER: failed to open vc4
- vkCreateInstance: Found no drivers!
Im using the standard plugs as mentioned in the builder docs here: https://www.electron.build/configuration/snap.html 1
Also tried adding the libglu1-mesa package to stage packages, which I picked up from this article: Adding OpenGL/GPU support to a snap (https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/adding-opengl-gpu-support-to-a-snap/6273)
Im using electron-builder however and I cannot see a way to specify the “desktop-glib-only” part of that config in the electron-builder config (config in above link)
If I run standard chromium that is installed on the Raspberry Pi, and check the GPU status there, all GPU hardware acceleration is enabled and looks normal. So this seems to be snapcraft related. I have asked on the snapcraft forums and got no reply.
I feel like this should be a pretty common issue with anyone building electron apps with snaps, what am I missing here? can anyone assist before i pull all my hair out?
Thanks in advance
More info
- Raspberry Pi 4B / Latest Raspberry Pi OS
- The snap in question: vuepilot (https://www.vuepilot.com/download)
Context (The full trace on app start up):
libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open vc4 (search paths /snap/vuepilot/101/gnome-platform/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri) libGL error: failed to load driver: vc4 libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open vc4 (search paths /snap/vuepilot/101/gnome-platform/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri) libGL error: failed to load driver: vc4 libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open swrast (search paths /snap/vuepilot/101/gnome-platform/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri) libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast 11:13:27.923 ⺠SNAP env is defined, updater is disabled 11:13:27.935 ⺠checkForUpdatesAndNotify called, downloadPromise is null [2967773:0212/111327.935597:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)] Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. ERR: Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. [2967773:0212/111327.936900:ERROR:gl_display.cc(520)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. [2967773:0212/111327.937188:ERROR:gl_display.cc(795)] eglInitialize OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display type [2967773:0212/111327.944836:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)] Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. ERR: Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. [2967773:0212/111327.945113:ERROR:gl_display.cc(520)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. [2967773:0212/111327.945604:ERROR:gl_display.cc(795)] eglInitialize OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED [2967773:0212/111327.945902:ERROR:gl_display.cc(829)] Initialization of all EGL display types failed. [2967773:0212/111327.946236:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)] GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed. [2967773:0212/111328.003820:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)] Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. ERR: Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. [2967773:0212/111328.004147:ERROR:gl_display.cc(520)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. [2967773:0212/111328.004316:ERROR:gl_display.cc(795)] eglInitialize OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display type [2967773:0212/111328.008252:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)] Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. ERR: Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. [2967773:0212/111328.008547:ERROR:gl_display.cc(520)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. [2967773:0212/111328.008692:ERROR:gl_display.cc(795)] eglInitialize OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED [2967773:0212/111328.008826:ERROR:gl_display.cc(829)] Initialization of all EGL display types failed. [2967773:0212/111328.008966:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)] GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed. [2967773:0212/111328.014692:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(196)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open vc4 (search paths /snap/vuepilot/101/gnome-platform/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri) libGL error: failed to load driver: vc4 libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open vc4 (search paths /snap/vuepilot/101/gnome-platform/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri) libGL error: failed to load driver: vc4 libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open swrast (search paths /snap/vuepilot/101/gnome-platform/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri) libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast [2967818:0212/111328.386543:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)] Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. ERR: Display.cpp:1056 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. [2967818:0212/111328.387101:ERROR:gl_display.cc(520)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing OpenGL context. message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
Iv managed to solve this after days of searching and with some assistance from GitHub Copilot
For anyone else experiencing this same issue, I was able to solve it by adding some missing packages to my electron-builder.yaml under stagePackages.
Here's my stagePackages block from my config file
stagePackages:
- default
- libglu1-mesa
- libtinfo5
- libvulkan1
- libglu1-mesa: provides the GPU driver files
- libtinfo5: Not sure what this is for, but I got an error that it was required
- libvulkan1: Installs other Vulkan drivers that were also being complained about
- Cannot find module 'E:\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\napi-v6-win32-x64\node_sqlite3.node'
- How to solve a dynamic import in all CommonJS modules. (Electron-Store)
- How do I get the current selected item in the TreeView from the context menu?
- angular, how to combine modules
- Electron - Is there a way to run code after throwing an error?
- Electron Forge + SerialPort native dependency packaging not working
- Run two instances of same Electron app locally at same time
- Run cmd.exe and make some command with Electron.js
- Playwright upload file on non-input element
- How to solve "Missing X server or $DISPLAY" when starting an ElectronJs App on Ubuntu 24 (X11)?
- getting React is not defined when building react ts code through esbuild for electron frontend
- How to use a relative path in a parent folder in electron app?
- How to access DOM elements in electron?
- How to run a js file from VSCode's builtin Node.js?
- Convert file of consts to string and save it in fs
- Electron-notarize problem not signing all binaries
- What is the difference between BrowserWindow and <Webview> Tag in electron and when is it advisable to use each?
- ConnectionError: Failed to connect to localhost:undefined in 15000ms
- node serialport module not working with child process fork()
- Is it possible to disable zoom in/out functionality in a Electron electron-quick-start JS app?
- Running Electron App Doesn't Close After Uninstalling
- How to use typescript in electron without having to compile?
- How to bundle Node.js application to Single Executable Application (SEA) along Native Modules (NAPI)?
- Electron js app is not created successfully
- Can't sign code with electron-builder because of com.apple.FinderInfo and com.apple.fileprovider.fpfs#P
- Best approach to make API calls to server for Electron app
- electron-store returns "Property 'set' / 'get' does not exist on type"
- Electron print without dialog (silent print)
- Is there a way for next-auth to work inside nextjs electron (I am using Nextron for now but I am open to anything) app?
- Error: The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly