Plex Desktop Flatpak crashes on launch

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Server Version#: 1.32.8.7639
Player Version#: latest (I update every day, but I can’t launch to check)

This is what I get when I try to launch Plex from the terminal. From any shortcut it just dies quietly. Anyone know that is going on here?

$ flatpak run tv.plex.PlexDesktop
F: Not sharing "/usr/share/themes" with sandbox: Path "/usr" is reserved by Flatpak
F: Not sharing "/usr/share/icons" with sandbox: Path "/usr" is reserved by Flatpak
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
amdgpu: unknown (family_id, chip_external_rev): (148, 8)
libGL error: failed to create dri screen
libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi

In case the verbose output is important

$ flatpak -v run tv.plex.PlexDesktop
F: No installations directory in /etc/flatpak/installations.d. Skipping
F: Opening system flatpak installation at path /var/lib/flatpak
F: Opening user flatpak installation at path /home/lex/.local/share/flatpak
F: Opening user flatpak installation at path /home/lex/.local/share/flatpak
F: Opening system flatpak installation at path /var/lib/flatpak
F: Skipping parental controls check for app/tv.plex.PlexDesktop/x86_64/stable since parental controls are disabled globally
F: Opening user flatpak installation at path /home/lex/.local/share/flatpak
F: Opening system flatpak installation at path /var/lib/flatpak
F: /var/lib/flatpak/runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/21.08/8745946eed14ab6da3e21a642a467c994fe0f2bea1ad27a933464dca63ceabe4/files/lib32 does not exist
F: Cleaning up unused container id 3749257169
F: Cleaning up per-app-ID state for tv.plex.PlexDesktop
F: Allocated instance id 1681836671
F: Add defaults in dir /tv/plex/PlexDesktop/
F: Add locks in dir /tv/plex/PlexDesktop/
F: Not sharing "/root/.local/share/icons" with sandbox: Unable to open path "/root/.local/share/icons": Permission denied
F: Not sharing "/root/.icons" with sandbox: Unable to open path "/root/.icons": Permission denied
F: Not sharing "/root/.local/share/themes" with sandbox: Unable to open path "/root/.local/share/themes": Permission denied
F: Not sharing "/root/.themes" with sandbox: Unable to open path "/root/.themes": Permission denied
F: Not sharing "/usr/share/themes" with sandbox: Path "/usr" is reserved by Flatpak
F: Not sharing "/usr/share/icons" with sandbox: Path "/usr" is reserved by Flatpak
F: Allowing x11 access
F: Allowing pulseaudio access
F: Pulseaudio user configuration file '/home/lex/.config/pulse/client.conf': Error opening file /home/lex/.config/pulse/client.conf: No such file or directory
F: Running 'bwrap --args 39 xdg-dbus-proxy --args=41'
F: Running 'bwrap --args 39 Plex'
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
amdgpu: unknown (family_id, chip_external_rev): (148, 8)
libGL error: failed to create dri screen
libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi

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  • Date generated: 2023-12-17 11:02:26

Hardware Information:

  • Hardware Model: Framework Laptop 13 AMD Ryzen 7040Series
  • Memory: 32.0 GiB
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840U w/ Radeon™ 780M Graphics × 16
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon™ Graphics
  • Disk Capacity: 4.0 TB

Software Information:

  • Firmware Version: 03.03
  • OS Name: PikaOS Linux 3
  • OS Build: (null)
  • OS Type: 64-bit
  • GNOME Version: 45.0
  • Windowing System: Wayland
  • Kernel Version: Linux 6.6.6-pikaos
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After the latest update I am getting less error but I am still getting the following and the app is not launching.

$ flatpak run tv.plex.PlexDesktop
F: Not sharing "/usr/share/themes" with sandbox: Path "/usr" is reserved by Flatpak
F: Not sharing "/usr/share/icons" with sandbox: Path "/usr" is reserved by Flatpak

Update: It seems to be running, just not in a way that is useful. I can see that there are plex processes running but there is no UI/program window.

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Still doesn’t work. Installing a different distro so I wont be able to test any fixes. Not that any are coming or that anyone seems to care.

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I care! as a fellow linux user I have to resort to a ■■■■■■ web browser to play 4k videos on my desktop. Where is the wayland support at plex? it’s been years now and I see these old threads about wayland, if there is some workaround that’s great, I don’t mind passing some extra arguments to a flatpak if that’s what I need to do. Have no clue how wayland support is a lagging feature at this point, it’s become the default for gnome now, I know linux is a small fraction of the clients, I don’t mind if some extra features lag behind on linux, but the whole app not working on a fresh install of most distros is pretty high priority IMO.

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So I installed the fedora 39 based Nobara and it works now. So u guess it was either that specific distro or some combination of Ubuntu, gnome and my hardware. No idea.
I agree it is a sad state of affairs that Plex as a company seems to care more about making Plex into some weird social network, than making current features work across platforms. It’s not like Linux is even that obscure of a platform anymore with the advent of the steamdeck.

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