Plex Flatpak on linux no longer working

This issue is very simple, the plex dekstop app used to run perfectly, now whenever i try to start it it spits out the following

jeroen@EliteV2:~>flatpak run tv.plex.PlexDesktop
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
qt.scenegraph.general: Using QRhi with backend OpenGL
  Graphics API debug/validation layers: 0
  QRhi profiling and debug markers: 0
  Shader/pipeline cache collection: 0
qt.scenegraph.general: Using QRhi with backend OpenGL
  Graphics API debug/validation layers: 0
  QRhi profiling and debug markers: 0
  Shader/pipeline cache collection: 0
[5:63:1120/094345.102051:ERROR:address_tracker_linux.cc(214)] Could not bind NETLINK socket: Address already in use (98)
xkbcommon: ERROR: Couldn't process include statement for 'us(phonetic)'
xkbcommon: ERROR: Abandoning symbols file "(unnamed)"
xkbcommon: ERROR: Failed to compile xkb_symbols
xkbcommon: ERROR: Failed to compile keymap
[5:64:1120/094345.104568:FATAL:xkb_keyboard_layout_engine.cc(640)] Keymap file failed to load: us-phonetic
/app/bin/Plex: line 48:     5 Trace/breakpoint trap   (core dumped) "$BASE_DIR"/bin/plex-bin "$@"

Anyone else having the same issues?
This is my system

OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed x86_64
Host: B550 AORUS ELITE V2
Kernel: 6.6.1-1-default
Uptime: 32 mins
Packages: 4576 (rpm), 51 (flatpak)
Shell: bash 5.2.21
Resolution: 2560x1440, 2560x1440
DE: Plasma 5.27.9
WM: KWin
WM Theme: Breeze
Theme: [Plasma], materia-cyberpunk-neon [GTK2/3]
Icons: [Plasma], breeze [GTK2/3]
Terminal: tmux
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (16) @ 3.800GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT
Memory: 8074MiB / 32029MiB

Unfortunately, I’m also experiencing a similar issue after updating it…

Despite mine being the HTPC version that I have an issue, as I haven’t tried the Desktop version.

$ flatpak run tv.plex.PlexHTPC
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
qt.scenegraph.general: Using QRhi with backend OpenGL
  Graphics API debug/validation layers: 0
  QRhi profiling and debug markers: 0
  Shader/pipeline cache collection: 0
qt.scenegraph.general: Using QRhi with backend OpenGL
  Graphics API debug/validation layers: 0
  QRhi profiling and debug markers: 0
  Shader/pipeline cache collection: 0
/app/bin/Plex: line 48:     5 Aborted                 (core dumped) "$BASE_DIR"/bin/plex-bin "$@"
OS: Gentoo Linux x86_64 
Host: X570 AORUS MASTER -CF 
Kernel: 6.5.1-gentoo-x86_64 
Shell: fish 3.6.1 
Resolution: 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1080 
DE: Plasma 5.27.8 
WM: KWin 
WM Theme: Breeze 
Theme: Breeze Dark [Plasma], Breeze [GTK2/3] 
Icons: breeze-dark [Plasma], breeze-dark [GTK2/3] 
Terminal: konsole 
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (16) @ 3.800GHz 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT 
Memory: 10881MiB / 32012MiB

This is the content of my kxkbrc

[$Version]
update_info=kxkb.upd:remove-empty-lists,kxkb.upd:add-back-resetoptions,kxkb_variants.upd:split-variants

[Layout]
DisplayNames=,
LayoutList=us,ua
Options=terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,grp:alt_shift_toggle
ResetOldOptions=true
Use=true
VariantList=,phonetic

No my keyboard is set to US, так мій This is ukranian

I am fairly certain this has nothing todo with keyboards, since it worked just fine with my ukraninan keyboard in the past, If you read the output it speaks about graphics drivers, and we both use AMD.
So i assume after a amdgpu or amd open source driver update it broke

Such eslect is not even possible and also it has worked fine before an update to the flatpak.

Regardless of that, Removing other layouts if this was the case is not an option, This should be looked at

Since samip5 and you don’t have the exact same terminal output before the segfault, and considering that this issue is not reproducible on similar hardware, good luck with that.

Adding the us keyboard layout with dead keys and switching to that fixes the issue

So I had this exact issue on a new install of Fedora 39/KDE. On X11 I would get crashes and nearly the same output as XaetaCore (posted below). I’m already on a US keyboard layout. Switching to a wayland session managed to get it to open but it has the same issues that make me not want to use the web app i.e. extremely laggy response, stuttering image in playback. This isnt an issue when viewing in the NVIDIA shield app. The media server is running on the same device I am trying to playback on if that matters.

qt.scenegraph.general: Using QRhi with backend OpenGL
 Graphics API debug/validation layers: 0
 QRhi profiling and debug markers: 0
 Shader/pipeline cache collection: 0
qt.scenegraph.general: Using QRhi with backend OpenGL
 Graphics API debug/validation layers: 0
 QRhi profiling and debug markers: 0
 Shader/pipeline cache collection: 0
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
 what():  basic_string::_M_construct null not valid
/app/bin/Plex: line 48:     5 Aborted                 (core dumped) "$BASE_DIR"/bin/plex-bin "$@"
OS: Fedora Linux 39 (KDE Plasma) x86_64  
Kernel: 6.6.6-200.fc39.x86_64  
DE: Plasma 5.27.9  
WM: KWin  
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (16) @ 3.400GHz  
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080  
Memory: 3514MiB / 64183MiB

The Desktop OpenGL is end of life. Plex is allowing all desktop applications to end of life as they spin down operations for Plex Pass users. They are migrating to some weird social media platform thing and allowing all of their player apps end of life. We are at the point that either the open source community takes back responsibility for the players or we have to migrate platforms.

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As long as Direct play remains possible i don’t mind using a browser to watch my stuff, The only reason i use the app on Linux is so i can use Direct play to skip transcoding for media that is too high quality for transcoding(Dolby Vision/HDR/4K)

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