PlexAmp AppImage not launching

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Recent upgrade on POP_OS! (22.04)
. Using PlexAmp 4.2.1:

Main: Window state x:2511 y:430 w:270 h:515 fullscreen:undefined maximized:true
Main: Display bounds x:3120 y:150 w:1600 h:900
Started Media Service: false
Linux: Registering MPRIS service.
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
[267162:0505/010256.889661:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(415)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)


$ screenfetch 
                             maxtim@pop-os
                             OS: Pop 22.04 jammy
                             Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.16.15-76051615-generic
         #####               Uptime: 5h 12m
        #######              Packages: Unknown
        ##O#O##              Shell: bash 5.1.16
        #######              Resolution: 4720x1050
      ###########            DE: GNOME 41.4
     #############           WM: Mutter
    ###############          WM Theme: Ayu-Mirage-Dark
    ################         GTK Theme: Pop-dark [GTK2/3]
   #################         Icon Theme: Moka
 #####################       Font: Fira Sans Semi-Light 10
 #####################       Disk: 5.4T / 24T (23%)
   #################         CPU: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 8x 3.5GHz
                             GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
                             RAM: 17787MiB / 32054MiB
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ping… Wondering if I’m the only person with this issue…

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I have the same issue. I have to add “–disable-gpu-sandbox” to be able to launch plexamp on Ubuntu 22.04.

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I am experiencing this issue on Ubuntu 22.04 with Plexamp AppImage 4.2.2.

./Plexamp-422.AppImage
Main: Window state x:undefined y:undefined w:270 h:515 fullscreen:undefined maximized:undefined
Main: Display bounds x:undefined y:undefined w:undefined h:undefined
Started Media Service: false
Linux: Registering MPRIS service.
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
[85391:0614/182910.465236:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(415)] GPU process isn’t usable. Goodbye.

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I’m also getting this issue:

Main: Window state x:3437 y:691 w:354 h:549 fullscreen:undefined maximized:false
Main: Display bounds x:2560 y:0 w:2560 h:1440
Started Media Service: false
Linux: Registering MPRIS service.
[398285:0620/104007.636263:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(415)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

It was working fine yesterday when I was on Ubuntu 20.04 but since the (possibly ill advised) upgrade to 22.04 that I just did, this is now not working (v4.2.1 and v4.2.2)

                          ./+o+-       dan@dan-Vostro-15-7510
                  yyyyy- -yyyyyy+      OS: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
               ://+//////-yyyyyyo      Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.15.0-39-generic
           .++ .:/++++++/-.+sss/`      Uptime: 17h 34m
         .:++o:  /++++++++/:--:/-      Packages: 2320
        o:+o+:++.`..```.-/oo+++++/     Shell: bash 5.1.16
       .:+o:+o/.          `+sssoo+/    Resolution: 5120x1440
  .++/+:+oo+o:`             /sssooo.   DE: GNOME 41.7
 /+++//+:`oo+o               /::--:.   WM: Mutter
 \+/+o+++`o++o               ++////.   WM Theme: Adwaita
  .++.o+++oo+:`             /dddhhh.   GTK Theme: Yaru-prussiangreen-dark [GTK2/3]
       .+.o+oo:.          `oddhhhh+    Icon Theme: Yaru-prussiangreen
        \+.++o+o``-````.:ohdhhhhh+     Font: Ubuntu 11
         `:o+++ `ohhhhhhhhyo++os:      Disk: 213G / 718G (31%)
           .o:`.syhhhhhhh/.oo++o`      CPU: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H @ 16x 4.6GHz [67.0°C]
               /osyyyyyyo++ooo+++/     GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU
                   ````` +oo+++o\:     RAM: 24812MiB / 64056MiB
                          `oo++.
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Sadly, this didn’t fix the issue for me.

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You have to install FUSE.

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt install libfuse2

This should be on the install page.

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For anybody running into issues with the Plexamp AppImage, you can alternatively install the official flatpak from Flathub now :slight_smile:

Ubuntu users may initially need to configure flatpak support per the setup guide. Most other Linux distro users should find the flatpak “just works”

https://flatpak.org/setup/Ubuntu

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Using --disable-gpu-sandbox worked for me on Ubuntu 22.04.1 with AppImage.

Will there be snap support in the future?

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No plans for snap support at present. The next release should include some upgraded dependencies that may help in this case :crossed_fingers:

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Honest question but how does anyone use plexamp on a desktop ? The interface is absolutely TINY. I cannot be the only one who experiences this.

I’m on ubuntu 22.04 and using /Plexamp-4.3.0.AppImage -disable-gpu-sandbox to start it as it won’t even start without doing that. Plex desktop client is much better from an interface perspective but wish I had some more of the functions from the plexamp in it.

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I suspect I’m in the minority but I love the small form factor of the desktop app. It was a shock at first, but then I got into it and now don’t like ‘big’ players. Using it on Windows.

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kinda sounds like you’re describing a DPI scaling issue ?

I currently don’t have a linux desktop to try this on, but you might try adding --force-device-scale-factor=2 … don’t know if it will work in combination with the --disable-gpu-sandbox option, but might be worth a try

(I did previously have a similar issue on linux with spotify, and I recall this was one way to fix it)

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Thanks, ./Plexamp-4.3.0.AppImage -disable-gpu-sandbox --force-device-scale-factor=2 certainly helped and its more usable. Appreciate the post.