Blank window running on Wayland desktop in Linux

[JPLeBreton]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install and launch the itch.io client on a Linux desktop using the Wayland display server (rather than the X server)
2. Observe: window is a single color. Items in it can still possibly be clicked.

Expected result: Application window appears as normal.

Judging from other Wayland bugs I've seen on other Electron-based projects, this might be fixed by upgrading to a newer version of Electron: signalapp/Signal-Desktop#3411

My config:

• Manjaro Linux (latest stable release)
• Intel i7-8700, NVIDIA GTX 1070, 32GB RAM
• Nvidia 470 beta drivers + Xwayland 21.1.2
• GNOME 40.2 desktop environment

Application runs fine when I use the standard X11-based desktop.

[ell1e]

For what it's worth, it works under GNOME 40.3 Wayland for me with an Intel GPU. So this might be some graphics driver dependent issue.

[JPLeBreton]

That's good to know, I can try to track this down (probably with other electron apps) on the Nvidia side, as their Wayland support is clearly still in progress.

[VitalyAnkh]

Nvidia's new drivers (470 series) start to support Wayland better, and many Apps using Electron run well under newer versions of Electron (maybe 13.0 later?). So how about trying upgrading the Electron version of the Itch desktop app?

[buckysrevenge]

The 495 drivers from Nvidia (at least the ones in the latest stable Manjaro release) have the same problem under Wayland, Intel graphics work fine

[a-priestley]

This could be solved I think very easily with --ozone-platform=wayland but judging by the fact that it does not work, itch is not passing the flag to electron.
Check out this commit to VSCode for how to implement it.