SIGSEGV error when running Paratext 10 Studio on Linux (snap, Wayland)

Question

I'm running Ubuntu 25.04 with Wayland, and I installed paratext-10-studio like this:

sudo snap install paratext-10-studio

When I run it, I get this error:

did not find extension DRI_Mesa version 1
failed to bind extensions
MESA-LOADER: failed to open zink: /snap/paratext-10-studio/7/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/zink_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (search paths /snap/paratext-10-studio/7/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri, suffix _dri)
did not find extension DRI_Mesa version 1
failed to bind extensions
did not find extension DRI_Mesa version 1
failed to bind extensions
13:09:20 Starting paratext-10-studio version 0.2.0+github.20250414165454.14451154768 [at t file:///snap/paratext-10-studio/7/app/resources/app.asar/dist/main/main.js:2:37660]
dbus-send: /snap/paratext-10-studio/7/gnome-platform/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3: version `LIBDBUS_PRIVATE_1.12.20' not found (required by dbus-send)
[23901:1009/130920.583169:ERROR:wayland_connection.cc(205)] Failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory (2)
[23901:1009/130920.583224:ERROR:ozone_platform_wayland.cc(264)] Failed to initialize Wayland platform
[23901:1009/130920.583237:ERROR:env.cc(258)] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
fish: Job 1, 'paratext-10-studio' terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error)

How do I fix this problem?

Comments

I also experience this problem with the newer version of Paratext Studio (snap) 0.3.0 released on 2025-10-22 on Ubuntu 25.10.

Answer 1

Paratext 10 Studio uses Electron, and older versions of Electron have problems with Wayland on Linux. I fixed the problem by launching Paratext 10 Studio using this command:

ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT= paratext-10-studio

This sets the environment variable ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT to an empty string, which affects how Electron handles Wayland. In my case, it launches the program using XWayland. I am told that newer versions of Electron handle Wayland better.