Application becomes unresponsive shortly after yarn start about desktop HOT 7 CLOSED

Some quick notes:

• yarn test depends on yarn build:prod because that generates an executable app - the CI platforms all do this, but maybe we should make that clearer when working locally?
• I'm not clear on why yarn start might be unresponsive after a while - any interesting output in the dev tools or console?
  yarn build package is not the right command to run - it should be yarn run package

from desktop.

• yarn test depends on yarn build:prod because that generates an executable app - the CI platforms all do this, but maybe we should make that clearer when working locally?

yarn build:prod && yarn test runs fine.

This is not clear from documentation/scripts.

I'm new to yarn; just followed half-blindly whatever was in the documentation. :)

yarn build package is not the right command to run - it should be yarn run package

Correct! My bad.

• I'm not clear on why yarn start might be unresponsive after a while - any interesting output in the dev tools or console?

Nope (the dev console is also unresponsive

$ yarn build:dev && yarn start:

$ yarn start
yarn run v1.9.4
$ cross-env NODE_ENV=development ts-node -P script/tsconfig.json script/start.ts
Server running at http://localhost:3000
ℹ ｢atl｣: Using [email protected] from typescript
ℹ ｢atl｣: Using tsconfig.json from /home/joaomlneto/Documents/GitHub/desktop/tsconfig.json
ℹ ｢atl｣: Checking started in a separate process...
ℹ ｢atl｣: Time: 7261ms
webpack built 8baef21181dbaed8f9f9 in 19744ms
info: [ui] [AppStore] loading 0 repositories from store
debug: [ui] Executing installGlobalLFSFilter: git lfs install --skip-repo
info: [ui] launching: 1.4.1-beta0 (Linux 4.15.0-34-generic)
info: [ui] execPath: '/home/joaomlneto/Documents/GitHub/desktop/dist/desktop-linux-x64/desktop'

<hangs>

from desktop.

Are you able to reproduce the hang with the electron-quick-start sample? If so, I'm happy to help submit an issue upstream and see if the core team has an idea about diagnosing it...

from desktop.

Can't reproduce it. Works fine:

$ git clone https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start \
&& cd electron-quick-start && npm install && npm start

• First time it worked fine (i let the app be for a few minutes before i touched it). ✅
• Second time i messed a bit with it and opened dev tools and shortly after it hanged. ❌
• Third time I just messed with the menus (without selecting any option) and ❌
• Fourth time i just opened the dev console (ctrl-shift-i) -- ❌
• Fifth time just played around selecting text and switching back and forth from terminal and ❌

I've been issuing pkill electron between runs.

from desktop.

Which version of electron is it choosing (should be visible if you can run process.versions in the dev tools console)? Can you set this version to "2.0.9" (the latest stable version, and one we'll hopefully upgrade Desktop to soon) and see if it's still repeatable?

from desktop.

Set version to "2.0.9". App still freezes some time after being launched. Can't select text, click menus, nor open/close/use the devtools.

Some Improvements:

• Ctrl-C in terminal is now able to end the process.
• Can resize/move window after it hangs (though renders window incorrectly). Cannot use app -- menus/text/devtools aren't clickable.

from desktop.

Found a workaround/fix. $ electron --disable-gpu fixes it for me.

electron/electron#12850
electron/electron#13624

Also, I'm running in a VM. Apparently this is an issue:
electron/electron#12380

Instead of running my Linux partition as a VM, I booted it natively -- it works just fine.

Running ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING=1 npm start -- --v=1:

• fails if in running in VM (VMWare Fusion)
• succeeds if running natively

Adding --disable-gpu makes it work in VM.

from desktop.