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Specs:Steps:Error:I did cleanup and rebuild couple of times just to make sure and I do get the same error. I thought it might be something with gtk so I deleted all the config files for gtk3/4 from ~/.config and set the KDE Plasma application style for gnome/gtk to adwaita but that didn't help. Tried to look up GObject in the codebase thinking I might get a clue but I dont know a thing about zig or gtk lol. |
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Just in case I tried v1.0.0 build as well, it has same the error. Had the issue on latest main Bonus question: Why this was moved from issue to discussion? |
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@ilvez mind sharing which distro and DE you're using? |
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Debian Unstable and i3, I just updated all the system and will test soon if it had any effect. Can provide more specific library versions.. I also thought about that full Gnome could help but I don't want to clutter these system. |
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Yeah I already gave it a shot and it didn't work. I guess the problem is somewhere else. |
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Debian unstable and sway here. Same crash. |
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Debian testing and Gnome. I have the same issue. |
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Hello, I have probably the same issue here. Window gets displayed for a millisecond and crashes. Machine specs:
To install Ghostty I cloned the repo, switched to v1.0.0 and build with Logs provided in the attachments. Can also provide a Crashreport if needed. Not sure what causes the issue (probably Nvidia GPU, since mine is pretty old). Also tested with both Hyprland and Gnome, same issue. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. |
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Didn't make much progress but I can confirm (for my case at least) its not the gpu. I tried to force launch ghostty with the intel integrated graphics and with the nvidia gpu but got same result. Also running kernel 6.12.3 (forgot to mention this one up top). |
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I tried building and running without the optimization to get more info. I double checked the libs its referencing and they all seem to be installed correctly. |
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Upd: just build with Getting the same error on Debian sid. For folks running Debian sid the workaround is the following: Hope that helps. |
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Thanks you all, glad you guys figured it out as I couldn't debug a thing lol. @rhowe can confirm that worked on my end as well with ubuntu 25.04, pretty much same packages except for |
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I had a go at updating the bundled freetype but it looks like that first requires updating the build for the libxml2 to be compatible with zig 0.13. I started doing that but then found this PR from June: mitchellh/zig-build-libxml2#5 |
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Then why does the Nix build seemingly compile fontconfig in? Adding |
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I am also using Ghostty on NixOS, but I am not compiling it. I am just using the package directly from my flake @vikanezrimaya can you post your config to build it correctly? |
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@eikooc Try pasting this into your config: (inputs.ghostty.packages.${pkgs.system}.default.overrideAttrs (old: {
zigBuildFlags = old.zigBuildFlags + " -fsys=fontconfig";
}))This will add the necessary flags to the Zig invocation that builds Ghostty. If your ghostty flake's nixpkgs input follows your own nixpkgs input (see below), this will be guaranteed to build ghostty with the same fontconfig the rest of your system uses. ghostty = {
type = "github";
owner = "ghostty-org";
repo = "ghostty";
inputs.nixpkgs-stable.follows = "nixpkgs";
inputs.nixpkgs-unstable.follows = "nixpkgs";
}; |
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Great work on resolving this @Fil0sOFF! Could you please update your original message with |
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Also Debian trixie here, but with wayland. The strange thing for me is that I was able to compile Ghostty and use it, and still even have a couple windows open and working. Spawning new ones crash with this error. Recompiling and launching still does. Going to try to compile with |
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Let us know how it works for you, since I'm not sure for me it worked. I'm currently using downgraded list of packages listed in this discussion. By the way, to be sure this |
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Building with |
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Worked for me with Debian Testing. Thank you @Fil0sOFF ! |
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Tested it out as well and thought to mention about one strangeness I encountered. After building with up-to-date system (newest packages, not the list of old packages mentioned here) and without |
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Upd: just build with
-fsys=fontconfigparameterGetting the same error on Debian sid.
Tried
git bisecting to find last good commit (i remember building and running it successfully a month ago) with no luck.So the next thing to try was downgrading system packages.
Downgrading gtk-4 libs did nothing.
Downgrading Pango libs (from 1.55.0+ds-3 to 1.54.0+ds-3) helped though.
For folks running Debian sid the workaround is the following: