Balena on linux is not starting

balenaEtcher
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I have tryed installing balenaEtcher many times on many linux distros and it never seems to work. Right now I am using kubuntu, I installed it fine but when I launch it, it spits out this error.

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Hi @aamira,

Welcome to the Balena Forum! Sorry to see the experience. Looking at the error message; I’d say its some of the required window modules missing with KDE. Can you try installing kde-gtk-config and see if helps improve the situation?

Also, it would be great if you share details on the system OS you are running this on and previously tried at.

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Hi @aamira,

thanks for your report and sorry for the inconvinience.
Here you can find probably the same error as yours, with the solution or workaround

namely, starting the app with the --disable-gpu-sandbox switch.
It is a known problem with electron we are working on it to make it gone.