Etcher fails to run on Raspberry Pi Desktop x86

balenaEtcher
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I have just installed the 32-bit Linux AppImage for balenaEtcher on Raspberry Pi Desktop (x86). When I attempt to run the AppImage file, I get an error message reporting:

[2264:1207/195338.606753:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(1657)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but it is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I’m aborting now. You need to make sure that /tmp/.mount_balendamGCky5/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.

Any suggestions on how to get this to run properly on RPD?

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Hi there,
balenaEtcher is built on top of Electron framework.

The problem you describe seems to be the one described in a github issue in Electron repo.
I think the most relevant explanation is given in the closing comment there.

So I would suggest checking if a workaround with sysctl kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1 works for you, if it’s acceptable in your use case.