When trying to use GitHub-Desktop, it prompts me to login in the browser. This looks like the usual oauth-login, where I login in the browser and the browser redirects me to the application. Just that in this case, the redirect doesn’t happen and GitHub-Desktop stays waiting forever, never getting the OK from the browser. When hovering over the manual redirect link in the browser, I see that it looks like this:
x-github-desktop-dev-auth://oauth?code=3caadb43ab341gb547d2&state=4575198e-214c-4f6d-8b55-db268a078efe
This looks to me like a similar problem that I had before with nixos, where clicked links would not open in other applications (e.g. VSCode login via browser feature would just not open the browser at all). I searched for a while and saw that it may have to do with xdg-open, so I tried that. The result of running xdg-open looks like this:
[simon@nixos:~]$ xdg-open x-github-desktop-dev-auth://oauth?code=3caadb43ab341gb547d2&state=4575198e-214c-4f6d-8b55-db268a078efe
[1] 4457
[simon@nixos:~]$ [4507:0927/134106.296164:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)] Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ERR: Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[4507:0927/134106.296511:ERROR:gl_display.cc(515)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[4507:0927/134106.296619:ERROR:gl_display.cc(786)] eglInitialize OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display type
[4507:0927/134106.296858:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)] Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ERR: Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[4507:0927/134106.296989:ERROR:gl_display.cc(515)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[4507:0927/134106.297119:ERROR:gl_display.cc(786)] eglInitialize OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED
[4507:0927/134106.297260:ERROR:gl_display.cc(820)] Initialization of all EGL display types failed.
[4507:0927/134106.297372:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)] GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed.
[4507:0927/134106.303633:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)] Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ERR: Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[4507:0927/134106.303955:ERROR:gl_display.cc(515)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[4507:0927/134106.304207:ERROR:gl_display.cc(786)] eglInitialize OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display type
[4507:0927/134106.304609:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)] Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ERR: Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[4507:0927/134106.307037:ERROR:gl_display.cc(515)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not dlopen libGL.so.1: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[4507:0927/134106.307328:ERROR:gl_display.cc(786)] eglInitialize OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED
[4507:0927/134106.307423:ERROR:gl_display.cc(820)] Initialization of all EGL display types failed.
[4507:0927/134106.307505:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)] GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed.
[4507:0927/134106.311504:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(196)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
When I run the above command, GitHub Desktop actually starts blinking in the task bar, as if it received something, but it never advances or aborts the login process.
I have no idea what to do now. Having links reliably open browser windows or redirect to other applications has never worked for me in nixos (I have tried sporadically over the last few months).
The nixos install is a fresh install of the recommended GNOME 64-bit Intel/AMD nixos image. Once installed, I added github-desktop in the packages section of configuration.nix and ran sudo nixos-rebuild switch. Then I opened github desktop and tried what I described here.
This is my configuration.nix:
# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
imports =
[ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
./hardware-configuration.nix
];
# Bootloader.
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
# networking.wireless.enable = true; # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
# Configure network proxy if necessary
# networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
# networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
# Enable networking
networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
# Set your time zone.
time.timeZone = "Europe/Berlin";
# Select internationalisation properties.
i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
LC_ADDRESS = "de_DE.UTF-8";
LC_IDENTIFICATION = "de_DE.UTF-8";
LC_MEASUREMENT = "de_DE.UTF-8";
LC_MONETARY = "de_DE.UTF-8";
LC_NAME = "de_DE.UTF-8";
LC_NUMERIC = "de_DE.UTF-8";
LC_PAPER = "de_DE.UTF-8";
LC_TELEPHONE = "de_DE.UTF-8";
LC_TIME = "de_DE.UTF-8";
};
# Enable the X11 windowing system.
services.xserver.enable = true;
# Enable the GNOME Desktop Environment.
services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
# Configure keymap in X11
services.xserver.xkb = {
layout = "us";
variant = "";
};
# Enable CUPS to print documents.
services.printing.enable = true;
# Enable sound with pipewire.
hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
security.rtkit.enable = true;
services.pipewire = {
enable = true;
alsa.enable = true;
alsa.support32Bit = true;
pulse.enable = true;
# If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
#jack.enable = true;
# use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
# no need to redefine it in your config for now)
#media-session.enable = true;
};
# Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
# services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
# Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
users.users.simon = {
isNormalUser = true;
description = "Simon van Bernem";
extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
packages = with pkgs; [
# thunderbird
github-desktop
];
};
# Install firefox.
programs.firefox.enable = true;
# Allow unfree packages
nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
# List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
# $ nix search wget
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
# vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
# wget
];
# Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
# started in user sessions.
# programs.mtr.enable = true;
# programs.gnupg.agent = {
# enable = true;
# enableSSHSupport = true;
# };
# List services that you want to enable:
# Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
# services.openssh.enable = true;
# Open ports in the firewall.
# networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
# networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
# Or disable the firewall altogether.
# networking.firewall.enable = false;
# This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
# settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
# on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
# this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
# Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
# (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
system.stateVersion = "24.05"; # Did you read the comment?
}
This is my hardware-configuration.nix:
# Do not modify this file! It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
# and may be overwritten by future invocations. Please make changes
# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
{
imports =
[ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
];
boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "ahci" "xhci_pci" "nvme" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "sdhci_pci" ];
boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
fileSystems."/" =
{ device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/091609c2-5853-45e1-b4b1-b9a0fa57e460";
fsType = "ext4";
};
fileSystems."/boot" =
{ device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/5696-5B64";
fsType = "vfat";
options = [ "fmask=0077" "dmask=0077" ];
};
swapDevices =
[ { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/afc82165-8c01-4609-9d4d-7e2ff070684c"; }
];
# Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
# (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
# still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
# with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
# networking.interfaces.enp3s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
# networking.interfaces.wlo1.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
}