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Brackets IDE no longer opens on Ubuntu 21.10 - Just shows a white screen on opening and it's stuck like that no matter what, forever.

I'm using this version of Brackets since I was on Ubuntu 20.04 after solving an installation issue using this solution.

Everything worked well and lit even on Ubuntu 21.04 and intially on 21.10 .

I'm not sure whether its a package update or kernel update that broke Adobe Brackets for me, either way it's like my life depends on it so someone please help out. ( I've mistakenly autoremoved older kernels so i can't really test by booting to an older kernel )

I've already tried all available versions of brackets including the one at snap store with no hope. (issue is reproducable with the snap version too)

I've also tried running brackets as root

Any help would be appreciated :)

                          ./+o+-       karthik@knair
              yyyyy- -yyyyyy+      OS: Ubuntu 21.10 impish
           ://+//////-yyyyyyo      Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.13.0-16-generic
       .++ .:/++++++/-.+sss/`      Uptime: 23m
     .:++o:  /++++++++/:--:/-      Packages: 2608
    o:+o+:++.`..```.-/oo+++++/     Shell: bash 5.1.8
   .:+o:+o/.          `+sssoo+/    Resolution: 1920x1080
.++/+:+oo+o:`             /sssooo.   DE: GNOME 40.0
/+++//+:`oo+o               /::--:.   WM: Mutter
\+/+o+++`o++o               ++////.   WM Theme: 
.++.o+++oo+:`             /dddhhh.   GTK Theme: Yaru-dark [GTK2/3]
.+.o+oo:.          `oddhhhh+    Icon Theme: Numix-Circle
\+.++o+o``-````.:ohdhhhhh+     Font: Roboto 11
`:o+++ `ohhhhhhhhyo++os:      Disk: 47G / 83G (60%)
.o:`.syhhhhhhh/.oo++o`      CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics @ 6x 2.375GHz
/osyyyyyyo++ooo+++/     GPU: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.41.0, 5.13.0-16-generic, LLVM 12.0.1)
````` +oo+++o\:     RAM: 2882MiB / 7364MiB
`oo++.

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  • Ubuntu 21.10 is in pre-release testing. Issues with 21.10 should be discussed in the pre-release testing channel and the bug tracker (not here) until after release in October 2021.
    – user535733
    Commented Sep 18, 2021 at 19:30
  • For reliable development you have to use LTS version of Ubuntu like 20.04 LTS. Reinstall it and enjoy.
    – N0rbert
    Commented Sep 18, 2021 at 21:02
  • Refer askubuntu.com/help/on-topic where you'll notice only supported releases of Ubuntu and flavors are on-topic for this site. For impish indri [21.10] questions you'll need to use a development support site such as IRC (#ubuntu+1) or Ubuntu Forums, or wait until after release for this site (expected release date for Ubuntu 21.10 is 14 October 2021 (discourse.ubuntu.com/t/impish-indri-release-schedule/18540) when your question will be on-topic here.
    – guiverc
    Commented Sep 18, 2021 at 22:45
  • The current state of impish is nearing beta, where the focus is on bug hunting, bug reporting & bug fixing so all issues with impish (what will be 21.10 on release) should be on bug trackers so any issues are fixed prior to release. help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs Note: As the program is a 3rd party one; the issue should likely be raised with the provider of that code.
    – guiverc
    Commented Sep 18, 2021 at 22:48
  • Another thing is Adobe has killed support for brackets. They will not update or patch it any longer, and it is likely you will have a lot of issues with it as newer and newer Ubuntu releases come by.
    – Gagan
    Commented Sep 19, 2021 at 5:08

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On Ubuntu 21.04 and upcoming 21.10 you can install Brackets using the following commands:

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://github.com/adobe/brackets/releases/download/release-1.14.1/Brackets.Release.1.14.1.64-bit.deb

dpkg-deb -R ./Brackets.Release.1.14.1.64-bit.deb Brackets
sed -i 's/libcurl3/libcurl3 | libcurl4/' Brackets/DEBIAN/control
dpkg-deb -b Brackets Brackets-fixed.deb
sudo apt install -f ./Brackets-fixed.deb

We should note that 21.10 has a bug in Glibc. To avoid use commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mwhudson/devirt
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

then reboot and continue to use Brackets as it was planned.

Really the problem is wider - currently many Electron-based applications are affected: RStudio, Slack and VScode.

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  • Thank you so much, you're god !
    – karthik nair
    Commented Sep 30, 2021 at 9:34

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