[BUG] hyprland 2.9.7.0 crashing after todays update

[Koushikg88]

Describe the bug
after doing system update if rebooted, hyprland is not openning and sending bck to login screen

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. get latest update
2. reboot the system
3. loging to hyprland
4. See error

Expected behavior
A clear

Distribution (please complete the following information):

• Arch Linux

[Koushikg88]

hyprlandCrashReport28295.txt
thiss is the crash report

[Haraven]

Tl; dr: If you have this line in your Hyprland config:
env = LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE,1
try removing it.

In ML4W, it's a configuration option found under the ~/.config/hypr/conf/environments/kvm.conf. If you're using the KVM environment preset or parts taken from it, that might be the culprit.

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I had the same issue: after updating, I could no longer boot into Hyprland.

I found no real solutions online, but a Reddit post mentioned trying to run Hyprland without a config to see if it works that way. For me, running without a config meant commenting out everything in ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf.

I did that, and surprisingly, Hyprland launched. So, what I did was to go back to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf and to uncomment the configs, line by line, until I found the issue. In my case, the issue was caused by an environment variable from the KVM preset that ML4W comes with (~/.config/hypr/conf/environments/kvm.conf). The line causing the crash was:
env = LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE,1

I commented that line and Hyprland launched just fine after that.

[Koushikg88]

Yes, thats right, I did the same you did and its working for me too. Thanks for help.

[mylinuxforwork]

@Haraven @Koushikg88 Thanks for testing. So, you’re running the dotfiles in KVM and you removed this environment variable and then it works again?

[Koushikg88]

@Haraven @Koushikg88 Thanks for testing. So, you’re running the dotfiles in KVM and you removed this environment variable and then it works again?

Yes, I have commented that particular line in kvm.conf inside environments folder and its working fine.

[Haraven]

@Haraven @Koushikg88 Thanks for testing. So, you’re running the dotfiles in KVM and you removed this environment variable and then it works again?

I have ML4W installed on bare metal. I was using the environment variables from kvm.conf, under the assumption that it helps with performance when I need to run my W11 VM inside Hyprland. When I removed the environment variable, Hyprland started working again.

Are we supposed to only use the KVM variables when we're running ML4W inside a VM? 🤔

[degobbis]

Nice Info!
Solved my issue on Hyprland: hyprwm/Hyprland#8666

[mylinuxforwork]

@Haraven @Koushikg88 Thanks for testing. So, you’re running the dotfiles in KVM and you removed this environment variable and then it works again?

I have ML4W installed on bare metal. I was using the environment variables from kvm.conf, under the assumption that it helps with performance when I need to run my W11 VM inside Hyprland. When I removed the environment variable, Hyprland started working again.

Are we supposed to only use the KVM variables when we're running ML4W inside a VM? 🤔

Yesm The KVM environment should only be used in a VM.