Spinner keeps spinning, book not loaded about foliate

[wenzezlaus]

Starting foliate with WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 or with WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 fixes the problem for me.
Arch Linux 6.5.7-arch1-1
nvidia 535.113.01

[nova-666]

Starting foliate with WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 or with WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 fixes the problem for me. Arch Linux 6.5.7-arch1-1 nvidia 535.113.01

For me, the second one resulted in EPUB files being loaded correctly on the 3.0 release of Foliate.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Nvidia 535.129.03

[nobane]

I ran into this issue trying use webkit2gtk on arch linux (with an nvidia card) and I was able to fix it without setting WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1.

Here is how I fixed it:

1. Check if you have modesetting enabled via

    cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset
   

2. If you see printed N then you need to enable it with

    echo options nvidia_drm modeset=1 | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia_drm.conf
   

3. Restart your computer

[mojo5]

Hi! I am using manjaro and have the same problem.
With this in the terminal:

** (process:2): WARNING **: 19:19:56.603: Error writing credentials to socket: Error sending message: Broken pipe
src/nv_gbm.c:99: GBM-DRV error (nv_gbm_bo_create): DRM_IOCTL_NVIDIA_GEM_ALLOC_NVKMS_MEMORY failed (ret=-1)

Failed to create GBM buffer of size 982x708: Invalid argument
src/nv_gbm.c:99: GBM-DRV error (nv_gbm_bo_create): DRM_IOCTL_NVIDIA_GEM_ALLOC_NVKMS_MEMORY failed (ret=-1)

Failed to create GBM buffer of size 982x708: Invalid argument
src/nv_gbm.c:99: GBM-DRV error (nv_gbm_bo_create): DRM_IOCTL_NVIDIA_GEM_ALLOC_NVKMS_MEMORY failed (ret=-1)

Failed to create GBM buffer of size 982x708: Invalid argument
Failed to create EGL images for DMABufs with file descriptors -1, -1 and -1

(com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate:18940): Gjs-WARNING **: 19:19:58.035: Unhandled promise rejection. To suppress this warning, add an error handler to your promise chain with .catch() or a try-catch block around your await expression. Stack trace of the failed promise:
main@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/main.js:478:24
run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:206:19
@/usr/bin/foliate:9:17

This happened after the proprietary NVIDIA driver update.

But with Open-Source driver "Foliate" works well, and Snap version works well too.

[onkelT2]

I am experiencing the same behavior as the original poster:

Gtk-Message: 17:16:56.500: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 17:16:56.501: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Failed to create /home/user/.var/app/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate/cache for shader cache (No such file or directory)---disabling.
KMS: DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Permission denied
Failed to create GBM buffer of size 948x938: Permission denied
KMS: DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Permission denied
Failed to create GBM buffer of size 948x938: Permission denied
KMS: DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Permission denied
Failed to create GBM buffer of size 948x938: Permission denied
Failed to create EGL images for DMABufs with file descriptors -1, -1 and -1

(com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate:2): Gjs-WARNING **: 17:17:00.611: Unhandled promise rejection. To suppress this warning, add an error handler to your promise chain with .catch() or a try-catch block around your
await expression. Stack trace of the failed promise:
main@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/main.js:478:24
run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:206:19
@/app/bin/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate:9:17

Version:

• Foliate 2.6.4 (flatpak)
• Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS

[johnfactotum]

This definitely looks like a WebKitGTK similar to or the same as #1085.

[claui]

I can confirm that @wenzezlaus’s fix works for me.
PureOS 10 (Byzantium)
Kernel 6.4.0-1-librem5

[ritulahkar]

One easy solution I found is:

1. Install Foliate as Flatpak
2. Install Flatseal
3. Add WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 to environment variable of foliate in Flatseal.

It should work.