From 547fc4df814a22026d7bb9b614e2d4bcb3acb1df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: plebeius <tom@plebbit.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:27:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(electron): force GTK 3 on Linux to avoid GTK 2/3 vs GTK 4
 crash

Enforce GTK 3 via app.commandLine switch on Linux to prevent mixed GTK symbol errors seen on Fedora AppImage.
---
 electron/main.js | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/electron/main.js b/electron/main.js
index c0a9e3bb..d4b35dd2 100644
--- a/electron/main.js
+++ b/electron/main.js
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ const dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 // Load package.json dynamically
 const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(dirname, '../package.json'), 'utf-8'));
 
+// Enforce GTK 3 on Linux to avoid mixing GTK 4 and GTK 3 in the same process
+// which can happen on some distros/desktops and crashes AppImage with:
+// "GTK 2/3 symbols detected. Using GTK 2/3 and GTK 4 in the same process is not supported"
+if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+  try {
+    app.commandLine.appendSwitch('gtk-version', '3');
+  } catch (e) {
+    // ignore – if unsupported, Electron will simply ignore this switch
+  }
+}
+
 let startIpfsError;
 startIpfs.onError = (error) => {
   // only show error once or it spams the user