Jellyfin Media Player Crash on Startup (Ubuntu 24.10)

[ajsb85]

Jellyfin Media Player crashes immediately on startup with a "QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread" error and a Wayland assertion failure.

To Reproduce

1. Launch Jellyfin Media Player from the command line using jellyfinmediaplayer.
2. Observe the error messages printed to the console and the application crashing.

Expected behavior

Jellyfin Media Player should launch successfully and display the user interface.

Screenshots

N/A (Crash happens before any UI is displayed)

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 24.10
• Kernel Version: 6.11.0-9-generic
• Installation Method:
  • Installed .deb package (sudo apt install ./jellyfin-media-player_1.11.1-1_amd64-noble.deb)
  • Installed Flatpak package (com.github.iwalton3.jellyfin-media-player.flatpakref)
• Qt Version: 5.15.13
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA Corporation GM206 [GeForce GTX 950] (rev a1)
• Graphics Driver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 560.35.03

Additional context

• The crash is accompanied by the following error messages:
  • QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
  • jellyfinmediaplayer: ../src/wayland-eglsurface.c:2562: wlEglDestroySurface: Assertion 'wl_list_empty(&surface->ctx.streamImages)' failed.
• The application log file (/home/ajsb85/.local/share/jellyfinmediaplayer/logs/jellyfinmediaplayer.log) contains several warnings, including:
  • Missing idmatcher element in input mapping files.
  • QLocalSocket::ServerNotFoundError related to LIRC.
  • Warnings about QtWebEngine::initialize() being called after QCoreApplication is created and the Qt::AA_ShareOpenGLContexts attribute not being set before QCoreApplication creation.
  • A critical error about a missing slot for the recreateRpiUI host command (likely unrelated as I am not using a Raspberry Pi).
• I have not modified any custom CSS.
• I have attached the complete log file to this issue. jellyfinmediaplayer.log

Possible causes and attempted solutions:

• I have updated Jellyfin Media Player to the latest version (1.11.1).
• I have tried reinstalling Qt, but the issue persists.
• I have searched the Jellyfin Media Player bug tracker and forums but haven't found any reports of this specific issue.
• I have tried installing both the .deb package and the Flatpak version, but the crash occurs with both.

I suspect the crash might be related to threading issues within the application, incompatibility with Wayland, or a conflict with my graphics drivers. I would appreciate any assistance in diagnosing and resolving this problem.

[CastleBravoMegatons]

I can replicate this on my system.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

OS: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Kernel Version: 6.9.3-76060903-generic
Installation Method: Flatpak
Installed Flatpak package (com.github.iwalton3.jellyfin-media-player.flatpakref)
Qt Version: 5
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile]
Graphics Driver: 550.127.08

This started specifically after I updated the driver for my GPU. I am going to check real quick if this is persistent if I switch to Integrated graphics.

[CastleBravoMegatons]

Yep its something with the graphics driver. The app does not crash when using Intel Integrated Graphics. Gif Related