master branch does not build

[roramigator]

Error

roramigator@box:~/Left/desktop$ npm install

added 164 packages, and audited 165 packages in 15s

6 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

12 vulnerabilities (7 moderate, 3 high, 2 critical)

To address issues that do not require attention, run:
  npm audit fix

To address all issues (including breaking changes), run:
  npm audit fix --force

Run `npm audit` for details.

roramigator@box:~/Left/desktop$ npm start

> [email protected] start
> electron . --disable-gpu

[83127:0609/202740.476494:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(986)] The display compositor is frequently crashing. Goodbye.

[conner-mcnicholas]

I'm able to resolve that immediate issue by executing the resolutions suggested by 'npm audit fix':

npm install --save-dev [email protected]
npm install --save-dev [email protected]

Now, 'npm start' successfully launches the app.
But the window is black, and any user input just results in errors. I couldn't isolate the root cause.

[OhScee]

Hey, thought I would chime in here since I came across a similar issue
M1 mac.

Older versions of Electron are not going to work nicely in my case, so to build properly:

• ensure you are running your terminal (or other app) in rosetta mode
• if not already installed, install nvm (note: you should uninstall Node.js if you haven't been using nvm prior to now)
• use the following command nvm install 12.8.1
• delete/remove the node_modules directory from the project
• npm i && npm start

Explanation: it appears that there's some silent conflict with the latest versions of Node and Electron ^7, so you must force yourself to use an older version to execute successfully.

I would highly recommend running npm run build_osx (should build the application in your /Documents directory) and just using the app from there to save yourself from having to go back and forth between node versions to run

Hopefully this helps!

[waldmannly]

On windows, I am able to build with these version in my package.json. Newer version of electron do seem to cause the black screen on start.

  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "^7.1.12",
    "electron-packager": "^14.2.1"
  },