Linux Preview Launcher

Chuck22Diesel · October 14, 2026, 3:41pm

When attempting to run the AppImage from the Linux Preview page, the Launcher comes up completely blank:

Here are my system specs:

OS: LMDE 7 (gigi) x86_64
Host: Z690 Taichi (NZXT)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.111+deb13-amd64
Uptime: 2 days, 2 hours, 55 mins
Packages: 3161 (dpkg), 30 (flatpak), 12 (snap)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Display (Odyssey G5): 2560x1440 @ 144 Hz in 32" [External] *
Display (P24q-10): 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz in 24" [External]
DE: Cinnamon 6.6.9
WM: Muffin (X11)
WM Theme: oomox-cyberpunk-neon (Mint-Y)
Theme: oomox-cyberpunk-neon [GTK2/3/4]
Icons: candy-icons [GTK2/3/4]
Font: JetBrainsMonoNL Nerd Font Propo Medium (12pt) [GTK2/3/4]
Cursor: Breeze_Hacked (50px)
Terminal: kitty 0.41.1
Terminal Font: DejaVuSansMono (14pt)
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i5-13600KF (20) @ 5.10 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 [Discrete]
Memory: 20.67 GiB / 62.63 GiB (33%)
Swap: 732.00 KiB / 8.20 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 340.65 GiB / 907.47 GiB (38%) - ext4
Local IP (enp0s31f6): 192.168.1.128/24
Locale: en_US.UTF-8

I ran the AppImage in terminal and recorded the output to a log file, here are it’s contents:

[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.522578Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2meglv2_lib::telemetry::sentry[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/telemetry/sentry.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m297:[0m Sentry initialized [3mrelease[0m[2m=[0m0.95.1+ge288862 [3mchannel[0m[2m=[0mrelease
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.524412Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2meglv2_lib[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/lib.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m2240:[0m Logging initialized debug_logging=false category=App.Startup.LoggingInitialized [3mfile_path[0m[2m=[0m/home/ctuchik/.local/share/com.epicgames.eglv2/logs
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.524431Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2meglv2_lib[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/lib.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m2245:[0m file and stdout log filter: verbose (info,eglv2_lib=debug,eglv2=debug,jsonl_txlog=debug,frontend=debug) category=App.Startup.LogFilterSelected [3mmode[0m[2m=[0mverbose
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.524438Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2meglv2_lib[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/lib.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m2252:[0m Epic Games Launcher starting up category=App.Startup.Began
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.524445Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2meglv2_lib::gdk_backend[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/gdk_backend.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m163:[0m GTK backend preference gdk_backend=x11,wayland category=App.GtkBackendPreferred [3mreason[0m[2m=[0mwayland_fallback
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.524998Z[0m [34mDEBUG[0m [2meglv2_lib[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/lib.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m2335:[0m Parsed command-line arguments applabel=None category=App.Startup.CommandLineParsed
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.525158Z[0m [34mDEBUG[0m [2meglv2_lib[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/lib.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m2371:[0m Parsed override CLI arguments override_epicapp=None override_epicenv=None category=App.Startup.OverridesParsed
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.525162Z[0m [34mDEBUG[0m [2meglv2_lib[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/lib.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m2385:[0m Resolved Sentry verification mode at startup sentry_test=None category=App.Startup.SentryTestModeResolved
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.525593Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2meglv2_lib::device_profile[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/device_profile.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m281:[0m Device profile captured
DEVICE_PROFILE ===== begin device profile =====
DEVICE_PROFILE CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13600KF [Intel]
DEVICE_PROFILE CPU cores: 14 physical / 20 logical
DEVICE_PROFILE RAM: 62.6 GB total / 41.9 GB available
DEVICE_PROFILE Chassis: Unknown
DEVICE_PROFILE Power: Unknown
DEVICE_PROFILE GPU: (none reported)
DEVICE_PROFILE Displays: (none reported)
DEVICE_PROFILE ===== end device profile ===== category=App.DeviceProfileCaptured [3mduration_ms[0m[2m=[0m0.822469
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.539689Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2mdpop::ring_signer[0m[2m:[0m [2mcrates/dpop/src/ring_signer.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m115:[0m DPoP ring: loaded existing PKCS#8 blob from keyring [3mservice[0m[2m=[0m"com.epicgames.eglv2.dpop" [3muser[0m[2m=[0m"v1" [3mbranch[0m[2m=[0m"open_existing" [3mpkcs8_len[0m[2m=[0m138
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.540975Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2mdpop::ring_signer[0m[2m:[0m [2mcrates/dpop/src/ring_signer.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m272:[0m DPoP signer initialized [3mplatform[0m[2m=[0m"linux" [3mservice[0m[2m=[0m"com.epicgames.eglv2.dpop" [3muser[0m[2m=[0m"v1" [3mwas_created[0m[2m=[0mfalse [3mjkt[0m[2m=[0mAB-rg7a8t5ElvvFZlV85QrhFsOu92iukV8sjQ686d_g
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.540986Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2meglv2_lib[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/lib.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m2568:[0m DPoP kill switch resolved: enabled, signer initialized jkt=AB-rg7a8t5ElvvFZlV85QrhFsOu92iukV8sjQ686d_g category=App.Startup.DpopResolved [3mplatform[0m[2m=[0mlinux [3mdpop_state[0m[2m=[0menabled [3mkill_switch[0m[2m=[0mdefault
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.542138Z[0m [34mDEBUG[0m [2meglv2_lib::settings::global_app_settings[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/settings/global_app_settings.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m72:[0m Loaded app settings from disk category=Settings.App.Loaded [3mfile_path[0m[2m=[0m/home/ctuchik/.local/share/com.epicgames.eglv2/settings/app-settings.json
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.542146Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2meglv2_lib[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/lib.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m2634:[0m Loaded app settings category=App.Startup.SettingsLoaded [3mfile_path[0m[2m=[0m/home/ctuchik/.local/share/com.epicgames.eglv2/settings/app-settings.json
[2m2026-10-14T15:26:15.542469Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2meglv2_lib[0m[2m:[0m [2msrc/lib.rs[0m[2m:[0m[2m2640:[0m Linux build-platform tiers resolved host_platform=Linux build_platforms=["Linux", "Windows"] category=App.Startup.BuildPlatformTiersResolved
Gtk-Message: 10:26:15.563: Failed to load module "xapp-gtk3-module"
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gvfs/libgvfscommon.so: undefined symbol: g_task_set_static_name
Failed to load module: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
Shutdown handler: initialize.
Shutdown handler: cleanup.

Chuck22Diesel · October 14, 2026, 6:15pm

I was able to resolve this issue for myself by implementing the following in my terminal :

WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 /path/to/AppImage

Making an alias and implementing a .desktop file that has the above line allows me to launch the EPIC Games Linux Launcher without issue.

I think this is likely due to my Nvidia card having a known issue with webkit. (I have a RTX 4080).

You can mark this as closed.

Thanks!

EnergyOfRocket · October 14, 2026, 9:49pm

Thanks Chuck, I’ll still make a ticket for it.
I appreciate you taking the time to report this bug.

4ny0n3 · October 15, 2026, 3:03pm

In my case, the launchers runs just fine but won’t summon my web browser to login. I’m guessing it’s because I’m on SteamOS and my browser is a flatpak. So, at present, I can’t login. It’s like the app is isolated from calling on other apps.

Guldivar · October 15, 2026, 3:06pm

I have the same problem.