Issues With Linux

When using DaVinci Developer Adaptive on Linux, potential issues arise which can be circumvented via settings in the Linux OS.

Tool Crashes With Wayland

The GUI of DaVinci Developer Adaptive crashes when using Wayland as display server.

Cause

The Wayland display server in newer Linux distributions causes several problems.

Solution

Use X11 as display server for the tool, instead of Wayland.

Empty Pages

The Welcome Page, the Tool Help or the graphical Software Cluster Overview are not properly shown.

Cause

A problem with libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 version 2.42.x causes this issue.

Solution

  • If you are using version less than or equal to 2.40.x, please do not update to 2.42.x.

  • Run the following command in your terminal:

sudo bash -c "echo 'export WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1' >> /etc/profile.d/libwebkit2gtk.sh"

Scroll Bar Overlaying Objects

Scrollbars hide or partially overlay graphical objects and therefore limit graphical interactions.

Cause

A problem with GTK causes this issue. This is a known issue reported to the eclipse.org bugtracker (see 519728 – "Overlay scroll bar hides last element").

Solution

  1. Open a new terminal.

  2. Run the following command in your terminal:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface overlay-scrolling false

  3. Restart the application.

Tool Doesn’t Start

DaVinci Developer Adaptive does not start properly.

Cause

Missing external libraries cause this issue.

Solution

Install the latest DaVinci External Components for Linux.

Performance Issues With VMWare

DaVinci Developer Adaptive struggles with performance issues when using VMWare.

Cause

The VMWare application slows down tool activity.

Solution

To improve performance with VMWare, the Hyper-V hypervisor can be deactivated on your Windows system and VMWare can be launched with administrative privileges as described by the following:

Deactivate Hyper-V

  1. Open a new terminal with administrative privileges.

  2. Run the following command in your terminal:

    bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

  3. Restart your computer.

    After the restart, Hyper-V is deactivated.

Launch VMWare With Administrative Privileges

  1. Navigate to the location of your VMWare application.

  2. Right-click on the VMWare application icon.

    The context menu of the application pops up.

  3. Select "Run as administrator" in the context menu.

    The VMWare application now runs with administrative privileges.