Pixieditor 2.1 won't launch in Linux mint

Doesn’t matter if I install it from .deb or flatpak or tar.gz, it won’t just open. I would click the program and nothing would happen.

I tried to open it from the terminal and it showed this and got stuck-

Initializing Drawie…
Initializing Vulkan context…

I tried an old command from this forum

pixieditor --opengl

didn’t work, just showed

Initializing Drawie… and got stuck there

then for flatpak

flatpak run net.pixieditor.PixiEditor --opengl

still didn’t work, just showed

Initializing Drawie… and got stuck there again

and for tar.gz when I make the pixieditor file executable and try to run it by double clicking, I get the same problem, no response at all.

What GPU do you have and what drivers do you use (properietary or open source if nvidia).

Also, here’s a troubleshooting guide that might help you https://pixieditor.net/docs/usage/troubleshooting/

Currently I don’t have any discrete GPU, I’m on AMD’s RADEON Vega 8 integrated graphics.

RAM: 32GB

Display server: X11 v21.1.11 with Xwayland v23.2.6

OpenGl - 4.6 (compatible v 44.5); Mesa v25.2.8

Vulkan 1.3; integrated-gpu driver: N/A

Here’s the detailed system info.

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-124-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.L1 date: 09/18/2025
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Zen 3 rev: 0 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2350 high: 4567 min/max: 400/4673 cores: 1: 3652 2: 4567 3: 400 4: 3848
    5: 400 6: 3647 7: 400 8: 3942 9: 400 10: 400 11: 3653 12: 4186 13: 400 14: 3655 15: 400 16: 3652
    bogomips: 121375
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-5 pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1
    bus-ID: 30:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 43.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: PCGM22 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 103
    size: 475x267mm (18.7x10.51") diag: 546mm (21.5") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM 3.57 6.8.0-124-generic)
    device-ID: 1002:1638
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 7 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A
    device-ID: 1002:1638 device: 1 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 30:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 30:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-124-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pw-jack type: plugin
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse) with: pulseaudio-dlna
    status: off
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
    bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp34s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8192ee v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 23:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:818b class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp35s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 2357:0604 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
    sub-v: d922 hci-v: 10 rev: dfc6 class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 326.14 GiB (23.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Transcend model: TS500GMTE115S size: 465.76 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: MC2S038D temp: 51.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD
    rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A8U0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 456.89 GiB used: 176.94 GiB (38.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 9 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 3 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 2357:0604 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-2:3 info: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) type: audio,HID
    driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Lenovo Optical Mouse type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1
    rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 17ef:608d class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 5-2:3 info: China Resource Semico USB Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 1a2c:4094 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 44.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 3080 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3000 pm: flatpak pkgs: 69 pm: snap pkgs: 11
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/enpass.list
    1: deb https: //apt.enpass.io/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/firefoxpwa.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/firefoxpwa-keyring.gpg] https: //packagecloud.io/filips/FirefoxPWA/any any main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mullvad.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc] https: //repository.mullvad.net/deb/stable stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https: //fastly.linuxmint.io zena main upstream import backport
    2: deb https: //mirror.limda.net/ubuntu-archive noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb https: //mirror.limda.net/ubuntu-archive noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb https: //mirror.limda.net/ubuntu-archive noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sebastian-stenzel-cryptomator-noble.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/sebastian-stenzel-cryptomator-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/sebastian-stenzel/cryptomator/ubuntu noble main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.sources
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    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https: //repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.sources
    1: deb https: //repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https: //repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Memory: total: 28 GiB available: 27.29 GiB used: 4.87 GiB (17.8%)
  Processes: 387 Power: uptime: 19m states: freeze,mem suspend: deep wakeups: 0
    hibernate: disabled Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34