VSCode is not compatible with Ubuntu 24.04 with wayland default

[liheyuan]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.89.1
• OS Version: Ubuntu 24.04 (wayland enabled)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Fresh install Ubuntu 24.04
2. apt install code latest version (have try many version back to 1.85 or deb from official side or snap)
3. open a exist folder contains file
4. open file / terminal , vscode
5. VSCode began to experience many strange behaviors, including not responding to shortcut keys, clicking buttons on the UI was not respond, and click button on dialog box but automatically switched to other app UI. It's basically unavailable...

I upload the following video to show parts of the issue

Screencast.from.2024-05-10.18-43-29.webm

When my mouse is hovering over the popup or terminal, I actually click a lot of mouse or type a lot of keyboard, but vscode does not respond.

However, I disable wayland by editing '/etc/gdm3/custom.conf' , add following line

WaylandEnable=false

And reboot, everything works like charms.

Not sure if it's wayland bug or vscode problem, seems not compatible with wayland under linux.

[liheyuan]

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1512758/window-cursor-wont-lock-in-games-with-ubuntu-24-04-multi

This article says that maybe Ubuntu 24.04 wayland + multi-screen is the cause, I will try it

[liheyuan]

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1512758/window-cursor-wont-lock-in-games-with-ubuntu-24-04-multi

This article says that maybe Ubuntu 24.04 wayland + multi-screen is the cause, I will try it

24.04 wayland + single screen, not work

[skbtwiz]

Working just fine on 24.04 LTS with wayland enabled by adding flags to the .desktop file. I have installed using .deb package from official website and not a snap package.

Device is a Macbook Pro 13,2 (2016 Touchbar 13"). Using internal display.

[liheyuan]

Working just fine on 24.04 LTS with wayland enabled by adding flags to the .desktop file. I have installed using .deb package from official website and not a snap package.

Device is a Macbook Pro 13,2 (2016 Touchbar 13"). Using internal display.

I tried deb from official webside / apt / snap , Unfortunately, it's still the same problem.

[mistletoe235]

I also encountered the same problem

[mrskycriper]

with wayland enabled by adding flags to the .desktop file

@skbtwiz Hi, can you please share those flags? I'm hoping that forcing Wayland will fix the blurriness when using fractional scaling. I've googled the problem but all the issues are from 1-2 years ago and the flags from them seem to be removed in the current version of Chromium.

[liheyuan]

with wayland enabled by adding flags to the .desktop file

@skbtwiz Hi, can you please share those flags? I'm hoping that forcing Wayland will fix the blurriness when using fractional scaling. I've googled the problem but all the issues are from 1-2 years ago and the flags from them seem to be removed in the current version of Chromium.

This is work for me:

/usr/share/applications/code.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
...
#Exec=/usr/share/code/code %F
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations --ozone-platform-hint=auto %F
...

[Desktop Action new-empty-window]
...
#Exec=/usr/share/code/code --new-window %F
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations --ozone-platform-hint=auto --new-window %F
...

@mrskycriper

[ashishsinghin]

Same issue on ubuntu 24.04
Screencast from 2024-05-15 12-07-24.webm

[mrskycriper]

@liheyuan Thank you! It worked, the window is not blurry anymore.

[jaime-ez]

I'm having the same issue, vscode and vscode-insiders installed from snap store. Using two displays with different resolution. chromium adjusts scale factor automatically after running chromium --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland but vscode does not.

Ubuntu 22.04 using wayland
Vscode 1.89.1

Tried running :
code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland code did not launch
code-insiders --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland did not launch
code-insiders --ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations did not launch

Any help is appreciated

[liheyuan]

I'm having the same issue, vscode and vscode-insiders installed from snap store. Using two displays with different resolution. chromium adjusts scale factor automatically after running chromium --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland but vscode does not.

Ubuntu 22.04 using wayland Vscode 1.89.1

Tried running : code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland code did not launch code-insiders --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland did not launch code-insiders --ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations did not launch

Any help is appreciated

@jaime-ez

Have you tried single screen and is it working properly?

[arbabkhalil]

@liheyuan Thanks, this seems to fix my issue.

[jaime-ez]

@liheyuan code nor code-insiders don´t launch on ubuntu 22.04.4 when running any of the commands I described earlier, independently if I have external displays or not.

[liheyuan-kanyun]

@liheyuan code nor code-insiders don´t launch on ubuntu 22.04.4 when running any of the commands I described earlier, independently if I have external displays or not.

It may be caused by other reasons, the phenomenon is not similar.

[youngqqcn]

with wayland enabled by adding flags to the .desktop file

@skbtwiz Hi, can you please share those flags? I'm hoping that forcing Wayland will fix the blurriness when using fractional scaling. I've googled the problem but all the issues are from 1-2 years ago and the flags from them seem to be removed in the current version of Chromium.

This is work for me:

/usr/share/applications/code.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
...
#Exec=/usr/share/code/code %F
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations --ozone-platform-hint=auto %F
...

[Desktop Action new-empty-window]
...
#Exec=/usr/share/code/code --new-window %F
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations --ozone-platform-hint=auto --new-window %F
...

@mrskycriper

It's work , but after fixed this issue, I couldn't input Chinese in vscode by using fcitx5.

I disabled wayland mode by uncomment this config in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

WaylandEnable=false

It's work for me

[zamoosh]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.89.1
• OS Version: Ubuntu 24.04 (wayland enabled)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Fresh install Ubuntu 24.04
2. apt install code latest version (have try many version back to 1.85 or deb from official side or snap)
3. open a exist folder contains file
4. open file / terminal , vscode
5. VSCode began to experience many strange behaviors, including not responding to shortcut keys, clicking buttons on the UI was not respond, and click button on dialog box but automatically switched to other app UI. It's basically unavailable...

I upload the following video to show parts of the issue

Screencast.from.2024-05-10.18-43-29.webm
When my mouse is hovering over the popup or terminal, I actually click a lot of mouse or type a lot of keyboard, but vscode does not respond.

However, I disable wayland by editing '/etc/gdm3/custom.conf' , add following line

WaylandEnable=false

And reboot, everything works like charms.

Not sure if it's wayland bug or vscode problem, seems not compatible with wayland under linux.

Hello, I'm not sure this is related to vscode or any other app, also after logging out every thing fixes. may wayland is the problem...

[copinta]

Do a snap remove of vscode and pull the official repo from Microsoft 1-Add the microsoft GPG key 2-Add the official repo of Vscode 3-Update 4-Install

curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/
rm packages.microsoft.gpg

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'

sudo apt update

sudo apt install code

This should make you able to use VScode again in version 24.04 of Ubuntu in any template you have running ubuntu.

It did work for me. thanks

[tro-nic]

Hi I can´t fix it, just uninstall snap and install via apt-get and done VS code work perfect.

[invy]

Installing without snap did help

[thediveo]

nope, installing from .deb does not fix vscode hanging on using the file open dialog, including trying to open a different workspace.

[abhijeetps]

Hi, I had the same issue with installing vscode from snap store i ubuntu 24.04.

I solved this issue by

1. Download vscode from https://code.visualstudio.com/Download, and install it.

2. Change window. titleBarStyle in userSetting.json from "native" to "custom"

3. Disable wayland by following this article https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-enable-disable-wayland-on-ubuntu-22-04-desktop

Hope it can help.

Thanks @ken999999999999999 .
I tried removing snap version and reinstalling via Microsoft's official repo inititally, but I was still facing the crashing issue.
However, your solution of using custom titleBar and disabling Wayland helped.
Thanks! 🙌🏽

[youngqqcn]

my vsocde version 1.91.0 , vscode on Ubuntu24.04 has many issues, sometimes all is fine, but sometimes occurs many issues as below:

• sometimes click on vscode's terminal console but show other application's window which is the behind the vscode window, WTF! I can't use terminal in vscode!
• sometimes when I max scale the vscode window, I can't click and type words in vscode's terminal console
• sometims vsocde cat't be scaled and closed by top right button , when click "close" button on top right, it's close other application window which behind the vscode , WTF?

---

"Clicking on bottom half of applications switches to background application"

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/2063831

"Strange UI issue with Electron apps on 24.04"

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1cejhrs/strange_ui_issue_with_electron_apps_on_2404/

"Issues with Wayland on 24.04"

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1cp9kp7/issues_with_wayland_on_2404/

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Now I open vscode with code --ozone-platform=wayland mydir , but I can't use Chinese inputs in vscode ...

brave/brave-browser#37860

[aldolammel]

WaylandEnable=false

It is working fine so far. Thanks.

[sanbei101]

Oh my god, I thought my computer was broken, but it turns out it's Electron that hasn't been updated for 24.04.

[EichiUehara]

Title Bar Style setting from native to custom works for me

[youngqqcn]

Title Bar Style setting from native to custom works for me

Currently , it's also works for me , thanks!

[chaituskc]

Title Bar Style setting from native to custom works for me

With this, it works for me thanks

[liheyuan]

Try upgrade to latest Ubuntu 24.04.1

It seems mutter ralated pkg fix this problem

mutter (46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.1) noble; urgency=medium

[ Daniel van Vugt ]

New upstream release 46.2 (LP: #2068598)
Fixed mouse clicks falling through to the window behind (LP: #2026194)
...

[doug65536]

Lucky you. If I disable Wayland, it freezes at black screen before logon screen. I don't have a workaround. Try not to completely downplay your own bug report, implying that you should just leave Wayland off and it's not a bug. Wayland is forced down most people's throat. Canonical thinks they can dictate like Microsoft. They need to get a grip on reality.

[hildogjr]

Also disable Wayland can create issues in other software used. IMHO, this still a issue to be addressed. Disable it is just a workaround that works for some users.

[hildogjr]

#193165

Appear to be related.

[hildogjr]

I deleted the ~\.config\code and ~\.vscode folders and made a fresh extension reinstall. So far, appear fixed.

[dubaksk]

I deleted the ~\.config\code and ~\.vscode folders and made a fresh extension reinstall. So far, appear fixed.

This worked for me. None of the solutions above. Thanks @hildogjr

[icew4y]

titleBarStyle

Thanks, finally this works for me on ubuntu 24