[Error] vscode launched inside container unusable with blank screen

[scarf005]

Describe the bug

running vscode inside devcontainer like in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/main/docs/posts/integrate_vscode_distrobox.md always result in blank frozen display.

To Reproduce

follow the step:

$ distrobox create --image archlinux:latest --name arch-distrobox-repro --verbose
$ distrobox enter --name arch-distrobox-repro
# sudo pacman -S code
# code

(also https://wiki.archcraft.io/blog/02-post-pacman/ needs to be applied)

Expected behavior

vscode is usable as in docs

Logs
Run the commands with --verbose and post the log here as a file upload
Attach also the output of podman logs or docker logs, possibly with --latest flag

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• Are you using podman, docker or lilipod? podman
• Which version or podman, docker or lilipod? 5.3.1
• Which version of distrobox? 1.8.0
• Which host distribution? fedora 41 kinoite
• How did you install distrobox? came default installed in kinoite

Additional context

Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.7-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 30.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: Victus by HP 15L Gaming Desktop TG02-0xxx

[moonlitpath]

Have you tried using --nvidia when creating a container?

[scarf005]

Have you tried using --nvidia when creating a container?

Tried with --nvidia but it still shows empty screen.

[89luca89]

I also cannot reproduce this, can you try with some other container distribution in order to check if it's a package or distrobox problem?

[scarf005]

last time i tried it didn't all work on ubuntu, fedora and arch distrobox. maybe it's an nvidia issue? (tho adding --nvidia didn't work)

[sr-tream]

Try to mount --volume /usr/lib/gbm:/usr/lib/gbm:ro with --nvidia flag - works for me. Without gbm vscode cannot activate hardware accelerate

[scarf005]

Try to mount --volume /usr/lib/gbm:/usr/lib/gbm:ro with --nvidia flag - works for me. Without gbm vscode cannot activate hardware accelerate

thanks for the suggestion, but still doesn't work for me.

command tried:

distrobox create --image archlinux:latest --name arch --nvidia --volume /usr/lib/gbm:/usr/lib/gbm:ro