These steps solved audio issues on my system (Tuxedo OS), but should be
applicable to any PipeWire/PulseAudio system that has more than one
audio interface.
I suspect that enabling `rtc_use_pipewire` in [LiveKit SDK](0773bcec4e/webrtc-sys/libwebrtc/build_linux.sh (L105C1-L105C27))
could help as well, but I haven't tried it.
Release Notes:
- N/A
There apparently is some amdgpu/radv bug that rendering with
multisample anti-aliasing (MSAA) results in a crash when the bounds
of a triangle list exceed 1024px, which in Zed happens with the default
buffer font size when you select a line with more than 144 characters.
This crash has been reported as #26143.
This commit introduces a workaround: you can set the
ZED_PATH_SAMPLE_COUNT=0
environment variable to disable MSAA and the error message we print
when a GPU crash is encountered with radv now suggests trying this
environment
variable as a workaround and links the respective issue.
Sidenote: MSAA was introduced in
f08b1d78ec
so you didn't run into this driver bug with versions < 0.173.8.
Release Notes:
- Added a workaround for an AMD Linux driver bug that causes Zed to
crash when selecting long lines.
Try to re-order the tips for clarity, and make it clear that /etc/prime
could be wrong either way around.
Also remove section on FIPS now we nolonger bundle openssl
Updates #15629
Release Notes:
- N/A
Closes#13585
Currently, saving files with `root` ownership or `root` as the group
throws a `Permission denied (os error 13). Please try again.` error.
This PR fixes the issue on Linux by prompting the user for a password
and saving the file with elevated privileges.
It uses `pkexec` (Polkit), which is by default available on GNOME, KDE,
and most Linux systems. I haven't implemented this for macOS as I don't
have a device to test it on.
This implementation is similar to how Vscode handles it. Except, they
don't show custom message.
**Working**:
When file saving fails due to a `PermissionDenied` error, we create a
temporary file in the same directory as the target file and writes the
data to this temporary file. After, the contents of this file are copied
to the original file using the `tee` command instead of `cp` or `mv`.
This ensures that the ownership and permissions of the original file are
preserved. This command is executed using `pkexec` which will prompt
user for their password.
**Custom Message**:
The message displayed to the user in the prompt is automatically
retrieved from the `org.zed.app.policy` file, which is located at
`/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/`. This file should be installed during the
setup process. While the policy file is optional, omitting it will cause
the user to see the underlying command being executed rather than a
user-friendly message. Currently, VSCode does not display the
user-friendly message.
The policy file must specify a unique binary, ensuring that only that
binary can use the policy file. It cannot be as generic as a
`/bin/bash`, as any software using bash to prompt will end up showing
Zed’s custom message. To address this, we will create a custom bash
script, as simple as the following, placed in `/usr/bin/zed/elevate.sh`.
The script should have root ownership and should not reside in the home
directory, since the policy file cannot resolve `$HOME`.
```sh
#!/bin/bash
eval "$@"
```
*IMPORTANT NOTE*
Since copying the policy file and our script requires sudo privileges,
the installation script will now prompt for the password at very end.
Only on Linux, if `pexec` is installed.
Screenshots:
KDE with policy file:

Gnome with policy file:

Gnome without policy file:

VSCode:

User declines the permission request:

Release Notes:
- Fixed file saving with root ownership on Linux.
- Closes: #18335
Update linux.md with a workaround for the
```
crypto/fips/fips.c:154: OpenSSL internal error: FATAL FIPS SELFTEST FAILURE
```
error when using bundled libssl and libcrypto.
Co-authored-by: Peter Tripp <peter@zed.dev>
Our GitHub Actions Linux ARM hosted runner was running Ubuntu 20 was EOL'd.
This gets builds working on the Ubuntu 22 Linux ARM runner which have spun to replace the EOL'd one. It pushes forward our Glibc requirement for Linux ARM users (was >= 2.29, now >= 2.35; sorry!) but also uses a newer version of clang/llvm (was 10, now 15; yay!).
- The secrets portal is only used if the application is sandboxed
without access to the org.freedesktop.secrets on the host but as zed is
not really working correctly if sandboxed as is, it is better to
completely omit that part
- The org.freedestkop.secrets is not a portal but a spec file that is
implemented by both gnome in gnome-keyring, kde in kwallet but also by
other password managers like keepassxc and it is a requirement for a
"correctly" set up linux desktop so just remove that wrongly documented
bit
Release Notes:
- N/A
Release Notes:
- linux: Added GPU information to `editor: Copy System Specs to
Clipboard`
- linux: Show a prominant warning before running under llvmpipe and
similar.
Release Notes:
- Updated the Linux manual installation docs to fix windows not matching
with desktop icons
([#14435](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/14435)).
The automated `curl | bash` installation script already renames the
`zed.desktop` file to match the window, so most users will not be facing
this issue. This is only affecting users who have downloaded and
extracted the files following the manual instructions.
Since the app ID and the desktop file name are not the same, open
windows are not being matched with the desktop icons, therefore showing
a default one. This PR changes the documentation to tell users they
should rename the `.desktop` file to `dev.zed.Zed.desktop`, and
therefore match the automated install script.
Before:

After:

Hello, I'm one of the maintainers of the Zed package on Terra. I made
the following changes:
- Mention the Terra stable package, instead of only preview and nightly.
- Link to sources for Terra packages instead of pkgs.org.
- Mention Ultramarine in addition to Fedora (one of Terra's targets).
Release Notes:
- N/A