Comment # 16 on bug 1191012 from Thomas Rother

element-desktop crashes too, even with --no-sandbox, but in this case I guess
its something linked to libva ???

thommie@odysseus3:~> element-desktop --no-sandbox
/home/thommie/.config/Element exists: yes
/home/thommie/.config/Riot exists: no
Starting auto update with base URL: https://packages.element.io/desktop/update/
Auto update not supported on this platform
Fetching translation json for locale: en_EN
Changing application language to de
Fetching translation json for locale: de
Resetting the UI components after locale change
Resetting the UI components after locale change
DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_APERTURE failed: Das Argument ist ung���ltig
Assuming 131072kB available aperture size.
May lead to reduced performance or incorrect rendering.
get chip id failed: -1 [22]
param: 4, val: 0
libva error: /usr/lib64/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_APERTURE failed: Das Argument ist ung���ltig
Assuming 131072kB available aperture size.
May lead to reduced performance or incorrect rendering.
get chip id failed: -1 [22]
param: 4, val: 0
libva error: /usr/lib64/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_APERTURE failed: Das Argument ist ung���ltig
Assuming 131072kB available aperture size.
May lead to reduced performance or incorrect rendering.
get chip id failed: -1 [22]
param: 4, val: 0
libva error: /usr/lib64/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
[9187:0928/140525.531131:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(415)] GPU
process isn't usable. Goodbye.
/usr/bin/element-desktop: Zeile 3:  9187 Trace/Breakpoint ausgel���st  
(Speicherabzug geschrieben) electron /usr/lib/element/app.asar "$@"