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Rstudio opens blank on user but works fine with sudo

I have a new archlinux installation and got rstudio-desktop-bin from AUR, as the project site says to. However, I get a blank screen (as below) when trying to open it. When using

sudo /usr/bin/rstudio-bin

It opens normally. I tried to reset rstudio from this tutorial https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200534577-Resetting-RStudio-Desktop-s-State

and in this question, the problem was solved changing file permission. Both did not work for me.

What could I do?

Rstudio when opening normally:

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Solution

  • I found a suggestion that an update to electron may have caused an issue in the RStudio community forums. By disabling sandboxing, they were able to start RStudio as a user and it worked for me:

    /usr/bin/rstudio-bin --no-sandbox

    To make more permanent until the problem is resolved you can add a line to your .bashrc (or equivalent in another shell):

    export RSTUDIO_CHROMIUM_ARGUMENTS="--no-sandbox"

    There is also a suggestion in there about building from a weekly source instead. But this was easier for me so I can't vouch for it.