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mutter keeps crashing when using Eclipse IDE (SWT/GTK)

Affected version

  • ArchLinux, kernel 6.8.9-zen1-2-zen
  • Affected Mutter version - 46.1-1
  • Wayland

Bug summary

I'm using Eclipse IDE and IntelliJ Idea to work on different projects. While Idea works well - Eclipse is super unstable. Older versions of Eclipse like 23.09, 23.12, 24.03 are crashing, so I've fixed it with few env variables (WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1), but It can crash mutter anyway. 24.06 dev build is not crashing by itself, but crashing mutter. There is higher chance of crash when using content assist or just info pop-up over element when cursor is on top of it.

This ONLY happens when using Eclipse. If it's not focused, just staying in background - then it's fine. Eclipse can crash and that's okay, it's just a small piece of software, but crashing whole mutter wayland session is pain.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Eclipse IDE
  2. Do some stuff
  3. Crash

Relevant logs, screenshots, screencasts etc.

https://gist.github.com/Bodyash/b4ed22cc0e03bf6fd196b81e50671b82 - journalctl log

System Info

  • AMD Ryzen 6900HX
  • 64 GB DDR5 RAM
  • AMD RX 6600M GPU
  • mesa driver (mesa 1:24.0.7-3)