element-hq / element-hq/element-web

Element Desktop doesn't start with LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/torsocks/libtorsocks.so

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A-Electron A-Packaging O-Uncommon T-Defect
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Where are you starting? What can you see?

Some programs can run with `LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/torsocks/libtorsocks.so` env. It's very useful for using with firejail, for example. But Element-desktop doesn't start with that env var, it even doesn't print anything in terminal.

2. What do you click?

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/torsocks/libtorsocks.so element-desktop

### What happened?

### What did you expect?

Running torified element-desktop in firejail

### What happened?

element doesn't start!

### Operating system

Arch Linux

### Application version

1.7.34

### How did you install the app?

From repositories

### Homeserver

_No response_

### Have you submitted a rageshake?

No

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