luakit / luakit/luakit

unprotected error in call to Lua API

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Description

Hi.

Today I tried to install luakit with Manjaro ARM an the PinebookPro
Unfortunately I get the same error with the provided package and installing from source when I start it the first time:

This is from the source code version:

[luakit]$ luakit -v
[    0.127712] V [core/web_context]: base_data_directory:                 (null)
[    0.127823] V [core/web_context]: base_cache_directory:                (null)
[    0.127838] V [core/web_context]: disk_cache_directory:                /home/mmw/.cache/luakit
[    0.127851] V [core/web_context]: indexeddb_directory:                 /home/mmw/.local/share/luakit/indexeddb
[    0.127865] V [core/web_context]: local_storage_directory:             /home/mmw/.local/share/luakit/local_storage
[    0.127879] V [core/web_context]: offline_application_cache_directory: /home/mmw/.local/share/luakit/applications
[    0.127899] V [core/web_context]: websql_directory:                    /home/mmw/.local/share/luakit/websql
[    0.132087] W [core/log]: not sure how to handle this one: '(unknown)'
[    0.182123] V [core/web_context]: setting spell check languages: he
[    0.182785] E [core/common/util]: unprotected error in call to Lua API (bad light userdata pointer)

Any ideas?

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the startup failure with luakit -v on Manjaro ARM/PinebookPro and follow the reported core/common/util Lua API error. Done means luakit starts without the “bad light userdata pointer” error on the affected setup.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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