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Fedora 41 ofAppGLFWWindow error after update GLFW system library in of_v0.12.1

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Description

It seems that the last week Fedora Linux updated the GLFW library to 3.4-4 (glfw.x86_64 1:3.4-4.fc41). As soon as I did the upgrade I've got the following error:

[ error ] ofAppGLFWWindow: 65548: Wayland: The platform does not support setting the window position
[ error ] ofAppGLFWWindow: 65548: Wayland: The platform does not support setting the window position
[ error ] ofAppGLFWWindow: 65550: X11: Platform not initialized
make: Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I downgraded the library to the previous release of GLFW version 3.3.10 (glfw-1:3.3.10-1.fc41.x86_64) (seems to be the previous one for fc41), and at the moment it works with no errors.

sudo dnf downgrade glfw-3.3.10 glfw-devel-3.3.10

This is similar to the issue #7903, but I could not find the solution in the checklist #7588, but seems that it was sorted

I did not tried with the nightly-build since I downgraded in panic.

gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 14.3.1 20250523 (Red Hat 14.3.1-1)

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Research direction

Reproduce on Fedora 41 with GLFW 3.4-4, comparing the failure against GLFW 3.3.10, and start at ofAppGLFWWindow. Review the related issue #7903 and checklist #7588, then verify that the current library no longer produces the Wayland/X11 errors or segmentation fault.

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Tech stack
cpp, linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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