On a specific laptop with Ubuntu Desktop 24.04.3 LTS installed, attempting to open the Minecraft Launcher while Minecraft: Java Edition is open causes a chromium window to open.
This only occurs on my Dell Inspiron 7570 with NVIDIA GeForce MX130 graphics.
Additionally, the launcher window does not automatically close when the game is started (not sure if that’s related, but it only happens on this specific machine).
This occurs both on the portable executable version extracted from the .tar.gz from the official website (https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.tar.gz) and the .deb file (https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.deb) installed via apt.
The strangest part is, this issue does not occur on two other laptops (what I’m typing this report on), which also have Ubuntu Desktop 24.04.3 LTS installed (they don’t have NVIDIA graphics though, but I can’t see why that would make a difference).
This issue also does not occur on my old Dell XPS 17 Laptop with Ubuntu 22.04 installed.
But why does it happen on this specific machine?
Environment
Ubuntu Desktop 24.04.3 LTS on a Dell Inspiron 7570 with NVIDIA GeForce MX130 graphics.
Bccurs both on the portable executable version extracted from the .tar.gz from the official website (https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.tar.gz) and the .deb file (https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.deb), installed via apt.
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ok new information running my task manager and killing minecraft launcher-- chainLoad and it fixed it
however I do not get chromium loading while minecraft is running and trying to launch and instance of the launcher
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I am also getting this bug on xfce 4.18 Debian 12 on Dell Inspiron3585on AMD radeon 8 grpahics
I am a confused man