From 96a70e0af065a32d93deaf51ff8e359a5640a44e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Zarebczan Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 11:02:14 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update startup-troubleshooting.md --- content/faq/startup-troubleshooting.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/faq/startup-troubleshooting.md b/content/faq/startup-troubleshooting.md index a2e6de05..c96a9d21 100644 --- a/content/faq/startup-troubleshooting.md +++ b/content/faq/startup-troubleshooting.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ category: troubleshooting order: 1 --- -**If you are having issues on Linux with the latest version, please see this [workaround](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/17972#issuecomment-487375700) until we can get it patched. Run in terminal: sudo sysctl kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1** +**If you are on an Ubuntu 16 kernel on Linux, the latest app update will not work and we're not sure if future updates will either. You can download the previous working version from [Github](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/releases/tag/v0.51.2) and ignore the upgrade message for now.** + +**If you are having issues on Linux, please see this [workaround](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/17972#issuecomment-487375700) until we can get it patched. Run in terminal: sudo sysctl kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1** Proper network connectivity, visibility, and access is a necessity for usage of the LBRY Desktop app, as it is a decentralized peer-to-peer protocol that requires clients to see and communicate with each other. Since individual local network configurations, firewalls, and other security settings vary greatly, LBRY may require some basic network/PC troubleshooting in order to function properly. Since LBRY is in beta, there are certain configurations which we don't support yet, but can offer workarounds (see below) or offer [one-on-one troubleshooting](/faq/how-to-report-bugs).