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install + start + error message - `Invalid homeserver discovery response`

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce

Where are you starting? What can you see? arch linux install paru -S element-desktop which installs it from the AUR: https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/element-desktop/.
start element-desktop
error message. first impression 😦

Failed to start

Your Element is misconfigured

Invalid homeserver discovery response

Outcome

What did you expect?

working login screen, maybe searchable dropdown for home server.

What happened instead?

error.

Operating system

arch linux

Application version

no idea, it is not displayed. should be 1.10 …

Homeserver

irrelevant.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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t3chguycommented, Feb 7, 2022

Do you have anything blocking network requests to matrix.org?

I suggest opening the app console using <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>I</kbd> and seeing what it says.

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turt2livecommented, Jun 14, 2022

I don’t believe there’s anything actionable on here. The remainder appears to be yet another case of https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/22563.

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