{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/electron/electron/issues/5039","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/electron/electron","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/electron/electron/issues/5039/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/electron/electron/issues/5039/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/electron/electron/issues/5039/events","html_url":"https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/5039","id":146085995,"number":5039,"title":"shell.openExternal as root on Linux freezes the app","user":{"login":"jviotti","id":2192773,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2192773?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti","html_url":"https://github.com/jviotti","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jviotti/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/electron/electron/labels/bug","name":"bug","color":"fc2929"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/electron/electron/labels/linux","name":"linux","color":"c7def8"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2016-04-05T19:23:02Z","updated_at":"2016-04-07T00:01:42Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Pass a URL to `shell.openExternal()` freezes the application in GNU/Linux, and the URL is not opened at all. \r\n\r\n![screenshot from 2016-04-05 15 16 06](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2192773/14295014/d120bf20-fb41-11e5-867b-bf37a1264e6e.png)\r\n\r\nSee the following Gist: https://gist.github.com/jviotti/84a69e6d11097187059b6b584ff5e86f\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\n\r\n```sh\r\ncd path/to/gist\r\nnpm install\r\nsudo npm start\r\n```\r\n\r\nNo error is thrown, the app just hangs forever.\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\n* Electron version: 0.37.4\r\n* Operating system: Ubuntu 14.04 x64\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/electron/electron/issues/comments/206626611","html_url":"https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/5039#issuecomment-206626611","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/electron/electron/issues/5039","id":206626611,"user":{"login":"kevinsawicki","id":671378,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/671378?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki","html_url":"https://github.com/kevinsawicki","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kevinsawicki/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":true},"created_at":"2016-04-07T00:01:42Z","updated_at":"2016-04-07T00:01:42Z","body":"Ah okay, sorry about that, they seemed very similar at first."}}