PDF's Not Rendering, Spammed w/ Save Prompts

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Steps to reproduce

Open a note that has an embedded PDF.

Expected result

PDF should render on the screen.

Actual result

Save prompts pop up, spamming my screen. Closing results in more spawning.

Environment

  • Operating system: Arch
  • Debug info: Cannot access, “save” prompts are occurring to the point that it is not possible to navigate menu’s

Additional information

Hello, I am having trouble with Obsidian.

OS: Arch Linux

Obsidian Version: v1.1.9

I have been using Obsidian for a while, the issue is new after updating my system (it had been a bit since I last used Obsidian so I cannot pinpoint which version).

The issue is as follows: Instead of embedding PDFs (like it used to) using ![[name.pdf]] I am instead spammed with prompts to save the PDF file. This is the same style of prompt as you would get right clicking a web page and clicking “Save as…” or downloading a PDF from the internet.

If there is any other information I can provide to help diagnose the issue please let me know.

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We havan’t changed anything so this is a lesson in not using Arch, btw?

Anyway, jokes aside, I would suggest to try the appimage or snap installer because we don’t make the arch package.

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I have tried the appimage, the issue prevails, forgot to note this in the post.

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do the pdf viewer that’s built in chrome work for you?

Do you get any errors in console when obsidian is running?

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My PDF viewer in various chromium-based browsers (Vivaldi, brave, etc) works fine, the same way it used to work in Obsidian.

I get the following error when running Obsidian from the terminal:

libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name =

I also get some GTK-theme warnings but I get those for everything and have in the past so its unlikely to be relevant

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Does it happen in the sandbox vault?

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Yes, it does.

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I have found that using the flatpak of Obsidian solves the problem. It’s likely that there is a missing dependency or something along those lines which the flatpak bundled with the application.