Wrap Electron with software GL when Apple Silicon has no render GPU - #349
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M3 has DCP scanout but no AGX render node, so Chromium and 1Password die in the GPU process and stay running with no window. PATH wrappers on /usr/local/bin add --ozone-platform=wayland --disable-gpu at launch when renderD* is missing, and become a no-op once a render GPU appears.
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On M3 (and any Apple Silicon without AGX) there is a DCP scanout device but no DRM render node. Chromium and 1Password then die in the GPU process and stay running with no window.
This adds PATH wrappers on
/usr/local/binthat pass--ozone-platform=wayland --disable-gpuat launch whenrenderD*is missing, and become a no-op once a render GPU appears. Upstreamomarchy-launch-*scripts stay untouched.Related to #343 (Hyprland software rendering) but this is the Electron/Chromium launch path that PR does not cover.
Test plan
./test/shell.d/electron-gl-test.sh./test/shell.d/launch-1password-test.shomarchy update, existing/usr/local/bin/1passwordsymlink is replaced by the wrapper