# Lens fail to start on vnc

**URL:** https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-fail-to-start-on-vnc/3276
**Category:** Lens Support & Troubleshooting
**Created:** [May 23, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-fail-to-start-on-vnc/3276 "2024-05-23T02:34:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![rodion-lim-partior](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@rodion-lim-partior](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/rodion-lim-partior)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-fail-to-start-on-vnc/3276/1 "2024-05-23T02:34:42Z")

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When running lens via vnc, whenever starting the lens image, it opens up the node interpreter instead of lens application. When running with DEBUG=true, the following logs are observed

- ‘[’ -z ‘’ ‘]’
- trap atexit EXIT
- isEulaAccepted=1
- ‘[’ -z /home/user/Downloads/OpenLens-6.5.2-366.x86\_64.AppImage ‘]’
- atexit
- ‘[’ 1 == 1 ‘]’
- ‘[’ 0 -eq 0 ‘]’
- exec /tmp/.mount\_OpenLe3ke4vQ/open-lens  
Welcome to Node.js v16.17.1.  
Type “.help” for more information.

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### Author: ![cvdlinden](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@cvdlinden](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/cvdlinden)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-fail-to-start-on-vnc/3276/2 "2024-05-27T09:52:56Z")

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Hello @rodion-lim-partior , thank you for reaching out to lens forums! i will update our development team about your issue!

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### Author: ![jakolehm](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@jakolehm](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/jakolehm)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-fail-to-start-on-vnc/3276/3 "2024-05-27T11:37:20Z")

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@rodion-lim-partior I see you are using an old OpenLens version which is not supported anymore. Did you test also with latest Lens Desktop version from [https://k8slens.dev](https://k8slens.dev)?

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### Author: ![rodion-lim-partior](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@rodion-lim-partior](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/rodion-lim-partior)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-fail-to-start-on-vnc/3276/4 "2024-05-27T14:13:09Z")

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Hi @jakolehm, I’m getting the same error. Please find the stdout:  
~/Downloads$ ./Lens-2024.4.230844-latest.x86\_64.AppImage  
Welcome to Node.js v18.17.1.  
Type “.help” for more information.

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### Author: ![jakolehm](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@jakolehm](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/jakolehm)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-fail-to-start-on-vnc/3276/5 "2024-05-28T06:20:52Z")

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Could you check if there is `ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE` environment variable set? If yes, please try to unset it before starting the AppImage.

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### Author: ![rodion-lim-partior](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@rodion-lim-partior](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/rodion-lim-partior)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/lens-fail-to-start-on-vnc/3276/6 "2024-05-28T09:10:46Z")

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@jakolehm, that fixed the problem. Thank you very much.