Shouldn’t be a GPU issue as I’m running a laptop with integrated HD Intel graphics, so about the most common there is.
Just tried to open and run one of the programs I’ve been doing with the kids from a barely working Windows machine. Think I was wrong about flashing whenever mouse is moved but lots of flashing each screen load and it completely froze before trying to load the Solar System app and had to be forced closed.
$ gcompris-qt
exeCount set to: 5
qml: enter main.qml (run #5, ratio=2.076923076923077, fontRatio=2.25, dpi=159, userDataPath=/home/me/.local/share/GCompris)
Downloading resource file "data2/voices-ogg/voices-en_GB.rcc"
qrc:/gcompris/src/activities/menu/Menu.qml:105:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
qrc:/gcompris/src/core/Bar.qml:326:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
qrc:/gcompris/src/core/Bar.qml:279:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
qrc:/gcompris/src/activities/menu/Menu.qml:705:13: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
Found box2d in "/usr/lib/qt/qml"
qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 5 (BadAtom), sequence: 509, resource id: 0, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
Local resource is up-to-date: "voices-en_GB.rcc"
Successfully registered resource "/home/me/.cache/KDE/gcompris-qt/data2/voices-ogg/voices-en_GB.rcc"
qrc:/gcompris/src/core/Bonus.qml:86:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
qrc:/gcompris/src/core/Bar.qml:326:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
qrc:/gcompris/src/core/Bar.qml:279:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
load configuration for: "solar_system"
Killed
Found box2d in "/usr/lib/qt/qml"
flashes on the same line within the terminal as it is loading up, which is something I’ve never seen before (lines disappearing in terminal in any way, shape or form apart from a full clear
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inxi -MCGazy
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 840 G2
v: A3009D410303 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2216 v: KBC Version 96.5B serial: <filter>
UEFI: Hewlett-Packard v: M71 Ver. 01.27 date: 07/12/2018
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Broadwell family: 6 model-id: 3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 2F
L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 19161
Speed: 2394 MHz min/max: 500/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2394 2: 2395
3: 2395 4: 2395
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
vendor: Hewlett-Packard ZBook 15u G2 Mobile Workstation driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:1616
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: intel display ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 157 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.7")
diag: 354mm (13.9")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.3
direct render: Yes
We have different OpenGL renderers, is there a way to force the software to load with a software renderer to test or something?
For note: I use Mixxx (and build it myself) which is also based on both QT and OpenGL and it works flawlessly so not an overall issue with either QT or OpenGL (but could it be version conflict?)
EDIT (solution; kinda) gcompris-qt --software-renderer
and this appears to work. No screen flashes. So definitely something about it that doesn’t like my/MESA OpenGL. This is workable for me, even if I haven’t quite learned the root of the issue…
AND : Science > Solar System still freezes the program when I try and open it. Other apps load though.