Openshot fails to start in wayland

[callmemagnus]

Hi all.

I don’t know since when this started to not work as I use openshot every once in a while but now, I get:

$ openshot-qt                                           
Loaded modules from: /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/openshot_qt
INFO sentry: No sentry_sdk module detected (error reporting is disabled)
INFO app: ------------------------------------------------
INFO app:             Mon Dec  9 09:40:44 2024
INFO app:               Starting new session
INFO app: ------------------------------------------------
INFO app:             OpenShot (version 3.2.1)
INFO app: ------------------------------------------------
INFO app: openshot-qt version: 3.2.1
INFO app: libopenshot version: 0.3.3
INFO app: platform: Linux-6.12.1-4-MANJARO-x86_64-with-glibc2.40
INFO app: processor:
INFO app: machine: x86_64
INFO app: python version: 3.12.7
INFO app: qt5 version: 5.15.14
INFO app: pyqt5 version: 5.15.11
INFO project_data: Setting profile to HD 720p 30 fps
INFO project_data: Apply default audio playback settings: 48000, 2 channels
INFO app: checking babl_ext_path: /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/openshot_qt/lib/babl-ext
INFO language: Qt Detected Languages: ['en-GB', 'en-Latn-GB']
INFO language: LANG Environment Variable: en_GB.UTF-8
INFO language: LOCALE Environment Variable:
INFO language: OpenShot Preference Language: Default
INFO ui_util: Initializing UI for MainWindow
INFO thumbnail: Starting thumbnail server listening on ('127.0.0.1', 55027)
Sandboxing disabled by user.
INFO webengine: WebEngine backend initializing
INFO logger_libopenshot: Connecting to libopenshot with debug port: 5556
INFO transition_model: updating transitions model.
INFO effects_model: updating effects model.
INFO emoji_model: updating emoji model.
INFO main_window: InitCacheSettings
INFO main_window: cache-mode: CacheMemory
INFO main_window: cache-limit-mb: 512
INFO main_window: cache-ahead-percent: 0.7
INFO main_window: cache-preroll-min-frames: 24
INFO main_window: cache-preroll-max-frames: 48
INFO main_window: cache-max-frames: 600
INFO main_window: Creating CacheMemory object with 536870912 byte limit
INFO preview_thread: QThread Start Method Invoked
WARNING main_window: Unhandled shutdown detected: No Log Found
INFO base: Setting font to /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/openshot_qt/images/fonts/Ubuntu-R.ttf
INFO version: Found current version: {'error_rate_stable': 0.25, 'trans_rate_stable': 0.01, 'error_rate_unstable': 0.05, 'trans_rate_unstable': 0.001, 'openshot_version': '3.2.1'}
INFO ui_util: Initializing UI for MainWindow
INFO theme: Setting Fusion dark palette
INFO main_window: updateStatusChanged
INFO main_window: recover_backup
INFO project_data: Setting profile to HD 720p 30 fps
INFO project_data: Apply default audio playback settings: 48000, 2 channels
INFO video_widget: Load: Set video widget display aspect ratio to: 1.7777777910232544
INFO video_widget: Set video widget pixel aspect ratio to: 1.0
INFO main_window: updateStatusChanged
INFO sentry: No sentry_sdk module detected (error reporting is disabled)
xdg_surface#32: error 3: xdg_surface has never been configured
The Wayland connection experienced a fatal error: Protocol error

There is no more information in the journal.

I’m using sway but it was working before (several months ago).

I’m on stable (started from gnome image) kernel 6.12.1-4-MANJARO, Openshot is the version from extra.

Machine is an AMD if that matters.

I would guess some sort of issue with qt5 and wayland (?).

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Ben]

xdg_surface#32: error 3: xdg_surface has never been configured
The Wayland connection experienced a fatal error: Protocol error

This final line doesn’t exist when launching on my Plasma desktop… possibly it’s related to a recent update with sway.

(Also AMD, Ryzen 5600G).

[callmemagnus]

Funnily enough, I tried with my other laptop (old Intel, this time) which is nearly configured the same and on that one it started

The AppImage version downloaded from the site works too.

I’m clueless…

[callmemagnus]

So I played with the content of the ~/.openshot-qt directory.

In the openshot.settings, something like this was present:

 {
  "value": "AdnQywADAAAAAAAAAAAFtgAAB38AAAnYAAAAAAAAAAAAAARHAAADNgAAAAECAAAAB4AAAAAAAAAFtgAAB38AAAnY",
  "title": "",
  "type": "hidden",
  "category": "Qt",
  "setting": "window_geometry_v2"
 },

By changing this with the new version I got by starting without the directory: the program starts…

So no link to sway

“Problem solved”