[bt-devel] Bibletime main scripture window not updating after upgrade to Debian Buster

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Tue, 2019-08-20 at 21:07 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-08-19 at 19:41 -0700, Gary Holmlund wrote:
> > On 8/19/19 6:17 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2019-08-19 at 08:01 -0700, Gary Holmlund wrote:
> > > > John,
> > > > 
> > > > I have been trying to reproduce your issues, but so far I have
> > > > not
> > > > seen
> > > > them. I am using a clean install of Buster and using BibleTime
> > > > from
> > > > the
> > > > repository.
> > > > 
> > > > Gary Holmlund
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 8/18/19 6:53 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > > > > Hello, all.  I've just upgraded from Debian Stretch (9) to
> > > > > Buster
> > > > > (10)
> > > > > and have rebooted.  I'm running Bibletime from the repository
> > > > > with
> > > > > version 2.11.2, SWORD 1.8.1, QT 5.11.3.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I haven't yet isolated the exact sequence but the main
> > > > > scripture
> > > > > window
> > > > > frequently stops updating.  If I change the verse by either
> > > > > typing
> > > > > it
> > > > > or using the chapter or verse arrows, I can see the
> > > > > synchronized
> > > > > other
> > > > > works changing but the main window does not.  Even if I click
> > > > > on
> > > > > the
> > > > > individual verses in the Bible window, I see the synchronized
> > > > > works
> > > > > change after a moment but the Bible window does not.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I also noticed that when arrowing through the verse chapters,
> > > > > the
> > > > > main
> > > > > windows displays verse 0 and shows the last verse of the
> > > > > previous
> > > > > chapter.  So, for example, if I am in Ps 2:7 and click the up
> > > > > arrow
> > > > > to
> > > > > go to Psalm 1, it shows Psalm 1:0 and the last verse of Job
> > > > > (when
> > > > > the
> > > > > Bible window is not frozen!).
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks - John
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > Hi, Gary.  I did a forced reinstallation and the verse 0 problem
> > > has
> > > gone away but the frozen window has not.  I simplified to a
> > > single
> > > Bible window using KJV.  I am able to reproduce it regularly by
> > > changing the chapter by clicking on the previous or next chapter
> > > scroll
> > > arrows (that works) and then clicking on an individual verse in
> > > the
> > > window (I display verse numbers).  The clicked on verse does not
> > > become
> > > active and thereafter the window is frozen.  The associated works
> > > change and the text box for the Bible window changes but the
> > > window
> > > is
> > > frozen.  Hopefully I can figure out a work around before our next
> > > public study this Thursday as I usually project this screen for
> > > the
> > > study.  Thanks - John
> > 
> > John,
> > 
> > I still cannot reproduce this.
> > 
> > It seems likely the issue relates to Qt's WebEngine and probably
> > 
> > to the Debian 9 to 10 update. I would do a forced reinstall on
> > 
> > these Qt packages.
> > 
> > libqt5webchannel5
> > libqt5webengine-data
> > libqt5webengine5
> > libqt5webenginecore5
> > libqt5webenginewidgets5
> > 
> > Gary
> > 
> Hi, Gary.  I did the forced reinstall and rebooted.  Alas, it is
> still
> mostly the same.  I find it locks as soon as I click on a verse
> number.
> If I toggle the display verse numbers on and off, the screen remains
> frozen but, every once in a while will jump alive until the next time
> I
> click on a verse number.
> 
> It does not appear to be time related, i.e., if I let it sit for a
> long
> time, it does not unlock.  It may be related to the number of toggles
> but I've not been able to firmly establish that.  I don't know if it
> somehow has to absorb a mouse click event.  Whatever it is, I still
> see
> the same behavior.
> 
> Any further suggestions? Thanks - John

I can add that minimizing and restoring the window does not unfreeze it
so it is not just a matter of painting I suppose.  Thanks - John
-- 
John A. Sullivan III

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