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

[Gary Holmlund]

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

You can run debug mode in BibleTime and post the log.

bibletime --debug >log 2>&1

Gary