Op zo 5 apr. 2020 om 18:18 schreef Ken Moffat via blfs-support <
blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org>:

> On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 12:08:44PM +0200, Thomas Trepl via blfs-support
> wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, den 05.04.2020, 11:07 +0000 schrieb Mark Broeders via
> > blfs-support:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I've succesfully completed a (B)LFS (development version) install and
> everything works great so far, but I can't seem to get Falkon browser
> working. I suppose the problem must be with QtWebEngine, but so far I
> haven't been able to figure out what I've done wrong. I completely followed
> the book and everything installs fine, but when I open Falkon it just shows
> a blank page (with everything else showing fine, such as the menu bar
> etc.). It doesn't load any URL's and the only message I'm getting is:
> > >
> > > QWebEngineUrlScheme::registerScheme: Too late to register scheme
> "falkon"
> > > QWebengineUrlScheme::registerScheme: Too late to register scheme
> "extension"
> > > Please register the custom scheme 'falkon' via
> QWebEngineUrlScheme::registerScheme() before installing the custom scheme
> > > Please register the custom scheme 'extension' via
> QWebEngineUrlScheme::registerScheme() before installing the custom scheme
> > > Use of deprecated not thread-safe setter, use setUrlRequestInterceptor
> instead
> > >
> > > I've also installed Otterbrowser succesfully (just to investigate if
> QtWebEngine might be the culprit), but that just gives me a flickering
> screen. It seems to load the opening page (duckduck.go), but I cannot type
> anthing. If i type in a different URL it just crashes without any error
> messages (except for the "Use of deprecated not thread-safe setter, use
> setUrlRequestInterceptor instead" message i believe).
> > >
> > > Some additonal info: I tried with both 9.1 and the development version
> of the book. Tried with both Qt 5.14.1 and 5.14.2, with QtWebEngine as part
> of Qt and QtWebengine seperately. My xorg settings are good, rendering and
> such are working fine. And i have absolutely no idea what to do next (I've
> already done a complete reinstall).
> > >
> > > Could anyone help me with this? Or give me a pointer what to do next?
> Thanks in advance!
> >
> > I saw that once before but unfortunatly, i cannot remember how i fixed
> > it.
> >
> > Which qt/qtwebengine version do you use?
> > Did you something recompile after falkon has been installed?
> > What happens if you start "falkon -e" ?
> >
> > Btw, I see the messages too but falkon works pretty fine.
> >
>
> Yeah, falkon can be a pain.
>
> Mark, I assume this is a first install of falkon, but have you tried
> removing the caches in ~/.cache/falkon (as on the qtwebengine page
> for upgrades) and retrying.  Also, try invoking from the command
> line in a term with a known good destination, such as "falkon
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org";.
>
> I'm sure I've also seen those messages when running falkon from a
> term to find out what was wrong, and I agree they are not important.
>
> On my current development/test system I have not yet got close to
> building qt, and I can't find anything useful in my past notes -
> that suggests that "keep retrying, eventually it might work" was the
> approach I always ended up using if clearing caches did not help.
>
> Beyond that, all my machines where I have falkon workign properly
> have /home shared across successive builds, and falkon works.  On a
> machine which had initially been used as a home server and which I
> repurposd for testing certain intel stuff, I first built falkon in
> December and hit the "gmail will not connect to this browser"
> problem - that problem was still present when I last checked, and is
> down as "can't fix" - fortunately on the other machines falkon works
> with gmail (although some links from html mail, or some checkout
> processes for online shopping, do not work).
>
> ĸen
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> --
>
>
Thanks for your replies Thomas and Ken. Unfortunately, clearing cache
didn't work. Good to know that eventually it should work (despite those
messages) and I'll just keep trying. Right now, I decided to, once again,
do a clean install, double-checking every command. But thanks for those
suggestions.
Mark
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