Switched how? What libwebkit2gtk.so and libjavascriptcoregtk.so was libgnc-html.so linked to if not the ones in /usr/lib?
Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 20, 2021, at 7:55 PM, Dong Lin <c54e-gnuc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On a freshly installed Ubuntu 21.04 VM with apt installed GNC 4.4. the apt > installed GNC runs fine with charts visible. > > But locally built GNC (tip of the latest maint branch) has the same issue. > I tried switching the libs in build_dir to point to > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnucash, but the local gnucash encountered an > undefined symbol gnc_run_report_with_error_handling and couldn't start. > > apt removed the system gnucash, purged ~/.cache. reran the local gnc, same > problem, blank charts. > only the table is visible. > > the build environment was prepared with apt-get build-dep gnucash as > instructed. > > >> >> Thank you John. I can confirm that 4.x works with Ubuntu 21.04. >> >> As for release 3.11, the problem exists with the unstable version of 3.11 >> (4064c58cd) only. The stable 3.11 (0fe8ba79e) release works just fine. >> >> | * | | 0fe9ba79e21d0545f4c1f9eb373a9450803a83c4 Release GnuCash 3.11 >> * | | | | | | 4064c58cd03b7f7fb613d59eeee3c93569048adb Release GnuCash >> 3.11 >> >> I guess issue lies in it's one of the 163 shared libs that GNC uses that >> came with Ubuntu 20.04. >> >> >>> Dong Lin, >>> >>> You've already demonstrated that the problem doesn't happen on 3.11 so >>> there's no point going backwards in 3.x. >>> According to https://repology.org/project/gnucash/versions Ubuntu 21.04 >>> provides GnuCash 4.5. I suggest that you clean up your system and >>> install >>> GnuCash 4.4 from apt. If it has trouble displaying charts then raise a >>> bug >>> on Ubuntu and let their packager figure out what's going on. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>>> On Jul 18, 2021, at 6:24 PM, Dong Lin <c54e-gnuc...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for the instructions John. I tried it on a Ubuntu 20.04 system >>>> with >>>> no GNC installed. The problem still exists in 4.x. It seems the 3.x >>>> stable branch works. The issue happens in the unstable branch only. >>>> >>>> I also tried running 4.x on a Mac, I can see the plot. Not sure if the >>>> issue is Linux only or Ubuntu only. >>>> >>>> unstable 2455071 bad >>>> stable 3.6-d42695e75 good >>>> unstable 3.5-b7479e8fb bad >>>> >>>> I cannot build 3.4 or anything older. The fix for >>>> G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE does not apply cleanly on older commits. >>>> Compile still fails after resolving all conflicts. >>>> >>>> So it seems a very old bug that hasn't been fixed in the unstable >>>> branch. >>>> I believe running 4.x or any 3.x unstable build on standard issue >>>> Ubuntu >>>> 20.04 should easily reproduce. >>>> >>>> >>>>> It turns out that bisecting between 63232f and 8024f4 flat won't work, >>>>> they're on different branches. 63232f is on the 3.x branch which is >>>>> why >>>>> it >>>>> works. 2c637a is from 2019 where the master branch splits off from the >>>>> maint branch (we had a pull request merge mishap at aa53c23 that >>>>> temporarily collapsed them together, but there hadn't been any >>>>> development >>>>> on master at that point anyway). 2c637a is actually the first commit >>>>> where >>>>> the two branches start to diverge. >>>>> >>>>> Since the failing 8024f4 is on master I looked at the changes leading >>>>> up >>>>> to that in a graphical history viewer. One particular change stands >>>>> out, >>>>> 2455071 where we start the conversion from jqplot to chartjs. That >>>>> would >>>>> be a good place to test. >>>>> >>>>> ****HOWEVER**** >>>>> The problem may well be that there are remnants of the Ubuntu-provided >>>>> GnuCash 3.8 that are interfering with the 4.x chartjs-based chart >>>>> rendering, so before you do any more bisecting I suggest that you >>>>> completely remove all GnuCash shared libraries, loadable modules, and >>>>> Scheme caches from your system, then reinstall GnuCash 4.6 with apt. >>>>> The >>>>> shared libraries will be /usr/lib/libgnc* and you can get rid of the >>>>> shared modules and system cached guile by `sudo rm -rf >>>>> /usr/lib/gnucash/`. >>>>> Remove ~/.cache/guile/ccache as well if it exists. That may fix the >>>>> problem with no more troubleshooting required. If it doesn't `sudo >>>>> apt-get >>>>> remove gnucash` to have a clean system before doing any test builds. >>>>> Guile >>>>> is exceptionally stupid about what it loads and trying to build >>>>> GnuCash >>>>> when there's a package-manager version installed seldom comes out >>>>> well. >>>>> >>>>> If more bisecting is in order, try 2455071. If it works, try 598c37; >>>>> that's the end of the chartjs upgrades. If that works then check >>>>> 8024f4 >>>>> again to make sure that that still fails, then `git bisect >>>>> --first-parent >>>>> start 8024f4 598c37` to find the problem commit (which may well be a >>>>> merge). >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> John Ralls >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 17, 2021, at 8:01 PM, Dong Lin <c54e-gnuc...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I see two 3.11 release commits in maint. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3.11-4064c58cd bad >>>>>> 3.11-0fe9ba79e good >>>>>> >>>>>> bisecting in this range pointed to 2c637a971. >>>>>> >>>>>> bisecting in 63232f388..8024f44bc also singled out 2c637a971. >>>>>> >>>>>> But it cannot be as it's just a version update. Reverting it did not >>>>>> produce a good run. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That the problem seems to have arisen during the transition between >>>>>>> 3.x >>>>>>> and 4.0 does make it a bit more complicated. There are 391 commits >>>>>>> between >>>>>>> 63232f and 8024f4 including 57 merges from maint and 8 feature >>>>>>> branches. >>>>>>> That makes knowing that the problem exists in the latter commit and >>>>>>> not >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> the former less helpful than it might be. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You can test your hypothesis that a merge caused the regression by >>>>>>> testing >>>>>>> 3.11, the last release on the 3.x maint branch. If that fails you >>>>>>> can >>>>>>> bisect between it and 63232f. Use `git bisect`, it's the quickest >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> easiest way to find the commit that caused the problem. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If 3.11 is good then you can run bisect so that it always tests >>>>>>> merge >>>>>>> commits and ignores the commits being merged with `git bisect >>>>>>> --first-commit start 8024f4 63232f`. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> John Ralls >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jul 17, 2021, at 7:46 AM, Dong Lin via gnucash-user >>>>>>>> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Did more searches. the issue exists in 4.6, running gnc on Ubuntu >>>>>>>> 20.04.1 >>>>>>>> LTS with standard gnome. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've gone through the following commits in maint: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 4.6 2021 228954c40 bad >>>>>>>> 0425-2020 8024f44bc bad >>>>>>>> 0425-2020 63232f388 good >>>>>>>> 3.10 2020 7d39ccc9d good >>>>>>>> 3.6 2019 d42695e75 good >>>>>>>> 0615-2019 410ae9575 good >>>>>>>> 0601-2019 170651602 good >>>>>>>> 0601-2019 3a91eedb4 good >>>>>>>> 0531-2019 69ea174cd bad >>>>>>>> 0415-2019 0251d044b bad >>>>>>>> 3.5 2019 b7479e8fb bad >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I couldn't go any older because ancient code cannot be compiled by >>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>> environment. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The merges really obscured the search. the order of the merged >>>>>>>> commits >>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>> not chronological. timestamps are time of commit, not time of >>>>>>>> merge. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It looks as if the bug was fixed at one point, but it was lost in a >>>>>>>> merge. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Running gnc in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Default gnc is >>>>>>>>> 3.8. I >>>>>>>>> built the >>>>>>>>> gnc >>>>>>>>> trees based off of master at various commits for the bisect. >>>>>>>>> ; lsb_release -a >>>>>>>>> No LSB modules are available. >>>>>>>>> Distributor ID: Ubuntu >>>>>>>>> Description:   Ubuntu 20.04.1 >>>>>>>>> LTS >>>>>>>>> Release:    >>>>>>>>>  >>>>>>>>>   20.04 >>>>>>>>> Codename:    >>>>>>>>>   focal >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ; grep WEBKIT ./common/config.h >>>>>>>>> /* Definitions for what WEBKIT version we're compiling against: */ >>>>>>>>> #define WEBKIT2_4 1 >>>>>>>>> /* #undef WEBKIT2_3 */ >>>>>>>>> /* #undef WEBKIT1 */ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I compared the preprocessor output for >>>>>>>>> html/gnc-html-webkit2.c, >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> affected code block between the working and >>>>>>>>> non-working >>>>>>>>> versions are >>>>>>>>> identical. But some line numbers for other .h files >>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>> different. >>>>>>>>> So I >>>>>>>>> have assumed that it's not 8024f44bc, but other 100+ >>>>>>>>> commits >>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>> came >>>>>>>>> with the tree merge. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> the VNC server runs on Ubuntu (the same machine that the binary is >>>>>>>>> built >>>>>>>>> on). The VNC viewer is MacOS (TigherVNC). Tried another viewer >>>>>>>>> running >>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>> Linux, same outcome. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> There are many commits affecting barcharts in that range. The most >>>>>>>>> relevant one seems to be this: >>>>>>>>> 6b74f80bc Wed Dec 18 21:55:51 2019 +0800 >>>>>>>>> [html-pie/scatter/bar/linechart] defer to html-chart renderer >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But reverting it resulted in too many conflicts that I dont know >>>>>>>>> how >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> resolve. >>>>>>>>> Will try again later using the maint branch. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 11, 2021, at 10:36 PM, Dong Lin via gnucash-user >>>>>>>>>>> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I am trying to upgrade from 3.8 to 4.6. But found that piecharts >>>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>>> linecharts in reports have turned blank. The associated tables >>>>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>>> present >>>>>>>>>>> though. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Attempted to perform a binary search in master, and found the >>>>>>>>>>> latest >>>>>>>>>>> working commit is 63232f388. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> 8024f44bc Sat Apr 25 15:40:07 2020 >>>>>>>>>>> -0700     >>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>>>>  Remove leftover >>>>>>>>>>> webkit2 conditional. >>>>>>>>>>> 63232f388 Sat Apr 25 14:40:57 2020 >>>>>>>>>>> -0700     >>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>>>>      >>>>>>>>>>>  Merge Jean >>>>>>>>>>> Laroche's 'Fix-3-SX-Problems' into maint >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Unfortunately 8024f44bc came from the maint branch and was >>>>>>>>>>> merged >>>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>>>> over a hundred other commits. I am not sure how to >>>>>>>>>>> narrow it >>>>>>>>>>> down. >>>>>>>>>>> Reverting one of them resulted in lots of conflicts that I dont >>>>>>>>>>> know >>>>>>>>>>> how >>>>>>>>>>> to resolve. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I figured the problem has to be related to my environment as no >>>>>>>>>>> one >>>>>>>>>>> else >>>>>>>>>>> has brought up the issue. My virtual desktop is >>>>>>>>>>> driven by a VNC server (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS). It's not >>>>>>>>>>> directly >>>>>>>>>>> associated >>>>>>>>>>> with a hardware graphics card with a physical cable to the >>>>>>>>>>> monitor. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> We release off of the maint branch so you should do your bisect >>>>>>>>>> there. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> This isn't likely to have anything to do with your VNC server, >>>>>>>>>> nor >>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>>> whatever you're connecting to it. In what environment are you >>>>>>>>>> actually >>>>>>>>>> running GnuCash and what version of WebKit is it using? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>> John Ralls >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>>>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>>>>>>>> ----- >>>>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>>>>>>> ----- >>>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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