Subject: Re: bug#51826: qt packages (e.g. pcmanfm-qt) missing wayland qt module
From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
To: "bdju" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <[email-masked]>, Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>, Genevieve <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:41:38 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hello,

"bdju" <[email-masked]> writes:

> I am running Guix System with Sway
> guix (GNU Guix) 33a80e111096b05af3d60576dfcb2d67099dc60e
>
> Running `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland pcmanfm-qt` results in failure to
> launch and the following errors:
>
> ```
> 21:50:38.413|qt.qpa.plugin|W|Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in ""
> 21:50:38.413|default|F|This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
>
> Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.
>
> zsh: abort      QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland pcmanfm-qt

I believe the modern manifestation of this problem was #57742, now fixed
on the staging branch (see commit e4ef2db8fda85a469a6fc89bf3c46c9d7e8d44ea).

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim