GUI not showing, Qt wayland plugin not found

[galettof]

Describe the bug
Running the app from the icon does not bring up GUI. Running from the terminal returns:
qt.qta.plugn: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in ""
System monitor shows a process for the app.

The app was previously working fine on Fedora 40. The qt5-qtwayland and qt6-qtwayland packages are installed. System is updated regularly and the issue started after a recent update.

To Reproduce
Start the app.

Expected behavior
Expect app GUI to open.

MediaElch Version:

• 2.10.7-dev (nightly)
• 2.10.6 (stable)

Operating System:

• Linux (distribution: Fedora 40)

Thanks!

[bugwelle]

Hi!

Thanks for reporting this issue. How did you install MediaElch? Did you install it via the AppImage or via a package repository (and if so, which one?). :)

Regards,
Andre

[galettof]

Sorry, I forgot to say. I installed via the AppImage.

Thank you!

[bugwelle]

Ah, ok. Makes sense. It could be that my Dockerimage uses Wayland (accidentally)? Maybe something is missing.

I have read a few GitHub threads by other Qt developers and it's likely that the AppImage just won't properly run on Wayland.

We do have build instructions for Fedora. That may be the only workaround for you for now: https://mediaelch.github.io/mediaelch-doc/contributing/build/fedora_36.html