Linux build has Dashboard and Reports empty

[whalley]

When launched the control panel is blank.

By the way, the data is there, but for some reason the control panel does not display it.
What's more, the reports monthly view, summary view, stock report, income expenditure monthly view, etc... are all empty like the dashboard.

Originally posted by @Heny67 in #6392 (comment)

[whalley]

#6214

[h-vijayakumaran]

I have the same issue with the flatpak installation

[Heny67]

I would like to know if a deb package was made for 1.7.0 and installed like that, would this problem still occur?

[ovari]

I have the same issue with the flatpak installation

If you install the development version, does the Dashboard show correctly?

[h-vijayakumaran]

I have the same issue with the flatpak installation

If you install the development version, does the Dashboard show correctly?

No, still the same problem. I am using Ubuntu 22.04 if that helps

[whalley]

May be related..... Oddly, maybe once a month I have had this on my Mac, rebooting fixed it. I'll do a bit more digging if it happens again.

[Heny67]

I am now running ubuntu 24.04 (development branch) and it has the same problem.
I installed the development version, but nothing changes.

[n-stein]

I would like to know if a deb package was made for 1.7.0 and installed like that, would this problem still occur?

Here is a v1.7.0 Release deb package built on Debian 12 if you want to try:
mmex_1.7.0-Debian.12.bookworm_amd64.tar.gz

[Heny67]

[h-vijayakumaran]

Getting the following error during installation

 mmex : Depends: libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1) but it is not installable
        Depends: libtiff6 (>= 4.0.3) but it is not installable

[n-stein]

Maybe an Ubuntu Jammy build will help?
mmex_1.7.0-Ubuntu.22.04.jammy_amd64.tar.gz

[Heny67]

dpkg: unable to set this package due to dependency problems: mmex:
mmex dependencies: libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3); but:
Package `libtiff5' is not installed

I installed libtiff5-dev.

[n-stein]

Try sudo apt install libtiff5

[h-vijayakumaran]

Maybe an Ubuntu Jammy build will help? mmex_1.7.0-Ubuntu.22.04.jammy_amd64.tar.gz

Yes, this works. Thank you!

[Heny67]

"Libtiff5" package no installation version.
#6396 (comment)

[n-stein]

@Heny67 what distro are you running?

[Heny67]

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch)
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble

[n-stein]

Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch) Release: 24.04 Codename: noble

mmex_1.7.0-Ubuntu.24.04.noble_amd64.tar.gz

[Heny67]

@n-stein
Thanks for the deb package, it works. Although the Dashboard and Reports empty error still exists.

[nasko]

I'm experiencing this issue in Money Manager Ex installed from an AUR package in Arch Linux:

• Money Manager Ex package: aur/moneymanagerex 1.7.0-2
• KDE Plasma version: 5.27.10
• QT version: 5.15.12
• Kernel version: 6.7.0-arch3-1 (64-bit)
• Graphics Platform: X11
• webkit2gtk 2.42.4-2
• Graphics adapter: Nvidia GeForce GT 730
• Output of lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)":

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 730] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GK208B [GeForce GT 730]
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia

The same blank gray area is also visible when I navigate to Help -> Check for updates. The contents is visible if I start dragging with the mouse from the bottom-right corner of the gray area to the top-left corner, but as soon as I release the mouse button, the contents is hidden once again.

The same trick works for other dialogs where this is manifested: Dashboard, reports, etc.

[vomikan]

@nasko could you provide video card name and driver?

[nasko]

@vomikan I've updated my original comment to include the Graphics adapter info. It's Nvidia GeForce GT 730

I've reviewed the other issue, also linked to in this thread - #6214 - where @moritzhoewer confirms that downgrading webkit2gtk to 2.40.5 resolved the issue for him.

So, I downgraded webkit2gtk too - once to 2.40.5-2 and then again to 2.40.5-1. The thing is - with these versions MMEX wouldn't even start:

$ mmex
mmex: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.73: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

On my laptop, where I'm using KDE Plasma with Wayland and Lenovo Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] the issue is not manifested.

[PMaff]

Dashboard is there and the update dialog is also ok:

webkit2gtk (2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * Update to 2.42.4 to fix security issues.
    - CVE-2023-42883

Tried also the colorful theme : same, both work.

Compiled on a virtual machine:

Money Manager Ex
• Version: 1.7.0 64-bit
• Built on: Jan 17 2024 01:16:30
• Database version: 19 (aes128cbc)
• Git commit: b38049357 (2023-12-26)
MMEX is using the following support products:
• wxWidgets 3.2.0 RC1 (wxGTK 3.24)
• wxSQLite3 4.9.1 (SQLite 3.40.0)
• RapidJSON 1.1.0
• Lua 5.3.6
• libcurl/7.81.0 OpenSSL/3.0.2 zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.4.8 libidn2/2.3.2 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.2) libssh/0.9.6/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.43.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.16
• gettext 0.21
• apexcharts.js
Built with:
• CMake 3.22.1
• GNU Make 4.3
• GCC 11.4.0
Running on:
• Ubuntu.22.04.jammy
• Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS "jammy"
• Linux 5.15.0-92-generic x86_64
• XFCE (X11)
• System Locale: LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=de_AT.UTF-8;LC_TIME=de_AT.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=de_AT.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=de_AT.UTF-8;LC_NAME=de_AT.UTF-8;LC_ADDRESS=de_AT.UTF-8;LC_TELEPHONE=de_AT.UTF-8;LC_MEASUREMENT=de_AT.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_AT.UTF-8
• User Interface Language: en_US.UTF-8
• 0x0 0-bit 96x96ppi

Maybe you find some differences to my above setting beside wxWidget.
I doubt, that XFCE will change anything, but you never know.

I tried with wxWidgets 3.2.4 (wxGTK 3.24) and this also works.

Edit: I was looking around and found:
reflex-frp/reflex-platform#735
Can anyone who has this bug try
export WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1
?

[RubberDuck170]

@PMaff I have this same issue and tried export WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 with no success.
Found if I remove Fractional Scaling in my Display Settings, this resolves the issue.

Edit:
Running the command flatpak run --env=WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 org.moneymanagerex.MMEX recommend by @mfep below did the trick.

Money Manger Ex Version: 1.7.0 64-bit (Flatpack)
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

[nasko]

Looks like Nvidia graphics adapter is the common factor for having this issue manifested. Is there anyone experiencing this defect, who doesn't use an Nvidia graphics adapter?

[mfep]

@PMaff I can confirm that by setting WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1, the problem no longer occurs.

OS: Fedora Workstation 39 x86_64
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 3060Ti
Windowing system: X11

@RubberDuck170 are you running the Flatpak? be aware, that environment variables from the host system are not passed to the Flatpak shell. To do that, use flatpak run --env=WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 org.moneymanagerex.MMEX, or Flatseal can also be used to set up the shell environment

[nasko]

@PMaff I can also confirm that with WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 the issue is not manifested.
Toggling this environment variable is the only factor determining whether I'd experience the defect or not.

• Money Manager Ex package: aur/moneymanagerex 1.7.0-2
• OS: Arch Linux
• KDE Plasma version: 5.27.10
• Kernel version: 6.7.0-arch3-1 (64-bit)
• Graphics Platform: X11
• webkit2gtk 2.42.4-2
• Graphics adapter: Nvidia GeForce GT 730

[PMaff]

Webkit2 GTK on Linux with NVidia graphics cards and hardware acceleration together seems to be the thing.
Also the Fractional Scaling from @RubberDuck170 worries me a bit. :-)
reflex-frp/reflex-platform#735 (comment)

[gnu010]

WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 also does the trick here.

$ inxi -SGx
System:
  Host: XXX Kernel: 5.15.0-94-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 730] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia
    v: 470.223.02 bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730/PCIe/SSE2
    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.223.02 direct render: Yes
$
$ dpkg -l | grep -E "webkit2gtk|mmex"
ii  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37:amd64                    2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                           amd64        Web content engine library for GTK
ii  libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0:amd64                     2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                           amd64        Web content engine library for GTK
ii  mmex                                          1.6.3-Ubuntu.22.04.jammy                          amd64        Simple to use financial management software

[PMaff]

What about this:

1108 void webkitWebViewBaseUpdatePreferences(WebKitWebViewBase* webkitWebViewBase)
1109 {
1110     WebKitWebViewBasePrivate* priv = webkitWebViewBase->priv;
1111 
1112 #if USE(TEXTURE_MAPPER_GL) && PLATFORM(X11)
1113     bool acceleratedCompositingEnabled = priv->redirectedWindow ? true : false;
1114 #else
1115     bool acceleratedCompositingEnabled = false;
1116 #endif
1117 
---->1118     priv->pageProxy->preferences().setAcceleratedCompositingEnabled(acceleratedCompositingEnabled);
1119 } 

https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=244683&action=review

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140494

But I do not know, where in mmex code this could be used.

[RubberDuck170]

@mfep Thank you for the guidance! It was running as a Flatpack and your command fixed the issue.

[Heny67]

Hi All!
After installing mmex 1.8.0 from fluthub, the error still exists. #6396 (comment)
However, I compiled a deb file myself, and it works.
mmex_1.8.0-Ubuntu.24.04.noble_amd64.tar.gz