[digiKam-users] Is the problem local (me) or general

[digikam at 911networks.com]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 21:32:37 +0100
Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here under openSUSE Tumbleweed everything works without problems
> with an AMD graphics card. Under Album Root I would guess that the
> Welcome HTML page should be displayed. So I suspect that
> QTWebEngine is crashing on you. QWebEngine is heavily dependent on
> supported graphics hardware. I also see 2 error messages "libGL
> error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so, libGL error: failed to
> load driver: swrast". We already have bug reports on QWebEngine.
> But there is no turning back, QWebEngine is the future and openSUSE
> has also discontinued support for the older QWebKit. You probably
> must waiting for native digiKam packets. The difference in size is
> due to the fact that the face model data is no longer included and
> is downloaded from digiKam once. You should have seen a download
> dialog. 

Thanks for all the hard work

Here's my graphics:

> > inxi -Gxxxz
> 
> Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] 
>            vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: 5.6.16.20.40 bus ID: 01:00.0 
>            chip ID: 1002:67df 
>            Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: amdgpu,ati 
>            unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 2560x1080~60Hz s-dpi: 96 
>            OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 570 Series v: 4.5.14756 Core Profile Context 20.40 
>            compat-v: 4.6.14756 direct render: Yes 
> 

BTW, would I have the same problem by using Manjaro? (I'm planning on
switching to Manjaro by June but I could do it earlier)

Thanks

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