White ink on a white background

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

Look on the download area :

https://download.kde.org/stable/digikam/8.5.0/

Files starting with "digiKam-8.5.0-Qt6..." are Qt6 versions...

These files are the default ones from the web site download page:

https://www.digikam.org/download/

Best

Gilles Caulier


Le lun. 18 nov. 2024 à 17:26, ArtOfCode <greganderson.aoc at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> I have the same problem since v8.4 and v8.5 on my Windows machines The
> main screen is blank but the sub-windows are fine, if you bring them up
> with a hotkey or manage to click a menu.
> If QT6 fixes it, how exactly does one install it?  I didn’t see an option
> in the downloadable packages.
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 9:40 AM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nadine,
>>
>> This white screen problem has been already reported. This is due to an
>> OpenGL incompatibility on your video card driver with the Qt frameworks.
>>
>> Did you use the Qt5 or Qt6 version of digiKam ? It's suffixed in the
>> installer file name. The Qt6 version (which is the recommended) must fix
>> the problem.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> Le lun. 18 nov. 2024 à 14:53, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcast.net> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Ok, I've done it again. I have broken digiKam!!
>>>
>>> I got excited about the new release & downloaded/installed it. To my
>>> surprise, it came up with basically a blank white screen. It the process of
>>> moving the mouse around, I discovered that the invisible images are there,
>>> but can't be seen against the white background. I know they are there
>>> because when I hover with the mouse, the tool-tips are visible.
>>>
>>> I have tried a few things to remedy the situation:
>>>      I uninstalled & reinstalled
>>>      I rebooted the computer
>>>      I uninstalled, rebooted the computer, & reinstalled
>>>      I uninstalled & reinstalled a previous version
>>>      I downloaded the updated exiftool & restarted digiKam (yes, by
>>> hovering I can find & open 'Configure - digiKam')
>>>      I uninstalled & reinstalled  the new release
>>>
>>> None of the above has improved my situation. I can access the image
>>> editor & see the selected image. Briefly I was able to see the menu items
>>> at the top & the status bar at the bottom. But my thumbnail view stays all
>>> white. I do not see the image when I select preview. I can open the 'Edit
>>> Metadata' window. I can find 'Properties', 'Metadata', 'Colors', etc along
>>> the right-hand edge & left-hand edge of the screen. I see no frames around
>>> the images & no format info, nor blue around the selected image. The pop-up
>>> at the bottom of screen tells me that 'Find new items' has finished. It's
>>> like I'm looking at a series of igloos in a snowstorm.
>>>
>>> I do have the lens icon w/'digiKam' in the upper left corner & the
>>> minimize, maximize, & exit buttons on the upper right.
>>>
>>> I don't have any idea how I made this happen.
>>>
>>> My hope is that someone can help me fix it!
>>>
>>> I'm running Windows 10 & it is appropriately updated. I also have a
>>> debug log.
>>>
>>> (Naughty) Nadine (because I keep breaking things)
>>>
>>
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