Ah, all right. Thanks for the explanation. Why did you go for an older version, by the way? The newer ones were basically all bug fixes - did you backport all those? ---- Op vr, 10 feb 2023 22:14:54 +0100 schreef Aaron Rainbolt ---- > @Biep: There's no need for you to test, that's just an automated message > that's pinging you since you filed the bug report. I finally got the fix > in, but you're using an already-fixed version from my PPA so you don't > need to do anything. I can test the fix so that other users with > Manuskript problems can get things working without a PPA. > > (You're welcome to remove the PPA and install Manuskript from the > archive if you prefer once it's all the way in the archive, but the > version in the archive is older and might not work as well.) > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1989203 > > Title: > Manuskript crashes on start > > Status in manuskript package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in manuskript source package in Jammy: > Fix Committed > Status in manuskript source package in Kinetic: > Fix Committed > Status in manuskript package in Debian: > New > > Bug description: > [Impact] > > Manuskript is an open-source tool for writers. Its main purpose is > writing novels, books, and the like. It does not have any reverse > dependencies. > > In Ubuntu 22.04 and presumably all flavors thereof (at least Lubuntu), > the Manuskript package is currently entirely broken. Attempting to > launch it from its button in the application menu does nothing, while > attempting to launch it from a terminal results in a very messy error > message, which is detailed more thoroughly in the original bug report. > This renders Manuskript entirely unusable. > > This patch backports the following Git commit to the existing version > of Manuskript in Ubuntu: > https://github.com/olivierkes/manuskript/commit/15edb6efb7305b9d1a192712660857ca38facace > This appears to fix the problem in my testing. > > Those who have Manuskript already installed on their systems currently > are unable to use it at all, from my testing. Those who have > Manuskript installed already should be able to use Manuskript again > after this upgrade is installed. > > [Test Plan] > >   1. Install Ubuntu 22.04 or 22.10 into a virtual machine, or use an existing installation thereof. >   2. Fully update the new installation (sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade) >   3. Install the current version of Manuskript (sudo apt install manuskript) >   4. Attempt to launch the program from the terminal - the error message described in the original bug report should appear. >   5. Enable -proposed and install the new version of Manuskript from -proposed. >   6. Attempt to launch Manuskript from the terminal - it should launch successfully this itme. >   7. Create a new Manuskript project, make sure that Markdown highlighting works, and >   8. Attempt to open the saved project. The saved changes should appear. > > [Where problems could occur] > > A typo or malformed line in the patch could potentially result in > Manuskript being still unable to launch, or cause strange behavior > with the modified code (which appears to deal with colors, and so > would likely cause colors somewhere to look wrong). The above test > plan will catch major failures, and careful checking of the code (by > making sure my patch matches with the upstream commit) should ensure > that colors don't end up messed up. > > --- > > Original bug report: > > On Wayland it warns about it not liking Wayland before crashing; on > Xorg it immediately crashes on the unhandled exception: > > biep@blok:~$ manuskript > Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway. > CRITICAL> An unhandled exception has occurred! > Traceback (most recent call last): >   File "/usr/bin/manuskript", line 30, in >     main.run() >   File "/usr/share/manuskript/manuskript/main.py", line 292, in run >     app, MW = prepare(arguments) >   File "/usr/share/manuskript/manuskript/main.py", line 171, in prepare >     from manuskript.mainWindow import MainWindow >   File "/usr/share/manuskript/manuskript/mainWindow.py", line 23, in >     from manuskript.models.worldModel import worldModel >   File "/usr/share/manuskript/manuskript/models/worldModel.py", line 11, in >     from manuskript.ui import style as S >   File "/usr/share/manuskript/manuskript/ui/style.py", line 36, in >     highlightLight = F.mixColors(highlight, window, .3) >   File "/usr/share/manuskript/manuskript/functions/__init__.py", line 197, in mixColors >     return QColor(r, g, b) if not fromString else QColor(r, g, b).name() > TypeError: arguments did not match any overloaded call: >   QColor(Qt.GlobalColor): argument 1 has unexpected type 'float' >   QColor(int): argument 1 has unexpected type 'float' >   QColor(QRgba64): argument 1 has unexpected type 'float' >   QColor(Any): too many arguments >   QColor(): too many arguments >   QColor(int, int, int, alpha: int = 255): argument 1 has unexpected type 'float' >   QColor(str): argument 1 has unexpected type 'float' >   QColor(Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient]): argument 1 has unexpected type 'float' > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 > Package: manuskript 0.12.0-1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-47.51-generic 5.15.46 > Uname: Linux 5.15.0-47-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown > CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME > Date: Fri Sep 9 16:44:06 2022 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-27 (864 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) > PackageArchitecture: all > SourcePackage: manuskript > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-09-08 (1 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/manuskript/+bug/1989203/+subscriptions > >