Aftershot 2.2.1 wont start under Gentoo

[deranonyme]

When I try to start Aftershot with the wrapper script /usr/bin/AfterShot2X64 I get the following error message:

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Install Path:           /opt/AfterShot2(64-bit)
LD_PATH:                /opt/AfterShot2(64-bit)/lib:
XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS: 1
Fatal: This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "xcb".

Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "xcb".

Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Reinstalling doesn't fix the problem. It also uses the installed qt5 libraries from the system and not from the package.

Any hints?

[dFlyer]

Try this link:

http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=57338

It's under bug and works with Ubuntu.

[deranonyme]

Thanks for the hint but it didn't work for me.

[johanthor]

deranonyme,

ASP and Gentoo user here, so in some way we'll make it work

First, what does

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$ locate libqxcb

say?
(the locate command is given by package sys-apps/mlocate, and you'll need root to run updatedb first)

On my system I have the following:

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/home/<user>/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-3.8.6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so
/opt/AfterShot2(64-bit)/lib/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so
/opt/dropbox/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so

Based on your description, I think that's the file we need to make sure ASP finds.

Other than that, do you have

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x11-libs/libxcb

installed?

Regards,
Johan

[deranonyme]

Thanks for your support.
libqxcb is installed.

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# locate libqxcb
/home/frank/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-3.8.6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so
/opt/AfterShot2(64-bit)/lib/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so
/opt/Pixum/Pixum Fotowelt/platforms/libqxcb.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so

I think AfterShot's start script doesn't work properly on Gentoo and doesn't give access to the libraries installed by AfterShot itself.

[johanthor]

Hm, strange as it works here on my Gentoo-box... A silly question: how did you install it, via deb or rpm?

[deranonyme]

I used a renamed ebuild from http://gpo.zugaina.org/media-gfx/aftershotpro/ChangeLog
Maybe there is a path variable not correct.

[johanthor]

If the /usr/bin/AfterShot2X64-script is somehow corrupt, you could diff it from my version, available here:
http://pastebin.com/nCbSdh5T

I didn't know of that ebuild, but I see it downloads official builds, so it seems correct. But what if you try to download the rpm from Corel's site
http://www.aftershotpro.com/en/support/updates/

and install it by

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sudo rpm -i --nodeps path_to_aftershot-file.rpm

(rpm is in app-arch/rpm by the way)

Does this work for you? The nodeps switch isn't beautiful, but since you got it installed by the other ebuild, you should already have the necessary dependencies installed.

[deranonyme]

The hint with the rpm-installation was helpful. Now it works correctly. But it would be interesting to know the reason for the problem with the ebuild.

[johanthor]

Glad to see it worked out. I didn't test the ebuild, and won't probably neither now
If you find some differences, please report back...

When a new version comes out, I usually remove the previous one by

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rpm -e name_of_package

and install the new one as above. Perhaps upgrading works, but it didn't before and it's too difficult to change

Best regards,
Johan