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darktable doesn't open GUI if splash screen disabled
Is there an existing issue for this?
- [x] I checked and did not find my issue in the already reported ones
Describe the bug
I run multiple environments for development and testing. I disable the splash screen by default. I start darktable in a terminal the first time and I get no splash screen and a GUI. I import a film roll, then exit darktable. I start darktable again in a terminal and it "hangs" with no GUI. I've tried doing a -d all to see if anything shows up, but I can't see any difference in the log between a startup with the GUI appearing and a startup without.
If darktable hangs at opening the GUI I kill it with kill -9. I then edit the darktablerc and set splash screen to TRUE. I start darktable from the terminal, get a splash screen, then get a GUI. I go to preferences and turn off splash screen and exit darktable. The next time I start I get no GUI, just a hang.
I keep using the word hang, but I don't think darktable is hung. It just hasn't opened the GUI, therefore there is no way to communicate with it.
The other problem is that I don't have a 100% reproducer. I'd seen this back a couple of months ago, but it seemed random and I didn't have a definite reproducer.
I've been doing a lot of work in the last week trying to get the Lua stuff updated for the release and now I'm hitting the problem a lot. I will list the steps for the most frequent reproducer below.
The workaround is enable the splash screen, even though I strongly dislike it.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a fresh install of darktable.
- In the config directory, create a darktablerc file with the line
show_splash_screen=FALSE - Start darktable from the command line
- Import a folder of images
- Close darktable
- Start darktable again from the command line (it may take a couple of times)
- If you can get it to hang, kill with
kill -9 <processid> - Edit the darktablerc file and set splash screen to TRUE
- Start darktable from the command line
Expected behavior
Always start with splash screen disabled
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Where did you obtain darktable from?
self compiled
darktable version
5.3.0+957
What OS are you using?
Linux
What is the version of your OS?
ubuntu 22.04
Describe your system
i7 12900 32GB NV 3060
Are you using OpenCL GPU in darktable?
Yes
If yes, what is the GPU card and driver?
3060, Nvidia latest
Please provide additional context if applicable. You can attach files too, but might need to rename to .txt or .zip
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Hmm, this never happened to me (yet). Maybe a lua related race condition? I don't have it enabled yet on my new machine.
I haven't ruled out that it is something with my system. I can't repeat it all the time, but it happens enough that it's really annoying.
The next time it happens, I'll turn off all the lua stuff and see what happens
I tried Yesterday with the Windows 11 version of 5.3.0961 after setting no splash screen. The first time it launched it actually crashed with a black screen and a Kernel error. I had to brute-force close Windows. I could not find a backtrace in Windows. Do you know precisely where it would be? Since second and subsequent launches of darktable worked fine (those with the output -d all under CMD mode too unfortunately). I cannot exclude a Windows reaction to my having debloated it....
Hello,
I can confirm this bug. This behavior also occurs on my small computer (see system.txt). After starting the system, DT starts without a GUI. After killing the process and restarting, DT starts with a GUI. This error does not occur when Splash is enabled. I have attached a log file (log.txt) from the second start. During the first start, DT stopped at line 2722.
