QT GUI app appears only on connected display to RPI

[Andeksan]

Hi all, i have strange behavior for an app which is running on my raspberry PI(debian 8) with locally compiled QT framework(5.3.2). Mostly I work with RPI remotely via startlxde and when i compile any application with my locally compiled QT, The app appears always on connected monitor to RPI. However when i compile the same project with qt(5.3.2 installed from debian repository) it appears on my remote machine(as i expect). I have checked a system enviroments between QTs for the same project and all they are equal. Since libs almost the same, app should behaves similar. But in my case it is not. So the whole situation leads me to one places that something wrong i did with compilation of my QT.

What i did to compile:
./configure -v -opengl es2 -tslib -force-pkg-config -device linux-rasp-pi-g++ -device-option CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/ -opensource -confirm-license -optimized-qmake -reduce-exports -release -qt-pcre -make libs -prefix /usr/local/qt5

make -j3
make install

Addition to the this issue some projects can not be compiled because
Project ERROR: CROSS_COMPILE needs to be set via -device-option CROSS_COMPILE = <path>

May be someone has ideas how to fix it.

[Pablo J. Rogina]

@Andeksan said in QT GUI app appears only on connected display to RPI:

, The app appears always on connected monitor to RPI.

Could you please show the command to run your Qt app on the RPi?

My bet is that your cross-compile Qt version is missing support for the xcb plugin (so you cannot X forward the display from RPi device to host)

[Andeksan]

@Pablo-J-Rogina said in QT GUI app appears only on connected display to RPI:

y bet is that your cross-compile Qt version is missing sup

well.. nothing special without any arguments
root@root: ./theApp

[Pablo J. Rogina]

@Andeksan said in QT GUI app appears only on connected display to RPI:

root@root: ./theApp

could you please try running your cross-compiled Qt app like this:

$ ./theApp -platform xcb

assuming you access the RPi device with X forwarding enable (i.e. ssh -X user@rpi)

In addition, you are not having both Qt versions (the one from Debian and the one cross-compiled by you) installed at the same time in your device, right?

BTW, using root user directly is not a good security practice...

[Andeksan]

@Pablo-J-Rogina
BIG thanks for advice. now it works.)
I have both Qt(from debian(5.3.2) and my cross-compiled (5.3.2)) on the device.

That is a simple solution and can be valid. But how to force QT framework to do it automatically - pick up correct platform? Like does the qt libs from debian.

[Andeksan]

Since my app uses eglfs platform by default. it is mean my qt libs some where uses this platform by default. So i need recompile it with a specific flag. I thing, i found it in qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.3.2/qtbase/mkspecs/devices/linux-rasp-pi-g++/qmake.conf(QT_QPA_DEFAULT_PLATFORM = eglfs). If I change it on xcb will it solve my situation? Or exist more right way via configuration arguments. I am asking because it takes the whole day to recompile Qt source(.
qmake.conf

#
# qmake configuration for Broadcom's Raspberry PI
# http://wiki.qt-project.org/Devices/RaspberryPi

include(../common/linux_device_pre.conf)

QT_QPA_DEFAULT_PLATFORM = wayland

QMAKE_LFLAGS           += -Wl,-rpath-link,$$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/lib

QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL_ES2 = $$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/lib
QMAKE_LIBDIR_EGL        = $$QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL_ES2

QMAKE_INCDIR_EGL        = $$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/include \
                          $$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/vcos \
                          $$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads \
                          $$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux

INCLUDEPATH += $$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/include $$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/vcos $$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads $$[QT_SYSROOT]/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux


QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL_ES2 = $${QMAKE_INCDIR_EGL}

QMAKE_LIBS_EGL          = -lEGL -lGLESv2

contains(DISTRO, squeeze) {
    #Debian Squeeze: Legacy everything
    QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES2   = -lGLESv2 -lEGL
    QT_QPA_DEFAULT_PLATFORM = eglfs
} else:contains(DISTRO, arch) {
    #On principle: no wizardry required
} else {
    #This is not strictly necessary
    DISTRO_OPTS += deb-multi-arch
    DISTRO_OPTS += hard-float
}

QMAKE_CFLAGS           += \
                          -marm \
                          -mfpu=vfp \
                          -mtune=arm1176jzf-s \
                          -march=armv6zk \
                          -mabi=aapcs-linux

QMAKE_CXXFLAGS          = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS

EGLFS_PLATFORM_HOOKS_SOURCES = $$PWD/qeglfshooks_pi.cpp
EGLFS_PLATFORM_HOOKS_LIBS = -lbcm_host

include(../common/linux_arm_device_post.conf)

load(qt_config)