xcb Qt platform plugin could be initialized on beaglebone ai SoC

qt_BoneMan

Hi all,

I am trying to launch the Basler software package to drive a camera. I have a functional screen attached and I can run my own pyqt stuff with no issues. However when I try to launch this 3rd party program I get the following

qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, webgl, xcb.

Aborted

I have seen other threads reference incorrect paths or setting the display and I have tried these things for no luck. Hopefully someone can help me here.

Thanks in advance

UPDATE

some aditional debug info

debian@beaglebone:/opt/pylon/bin$ export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1
debian@beaglebone:/opt/pylon/bin$ ./pylonviewer
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms" ...
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqeglfs.so"
Found metadata in lib /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqeglfs.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "eglfs"
        ]
    },
    "archreq": 0,
    "className": "QEglFSIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 330752
}


Got keys from plugin meta data ("eglfs")
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqlinuxfb.so"
Found metadata in lib /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqlinuxfb.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "linuxfb"
        ]
    },
    "archreq": 0,
    "className": "QLinuxFbIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 330752
}


Got keys from plugin meta data ("linuxfb")
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqminimal.so"
Found metadata in lib /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqminimal.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "minimal"
        ]
    },
    "archreq": 0,
    "className": "QMinimalIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 330752
}


Got keys from plugin meta data ("minimal")
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqminimalegl.so"
Found metadata in lib /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqminimalegl.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "minimalegl"
        ]
    },
    "archreq": 0,
    "className": "QMinimalEglIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 330752
}


Got keys from plugin meta data ("minimalegl")
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqoffscreen.so"
Found metadata in lib /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqoffscreen.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "offscreen"
        ]
    },
    "archreq": 0,
    "className": "QOffscreenIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 330752
}


Got keys from plugin meta data ("offscreen")
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so"
Found metadata in lib /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "vnc"
        ]
    },
    "archreq": 0,
    "className": "QVncIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 330752
}


Got keys from plugin meta data ("vnc")
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqwebgl.so"
Found metadata in lib /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqwebgl.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "webgl"
        ]
    },
    "archreq": 0,
    "className": "QWebGLIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 330752
}


Got keys from plugin meta data ("webgl")
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so"
Found metadata in lib /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "xcb"
        ]
    },
    "archreq": 0,
    "className": "QXcbIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 330752
}


Got keys from plugin meta data ("xcb")
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/opt/pylon/bin/platforms" ...
loaded library "/opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so"
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display 
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, webgl, xcb.

Aborted

and ldd on the library

debian@beaglebone:/opt/pylon/bin$ ldd /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0xbec8d000)
	libQt5XcbQpa.so.5 => /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/../../lib/libQt5XcbQpa.so.5 (0xb6ec7000)
	libQt5Gui.so.5 => /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/../../lib/libQt5Gui.so.5 (0xb6add000)
	libQt5Core.so.5 => /opt/pylon/lib/Qt/plugins/platforms/../../lib/libQt5Core.so.5 (0xb663c000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxcb.so.1 (0xb65f6000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb64eb000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 (0xb63f1000)
	/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (0xb6f7f000)
	libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb63b5000)
	libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb6337000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6312000)
	libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0xb6300000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libX11.so.6 (0xb620d000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libm.so.6 (0xb6192000)
	libxkbcommon.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxkbcommon.so.0 (0xb6152000)
	libxkbcommon-x11.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0 (0xb613c000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6113000)
	libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so.1 (0xb6091000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdl.so.2 (0xb607e000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXau.so.6 (0xb606b000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb6057000)
	libexpat.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libexpat.so.1 (0xb6022000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libuuid.so.1 (0xb600c000)
	libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpng16.so.16 (0xb5fda000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libz.so.1 (0xb5fb6000)
	libxcb-xkb.so.1 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxcb-xkb.so.1 (0xb5f94000)
	libGLX.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLX.so.0 (0xb5f79000)
	libGLdispatch.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLdispatch.so.0 (0xb5ef9000)
	libbsd.so.0 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbsd.so.0 (0xb5ed6000)
	libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXext.so.6 (0xb5ebb000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so.1 (0xb5ea5000)

JonB

@qt_BoneMan said in xcb Qt platform plugin could be initialized on beaglebone ai SoC:

qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display

Not my area, your libraries/paths are OK. But you haven't set your DISPLAY or similar environment variable?

qt_BoneMan

@JonB Thanks for the reply. I have tried setting DISPLAY=:0 but that did not solve my issue. Further my gui that I made myself works fine with the caveat that I run it with --platform linuxfb. It seems I have no choice in terms of plug-ins since I did not make the SW and I have to use xcb.

I just tried to run my gui with the --platform xcb and I get

debian@beaglebone:~$ python3 run_test2.py  --platform xcb
qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display 
Could not connect to any X display.
debian@beaglebone:~$ python3 run_test2.py  --platform linuxfb
debian@beaglebone:~$ echo $DISPLAY

debian@beaglebone:~$ export DISPLAY=:0
debian@beaglebone:~$ echo $DISPLAY
:0
debian@beaglebone:~$ python3 run_test2.py  --platform xcb
qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display :0
Could not connect to any X display.

so it is something with xcb and I am not sure what the key differences are in the plugins

SGaist

Hi,

To use the XCB backend, you need to have an X11 server running.

qt_BoneMan

Installing and running an X11 server resolved my issue thanks!!!