[GNC] Report charts are empty on fresh 4.8 install

[John Ralls]

> On Jan 16, 2023, at 2:41 PM, Jason Spencer <j8spencer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have just upgraded to Linux Mint 21.1, and installed GnuCash 4.8
> (1:4.8-1build2) from the distro sources. I opened up a file I had in my
> prior install (2.6), and the file opened fine--all accounts and
> transactions seem to be there. But when I run a report with a chart (say,
> networth linechart or bar graph), the report is a blank screen. If I
> inspect the chart source, the body is a table with 4 empty cells.
> 
> If I run a text-based report (e.g. Balance Sheet), I see the report text
> and links fine, though it is scaled down to 6 or 8 pt font (though the
> style section says 10 and 15 pt fonts.)
> 
> Is there some diagnostic I can run to troubleshoot the source of the
> problem?

This is probably a distro problem with Webkit. Try setting WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 in the environment before running GnuCash.

Regards,
John Ralls