QT 6.8 - QML Error returns since update

Desktop Environments Plasma
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Since the update to QT 6.8, Protonmail Bridge’s GUI no longer works. I experienced the same problem when running the Plasma 6.2 Beta, and it resolved when Plasma 6.2 entered stanble and I downgraded QT to version 6.7. Now with the update to Plasma 6.2.1, QT 6.8 has also landed in stable and the error has reappeared.

I reported this bug directly to Proton, I got the usual "we don’t support community packages - you should report this error instead to Arch Linux”. They also suggested that the error was likely related to the system I was running (i.e. Plasma) and not Protonmail Bridge. However, I understand that Arch won’t provide support either as I am using EOS. So where should I report this bug?

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It is already reported:

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/protonmail-bridge/-/issues/3

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That Arch forum is not letting me log in but, instead of the “work around” suggested there, I would suggest just starting protonmail-bridge-core in non-interactive mode. That is…

protonmail-bridge-core -n

This loads protonmail bridge without the QT GUI or the taskbar icon and your preferred email application will work just fine. Also, should you need to set an email client up without the GUI, just stop protonmail-bridge-core and reload it with the command line interface. That is…

protonmail-bridge-core -c

Then type the command “info” to get the information you need to set up your email client.

Then, exit out and restart with protonmail-bridge-core - n and you’re running again.

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Thanks, that’s what I have been doing. Also the CLI app has been useful for configuring mail accounts.

Unfortunately the Proton team has declined to fix this on the basis that Arch Linux is unsupported so we will need to learn how to rely on the terminal going forward: https://github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/issues/500#issuecomment-2422462962

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The Arch Linux package maintainers have patched this issue on their end: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/protonmail-bridge/-/commit/80811ce2e3da12f4b2faf46488a640e461bb5b7e

The patch has been submitted to the Protonmail Bridge Github and may be merged in future releases. However, I am considering continuing to rely on the headless/CLI tools going forward as the fact that they are relying on an unsupported version of QT is concerning in and of itself.

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While I appreciate the fix, I think I’ve grown to prefer running it without the GUI.

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