DuckHook
April 8th, 2022, 08:33 PM
For those of us using Wayland in Jammy, there is a problem with webkit apps in which the app window is entirely blanked out. This will effect apps like Evolution, Epiphany, Yelp, gnome-online-accounts, etc.
A Launchpad bug has been opened: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/1966418
In my case, the app where I first noticed it is Yelp. I like using Yelp instead of man because I can just click to invoke the next link (and I like the prettier output). However, starting a few weeks ago, every page shows fonts in the same colour as the background. The output is still present because a select‑all→copy→paste works, and links are still clickable. Just can't see anything.
The workarounds are to either:
Switch from Wayland back to X11 (which is not an acceptable solution for me), or
Prepend:
WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1…while invoking the app.
It took some detective work to chase this one down, so I hope this thread saves someone some time and trouble.
If the bug effects you, please consider tagging it as such on Launchpad. I see that bug priority is already flagged as high, but it never hurts to alert the devs to just how many users are effected.
A Launchpad bug has been opened: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/1966418
In my case, the app where I first noticed it is Yelp. I like using Yelp instead of man because I can just click to invoke the next link (and I like the prettier output). However, starting a few weeks ago, every page shows fonts in the same colour as the background. The output is still present because a select‑all→copy→paste works, and links are still clickable. Just can't see anything.
The workarounds are to either:
Switch from Wayland back to X11 (which is not an acceptable solution for me), or
Prepend:
WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1…while invoking the app.
It took some detective work to chase this one down, so I hope this thread saves someone some time and trouble.
If the bug effects you, please consider tagging it as such on Launchpad. I see that bug priority is already flagged as high, but it never hurts to alert the devs to just how many users are effected.