Slideshow on calamares installer show white blank

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During the installation process using the KDE neon Calamares installer, the slideshow intended to showcase KDE neon branding and information fails to load. Instead of displaying the expected content, a white blank screen is shown.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Boot the KDE neon ISO image.
  2. Launch the installer using Calamares.
  3. Observe the slideshow section during the installation process.

Expected Behavior:
The slideshow should display informative slides with appropriate text and images, highlighting KDE neon features.

Actual Behavior:
The slideshow remains blank, showing a white screen instead of the intended content.

Debug Information:
Relevant debug output from Calamares:

12:08:37 [2]: void Calamares::SlideshowQML::loadQmlV2Complete()
    WARNING: QML component not ready: QList(file:///usr/share/ubiquity-slideshow/slides/index.qml:48:5: Type UbiquitySlide unavailable
        UbiquitySlide { name: 'kde'; textColor: colorPaperWhite }
        ^, file:///usr/share/ubiquity-slideshow/slides/UbiquitySlide.qml:27:1: module "org.kde.neon.calamares.slideshow.context" is not installed
    import org.kde.neon.calamares.slideshow.context 1.0
    ^, file:///usr/share/ubiquity-slideshow/slides/UbiquitySlide.qml:23:1: module "QtQuick.XmlListModel" is not installed
    import QtQuick.XmlListModel 2.0
    ^, file:///usr/share/ubiquity-slideshow/slides/UbiquitySlide.qml:27:1: module "org.kde.neon.calamares.slideshow.context" is not installed
    import org.kde.neon.calamares.slideshow.context 1.0
    ^, file:///usr/share/ubiquity-slideshow/slides/UbiquitySlide.qml:23:1: module "QtQuick.XmlListModel" is not installed
    import QtQuick.XmlListModel 2.0
    ^)

From the debug log, it appears the following QML modules are missing:

  • org.kde.neon.calamares.slideshow.context
  • QtQuick.XmlListModel

Additional Notes:

  • The issue occurs consistently across installations using the same ISO image.
  • It seems the missing QML modules are critical for the slideshow functionality.

Could you please verify if this is a known issue or if additional dependencies need to be added to the installer?

Thank you for addressing this issue. Let me know if you require further testing or information.

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This should go on bugs.kde.org.

Oops-- it is :smiley:
Link:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500503

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