make gui_grt with latest ORFS no longer opens the GUI

[oharboe]

Describe the bug

Check out latest ORFS, run ./build_openroad.sh --local --latest, then use nangate/gcd/config.mk:

diff --git a/flow/scripts/open.tcl b/flow/scripts/open.tcl
index ac756c69..0a34630c 100644
--- a/flow/scripts/open.tcl
+++ b/flow/scripts/open.tcl
@@ -66,5 +66,7 @@ fast_route
 if {[env_var_equals GUI_SHOW 1]} {
   # Show the GUI when it is ready; it is unresponsive(with modal requesters
   # saying it is unresponsive) until everything is loaded
+  puts "Unminimize GUI..."
   gui::unminimize
+  puts "Unminimized GUI..."
 }
$ make clean_all grt
$ make gui_grt
ODB_FILE=./results/nangate45/gcd/base/5_1_grt.odb GUI_SHOW=1 /home/oyvind/OpenROAD-flow-scripts/tools/install/OpenROAD/bin/openroad -gui  -minimize /home/oyvind/OpenROAD-flow-scripts/flow/scripts/open.tcl
QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
OpenROAD v2.0-17042-g8a24d74d8 
Features included (+) or not (-): +Charts +GPU +GUI +Python
This program is licensed under the BSD-3 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
Components of this program may be licensed under more restrictive licenses which must be honored.
GUI_TIMING=1 reading timing, takes a little while for large designs...
estimate_parasitics -global_routing
Populating timing paths...
Unminimize GUI...
Unminimized GUI...
[nothing more happens, the GUI is not opened]

I can see that OpenROAD is running and using 0% CPU, if I click on the icon, it opens normally:

Expected Behavior

make gui_grt should open the GUI after timing has been loaded

Environment

Git commit: 8a24d74d8f961a4a1e12b985162b2b12f7973b9d
kernel: Linux 6.8.0-48-generic
os: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (Noble Numbat)
cmake version 3.28.3
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- OpenROAD version: v2.0-17042-g8a24d74d8
-- System name: Linux
-- Compiler: GNU 13.2.0
-- Build type: RELEASE
-- Install prefix: /usr/local
-- C++ Standard: 17
-- C++ Standard Required: ON
-- C++ Extensions: OFF
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wall
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wall - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wall
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wall - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-array-bounds
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-array-bounds - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-array-bounds
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-array-bounds - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-nonnull
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-nonnull - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-nonnull
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-nonnull - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-maybe-uninitialized - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-maybe-uninitialized - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-format-overflow
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-format-overflow - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-format-overflow
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-format-overflow - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-variable
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-variable - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-variable
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-variable - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-function
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-function - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-function
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-function - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-write-strings
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-write-strings - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-write-strings
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-write-strings - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-sign-compare
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-sign-compare - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-sign-compare
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-sign-compare - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-deprecated
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-deprecated - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-deprecated
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-deprecated - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-c++11-narrowing
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-c++11-narrowing - Failed
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-c++11-narrowing
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-c++11-narrowing - Failed
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-register
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-register - Failed
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-register
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-register - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-format
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-format - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-format
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-format - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-reserved-user-defined-literal
-- PerformingCMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.28/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
  Could NOT find SWIG (missing: SWIG_EXECUTABLE SWIG_DIR) (Required is at
  least version "4.0")
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/share/cmake-3.28/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:600 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  /usr/share/cmake-3.28/Modules/FindSWIG.cmake:153 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
  src/CMakeLists.txt:169 (find_package)


 Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-reserved-user-defined-literal - Failed
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-reserved-user-defined-literal
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-reserved-user-defined-literal - Failed
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-fpermissive
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-fpermissive - Failed
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-fpermissive
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-fpermissive - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-x
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-x - Failed
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-x
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-x - Failed
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__c++
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__c++ - Failed
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__c++
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__c++ - Failed
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-std=c++17
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-std=c++17 - Failed
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-std=c++17
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-std=c++17 - Success
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-but-set-variable
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-but-set-variable - Success
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-but-set-variable
-- Performing Test CXX_COMPILER_SUPPORTS__-Wno-unused-but-set-variable - Success
-- TCL library: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtcl.so
-- TCL header: /usr/include/tcl/tcl.h
-- TCL readline library: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtclreadline.so
-- TCL readline header: /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

To Reproduce

See above

Relevant log output

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Additional Context

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[oharboe]

Tried make OR_ARGS=-no_init gui_grt, no difference.

[oharboe]

Tried QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb make OR_ARGS=-no_init gui_grt, no difference.

[maliberty]

It opens for me. On what OS? Under docker?

[maliberty]

gui::minimize work when the gui is showing?

[gadfort]

@maliberty I get the same behavior on Ubuntu24.
Ie. showNormal doesn't seem to do anything.

If I run with:

gui::minimize
gui::unminimize

Nothing happens to open the window again.

[oharboe]

It opens for me. On what OS? Under docker?

No docker, Ubuntu 24.04 (as per logs).

[maliberty]

Does showMaximized() work? Does show() help?

[maliberty]

Or w->setWindowState((w->windowState() & ~Qt::WindowMinimized) | Qt::WindowActive); (https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwidget.html#setWindowState)

[gadfort]

@maliberty I tried, no. I think it's an issue with the Wayland driver that Qt5 has. I am going to try and compile with Qt6 since that seems to show some promise based on a few messages board posts I saw

[gadfort]

@maliberty short answer is Qt6 gets rid of some warnings I see related to Wayland. If I disable Wayland temporarily it seems to work, but this appears to be an issue in Qt.

[maliberty]

@gadfort does qt6 solve the issue?

[gadfort]

@maliberty no it did not.

[oharboe]

@maliberty short answer is Qt6 gets rid of some warnings I see related to Wayland. If I disable Wayland temporarily it seems to work, but this appears to be an issue in Qt.

How do I disable Wayland in Qt?

[oharboe]

@maliberty If this will take a while, can we add a workaround to ORFS meanwhile?