Update to qt6-webengine 6.7.0-1 makes webpages laggy

Galicarnax · 2024-04-15 07:01:39

I use qutebrowser which is based on qt6-webengine. Yesterday, I've updated packages on two machines (X11/i3wm desktop and Wayland/sway laptop), and on both the browser's behavior became glitchy. The scrolling of all pages is laggy, all videos are jerky. I downgraded the single package - qt6-webengine - to previous version 6.6.3-1, and the browser is smooth again. I don't report to qutebrowser, because updating/downgrading the browser itself had no effect, the problem seems to be namely with the latest version of qt-webengine. Can anyone please at least confirm the same issue?

freek · 2024-04-15 11:46:27

Confirm the same issue here, scrolling pages and all videos laggy. Downgraded qt6-webengine from 6.7.0-1 to 6.6.3-1 and qutebrowser again smooth as usual ..

No problem in other browsers btw

Trilby · 2024-04-15 12:07:52

Is the "no problem in other browsers" comment referring to any other qt6-webengine browsers? I have no issues with the updated qt6-webengine, but I don't use qutebrowser.

EDIT: but I am on wayland. The issues described sound similar to problems I've had for ages with any qt webengine browser on X11. Do you run a compositor?

EDIT 2: I just installed qutebrowser to test and that's also working fine here.

Last edited by Trilby (2024-04-15 13:39:44)

freek · 2024-04-15 12:42:17

I was refering to my other browsers, Chromium and Firefox, both using different engines

Running X11, picom compositor

Galicarnax · 2024-04-15 14:58:12

Thanks, freek and Trilby, for feedback.

Trilby wrote:

EDIT: but I am on wayland. The issues described sound similar to problems I've had for ages with any qt webengine browser on X11. Do you run a compositor?

As I wrote in my initial post, I have two machines, one with Wayland (sway) and another one with X11 (also picom). The problem with the latest qt6-webengine is the same on both.

Trilby wrote:

EDIT 2: I just installed qutebrowser to test and that's also working fine here.

So no problems with videos and scrolling is smooth? Can you confirm you have version 6.7.0-1 of qt6-webengine?

Last edited by Galicarnax (2024-04-15 15:00:48)

Trilby · 2024-04-15 16:10:52

Galicarnax wrote:

So no problems with videos and scrolling is smooth? Can you confirm you have version 6.7.0-1 of qt6-webengine?

Yes. No issues. Confirmed on two systems here.

If relevant (I suspect it is) ~~I am on intel graphics hardware on both machines.~~ (edit: okay, nevermind then)

Last edited by Trilby (2024-04-15 17:20:12)

WorMzy · 2024-04-15 17:10:16

No issues here (albeit with qutebrowser-git, version 3.1.0.r97.g3d86d7876-1, built March 28th), on AMD graphics hardware and Plasma 6 wayland session.

EDIT: also can't reproduce with qutebrowser-3.1.0 from [extra].

Last edited by WorMzy (2024-04-15 17:12:41)

ugjka · 2024-04-15 17:14:16

"Intel" could mean anything, we need to know which gen

Arch Linux

#1 2024-04-15 07:01:39

Update to qt6-webengine 6.7.0-1 makes webpages laggy

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