Bug#890102: openshot: Openshot 2.4.1-2 will not start

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Dr. Tobias Quathamer wrote:
> control: severity -1 important
> 
> Am 11.02.2018 um 10:48 schrieb Svein Engelsgjerd:
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> When I start openshot the GUI constantly flickers between the main
>> window and the "welcome window" / tutorial dialog. It is not possible
>> to click the next button so the welcome window prevents the
>> application from being useful. (the desktop environment is XFCE)
> Dear Svein,
> 
> thanks for filing this bug. I'm sorry that you cannot use openshot. Did
> you start "openshot-qt" or "openshot"? Please note that the old binary
> openshot does no longer exist, you should run "openshot-qt" now.
> However, under normal circumstances, the upgrade you did perform should
> have removed "openshot".
> 
> Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce this bug. Therefore, I'm downgrading
> the bug's severity to important.
> 
It might be due to my Xorg setup, but I was able to dismiss the flicking 
welcome window somehow and now OpenShot works great!

In case it helps my Xorg.conf looks like this and I started openshot on 
screen0

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# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 331.67  (pbuilder at zam904)  Tue Apr 22 
12:02:15 UTC 2014

Section "ServerLayout"
     Identifier     "Layout0"
     Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
     Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
     Screen      2  "Screen2" LeftOf "Screen0"
     InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
     InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
     #Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     # generated from default
     Identifier     "Mouse0"
     Driver         "mouse"
     Option         "Protocol" "auto"
     Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
     Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
     Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     # generated from default
     Identifier     "Keyboard0"
     Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
     # HorizSync source: xconfig, VertRefresh source: xconfig
     Identifier     "MonitorCRT"
     VendorName     "Panasonic"
     ModelName      "PanaSyncSL95"
     HorizSync       30.0 - 97.0
     VertRefresh     50.0 - 180.0
     ModeLine       "1280x1024" 157.50 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 
1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
     ##Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
     # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
     Identifier     "MonitorLCD_Left"
     VendorName     "Unknown"
     ModelName      "ViewSonic VP230mb"
     HorizSync       30.0 - 82.0
     VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
     ##Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
     # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
     Identifier     "MonitorLCD_Right"
     VendorName     "Unknown"
     ModelName      "ViewSonic VP230mb"
     HorizSync       30.0 - 82.0
     VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
     ##Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
     Identifier     "Device0"
     Driver         "nvidia"
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
     BoardName      "GeForce GTX 660"
     BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
     Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
     Identifier     "Device1"
     Driver         "nvidia"
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
     BoardName      "GeForce GTX 660"
     BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
     Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Device"
     Identifier     "Device2"
     Driver         "nvidia"
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
     BoardName      "GeForce GTX 660"
     BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
     Screen          2
EndSection

Section "Screen"
     Identifier     "Screen0"
     Device         "Device0"
     Monitor        "MonitorCRT"
     DefaultDepth    24
     Option         "Stereo" "0"
#    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
     Option         "metamodes" "1280x1024 +0 +0"
     Option         "SLI" "Off"
     Option         "MultiGPU" "Off"
     Option         "BaseMosaic" "off"
     SubSection     "Display"
         Depth       24
     EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "Screen"
     Identifier     "Screen1"
     Device         "Device1"
     Monitor        "MonitorLCD_Right"
     DefaultDepth    24
     Option         "Stereo" "0"
#    Option         "metamodes" "HDMI-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
     Option         "metamodes" "1600x1200 +0 +0"
     Option         "SLI" "Off"
     Option         "MultiGPU" "Off"
     Option         "BaseMosaic" "off"
     SubSection     "Display"
         Depth       24
     EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
     Identifier     "Screen2"
     Device         "Device2"
     Monitor        "MonitorLCD_Left"
     DefaultDepth    24
     Option         "Stereo" "0"
#    Option         "metamodes" "DVI-D-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
     Option         "metamodes" "1600x1200 +0 +0"
     Option         "SLI" "Off"
     Option         "MultiGPU" "Off"
     Option         "BaseMosaic" "off"
     SubSection     "Display"
         Depth       24
     EndSubSection
EndSection
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> Regards,
> Tobias
>