Keepassxc: Transparent login screen & symbol bar [macOS 10.13.6 / KeepassXC 2.6.1]

Created on 27 Aug 2020 · 26Comments · Source: keepassxreboot/keepassxc

KeePassXC - 2.6.1
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

Bug
When I start KeePassXC the DB login-screen is completely transparent. After selecting and logging into a database the symbol bar stays transparent. As soon as I resize the window the transparency vanishes and the black background for the symbol bar returns to normal.

Comment
I think its an OS Issue. On my macbook with the newest macOS Catalina everything works fine.
Unfortunately I can't update my desktop computer because of NVIDIA drivers that It need for motion & 3D stuff ;)

Screenshots
I attached some screenshots that show the problem. I used a blueish background so you can see where the transparency is visible... The transparency is also saved when I screenshot the programm window on macOS.

keepass_transparent_01
keepass_transparent_02

Cheers

bug macOS

Source

jschmdt

All 26 comments

I had a similar problem with my High Sierra machine and Nvidia drivers. Sadly the only fix was to upgrade the OS (or keep using old KeePassXC :( ).

varjolintu on 27 Aug 2020

Do you have a Hackintosh or something similar? The NVIDIA driver is probably to blame.

phoerious on 28 Aug 2020

Yes, I do. I'm running macOS with a GeForce 1080 Ti, latest Web Driver installed: 387.10.10.10.40.138

jschmdt on 28 Aug 2020

I suppose its not an "official" configuration you could buy from Apple?

phoerious on 28 Aug 2020

There's no fix for it if you are running a Hackintosh.

varjolintu on 28 Aug 2020

Check. It's custom built. The bug started appearing with 2.6.0 (as the dark mode was introduced) - older builds of KeepassXC ran without any issues on my config.

jschmdt on 28 Aug 2020

Which is weird, because QToolBar uses the same transparency trick to show a semi-native macOS toolbar.

phoerious on 28 Aug 2020

I'm seeing this same issue on an actual MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, 2015), Intel Iris Pro running on 10.13.6. Also can't upgrade OS due to old software dependencies. Seems like just a cosmetic issue though, with little impact on usage so far.

xargi on 31 Aug 2020

I have the same issue with a MacBook Pro 2011 - OSX High Sierra 10.13.6. Usage is OK but it's rather sad the UI is not rendered correctly.

wisobe on 2 Sep 2020

I have the same issue with a Mac Pro (late 2013) on macOS High Sierra (10.13.6).

Small precision, sometimes the background is transparent, sometimes it is black (I still haven't figured out what makes that difference.).

MrSoulPC915 on 3 Sep 2020

I'm glad the fix was found. I honestly thought this was not fixable at all, and blamed Nvidia drivers for it.

varjolintu on 4 Oct 2020

Can someone on this thread please use the below DMG to test if the background problem is fixed?

This is a build from #5482

droidmonkey on 7 Oct 2020

Hey droidmonkey, glad you found a fix :-) I'd like to test it, but how do i open ".snap"-DMGs? A snap file was attached in the link in the notification mail … And I just send you an access request for google drive.. in case the google drive link is with the normal DMG image ;) thx for info!

jschmdt on 7 Oct 2020

Sorry had an issue with Google Drive, use this link now: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJHLy7e_fSQNSyePFdwleIsnPKR2zZbs/view?usp=sharing

droidmonkey on 7 Oct 2020

Hi ! I downloaded and installed the version. I have an error when opening Keepassxc: KeePassXC quit unexpectedly.

wisobe on 7 Oct 2020

👍1

KeepassXC crashes instantly when opening, here's the log:

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Reason: DYLD, [0x4] Symbol missing

Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: ____chkstk_darwin
Referenced from: /Applications/KeePassXC.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/libgcrypt.20.dylib (which was built for Mac OS X 10.15)
Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

jschmdt on 7 Oct 2020

👍1

Le sigh....

droidmonkey on 7 Oct 2020

Fixed the dmg, forgot to build using the MacOS target version flag.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJHLy7e_fSQNSyePFdwleIsnPKR2zZbs/view?usp=sharing

droidmonkey on 8 Oct 2020

Hi @droidmonkey ! Thanks for trying to figure this out. Highly appreciated. :-)

I'm having the same error as before when opening KeepassXC. Same content as @jschmdt.

wisobe on 8 Oct 2020

Me too, same error message as before:

Termination Reason: DYLD, [0x4] Symbol missing … etc.

jschmdt on 8 Oct 2020

Nevermind, I retooled the fix to completely prevent using the Transparent background.

droidmonkey on 8 Oct 2020

🎉1

Hi !

Seems like the same crash occurs with the 2.6.2 version. :-s

wisobe on 22 Oct 2020

Restart your mac. This is a silly bug with macOS notorization handling.

droidmonkey on 22 Oct 2020

Hi !

This doesn't seem to do the trick. I'm wondering if the minimal system requirements have been levelled up with this new minor release ? I'm asking because of the error message I've pasted below. It mentions OSX 10.15.

wisobe on 22 Oct 2020

There must have been an update to libgcrypt that has caused this problem. Ping @phoerious

droidmonkey on 22 Oct 2020

I believe the brew formula is missing an explicit target release to build for, so it assumes the one that it is built on.

phoerious on 22 Oct 2020

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