When writing Qt applications, it’s helpful to use a qDebug() statement once in a while. However, I’ve recently found that qDebug() on stock Fedora no longer prints, while qWarning() does. The first thing that the internet tells you is to add CONFIG += console to your .pro file, but alas, this is not the solution. It turns out, because of the way Qt is setup on Fedora, debug output is no longer emitted on stderr (by design). Thanks to this bug report, the solution is to create the following file in either of these locations:
- ~/.config/QtProject/qtlogging.ini (for your user only)
- /etc/xdg/QtProject/qtlogging.ini (system-wide)
[Rules] *.debug=true qt.*.debug=false
The first rule enables all debug output, while the second disables Qt’s internal debug statements. This prevents a deluge of output from Qt when debugging your application.
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