Bug 469229

Summary:	Media player doesn't show emojis
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Lucia Mrenica <lucia.mrenica>
Component:	Media Player widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, lucia.mrenica, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.27.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Screenshot Screenshot 2

Description Lucia Mrenica 2023-05-01 10:52:57 UTC

Created attachment 158602 [details]
Screenshot

SUMMARY
... like in a youtube video title, instead it shows rectangles. Tried with Firefox and Chromium on Wayland everything up to date. Link of the video in the screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0zbkY9a9UU Emoji picker shows emojis correctly. In some cases emojis do show but they are outline only like in Screenshot 2.

Comment 1 Lucia Mrenica 2023-05-01 10:54:17 UTC

Created attachment 158603 [details]
Screenshot 2

In this case some emojis are missing and the last one is outline only. Expected behavior for these two is:
"Guess The Vegetable by Emoji 🥕🍆🍅 (Emoji Quiz)"
and "😈WORLDS LEAST WHOLESOME STREAMER😈mwuah😘"

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-05-02 17:16:10 UTC

This is an issue with how Emoji support is set up on your system (or not set up); see https://community.kde.org/Distributions/Packaging_Recommendations#Fontconfig_configuration.

Comment 3 Lucia Mrenica 2023-05-02 17:33:10 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> This is an issue with how Emoji support is set up on your system (or not set
> up); see
> https://community.kde.org/Distributions/
> Packaging_Recommendations#Fontconfig_configuration.

So, do you recommend reporting this to the Arch Linux bug tracker?

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2023-05-02 19:48:05 UTC

No, because from the Arch perspective, it's not a bug, it's a setup issue. Since you're using Arch, setting the system up properly is your responsibility. And that's what they'll tell you if you report a bug for them. :)