While packaging the tool in rpm format - action that happen in a linux namespace - the gui test fails because it cannot connect to a display. Setting QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen let the test to pass STEPS TO REPRODUCE [interactive into the namespace] <mock-chroot> bash-5.2$ cd redhat-linux-build/autotests <mock-chroot> bash-5.2$ make <mock-chroot> bash-5.2$ ./testtimedisplay qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found. This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, xcb. OBSERVED RESULT <mock-chroot> bash-5.2$ ./testtimedisplay qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found. This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, xcb. EXPECTED RESULT / RESOLUTION <mock-chroot> bash-5.2$ export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen <mock-chroot> bash-5.2$ ./testtimedisplay QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-mockbuild' ********* Start testing of TestTimeDisplay ********* Config: Using QtTest library 5.15.9, Qt 5.15.9 (x86_64-little_endian-lp64 shared (dynamic) release build; by GCC 13.0.1 20230401 (Red Hat 13.0.1-0)), fedora 38 PASS : TestTimeDisplay::initTestCase() QWARN : TestTimeDisplay::testDefaultWidget() kf.i18n: KLocalizedString: Using an empty domain, fix the code. msgid: "Hours" msgid_plural: "" msgctxt: "@title:column" [...] Totals: 5 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 blacklisted, 5ms ********* Finished testing of TestTimeDisplay ********* SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 38 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.105.0 Qt Version: 5.15.9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION