ChimeraX bug report: black display on Linux

[livia.galinari@…]

Dear ChimeraX team,

I am experiencing a display problem with UCSF ChimeraX version 1.10.1
(2025-07-24). When I start ChimeraX, the main window opens and I can load
and view structures, but whenever I open any tool from the Tools menu, the
toolbox area is completely black, with no visible widgets or text and no
controls or content are visible (printscreen attached). The 3D view remains
visible and responsive, but the tool panels are unusable. This happens
every time I try to open a tool, even after restarting the program.

My system info is:
GPUs: Intel UHD Graphics (ADL-S GT0.5) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
Laptop GPU
OS: Lux 2 (Bellatrix), 64‑bit
Kernel: Linux 6.12.8-lux-amd64
Desktop: GNOME 48
Windowing system: X11

Please let me know if there are any specific environment variables,
graphics settings, or debug options that I can try to help diagnose this
issue.

Best regards,

-- 
Lívia Galinari

PhD Student - Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Brazil

-- 
**Esse e-mail foi enviado por um estudante da Universidade Federal de 
Viçosa**

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[livia.galinari@…]

Added by email2trac

[Greg Couch]

Do you have your desktop appearance set to dark mode? If that's not correct, please let us know.

The solution is to switch to the ChimeraX 1.11 release candidate. It has better dark mode support on Linux.

[livia.galinari@…]

My desktop is not set to dark mode. But I tried version 1.11 and it worked!

Thank you for the support.

Em ter., 2 de dez. de 2025 às 15:28, ChimeraX <
ChimeraX-bugs-admin@cgl.ucsf.edu> escreveu:

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[Greg Couch]

Newer version of ChimeraX (and thus a newer version of Qt User Interface Toolkit) fixes the bug.