# Menu goes black
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 8, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703 "2024-11-08T15:11:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/1 "2024-11-08T15:11:35Z")
For Paraview 5.11-5.13 on ubuntu, hardware and software info is below.
When I move the mouse, menu area goes black. Menu still works but I do not see it.
Hardware Information:
Hardware Model: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. US Desktop Infinite RS
Memory: 64.0 GiB
Processor: Intel® Core™ i9-14900KF × 32
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 4090
Software Information:
Firmware Version: A.A2
OS Name: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
OS Type: 64-bit
GNOME Version: 46
Windowing System: Wayland
Kernel Version: Linux 6.8.0-38-generic
[Paraview Black Menu](https://1drv.ms/i/c/ccbcfab509e1f2dd/EduJe1iLdgJCoM52-psD7KkBpge4Xy3xqWNFx1jcx7MYBw?e=a8EDhx)
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/2 "2024-11-08T15:15:16Z")
Please share a screenshot of the problem
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/3 "2024-11-08T15:32:31Z")
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/4 "2024-11-08T15:34:36Z")
Please check your OpenGL information as described here:
> [@Recover OpenGL Informations from pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recover-opengl-informations-from-pvpython/1536):
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> The OpenGL informations, visible in Help → About dialog, are not easily recoverable in pvpython yet. Here is how to do it. On ParaView 5.6 and earlier versions: import vtk as VTK openGLInfo=VTK.vtkPVOpenGLInformation() session=servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetProxyManager().GetActiveSession() session.GatherInformation(session.CLIENT, openGLInfo, 0) openGLInfo.GetVendor() openGLInfo.GetVersion() openGLInfo.GetRenderer() openGLInfo.GetCapabilities() On ParaView 5.7.X : openGLInfo=serverman…
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/5 "2024-11-08T15:48:21Z")
> [@Recover OpenGL Informations from pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recover-opengl-informations-from-pvpython/1536/1):
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> `op`
Client Information:
Version: 5.13.1
VTK Version: 9.3.20240617
Qt Version: 5.15.10
vtkIdType size: 64bits
Embedded Python: On
Python Library Path: /home/akoshele/ParaView-5.13.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.10-x86\_64/lib/python3.10
Python Library Version: 3.10.13 (main, Sep 27 2024, 19:33:16) [GCC 10.2.1 20210130 (Red Hat 10.2.1-11)]
Python Numpy Support: On
Python Numpy Path: /home/akoshele/ParaView-5.13.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.10-x86\_64/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numpy
Python Numpy Version: 1.25.2
Python Matplotlib Support: On
Python Matplotlib Path: /home/akoshele/ParaView-5.13.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.10-x86\_64/lib/python3.10/site-packages/matplotlib
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.7.2
Python Testing: Off
MPI Enabled: On
ParaView Build ID: superbuild abdf9aa5f109ffa3558a63d86365a0203aaab773 (!1224)
Disable Registry: Off
Test Directory:
Data Directory:
SMP Backend: TBB
SMP Max Number of Threads: 32
OpenGL Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL Version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 550.100
OpenGL Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090/PCIe/SSE2
Accelerated filters overrides available: No
Connection Information:
Remote Connection: No
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/6 "2024-11-08T15:51:19Z")
This log looks correct, any errors in the terminal if you run ParaVIew from there ?
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/7 "2024-11-08T16:04:47Z")
Warning: Ignoring XDG\_SESSION\_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT\_QPA\_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
VisRTX 0.1.6, using devices:
0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (Total: 25.4 GB, Available: 22.1 GB)
Gtk-Message: 10:43:31.524: Not loading module “atk-bridge”: The functionality is provided by GTK natively. Please try to not load it.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/8 "2024-11-08T16:12:37Z")
Can you try with `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland` ?
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/9 "2024-11-08T16:17:56Z")
Is this command line option?
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/10 "2024-11-08T16:19:16Z")
./paraview QT\_QPA\_PLATFORM=wayland
Warning: Ignoring XDG\_SESSION\_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT\_QPA\_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
VisRTX 0.1.6, using devices:
0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (Total: 25.4 GB, Available: 22.1 GB)
critical: In unknown, line 0
critical: Cannot open data file " “QT\_QPA\_PLATFORM=wayland” "
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/11 "2024-11-08T16:19:17Z")
`QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland ./bin/paraview`
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/12 "2024-11-08T16:20:41Z")
QT\_QPA\_PLATFORM=wayland ./paraview
Warning: Ignoring XDG\_SESSION\_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT\_QPA\_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
VisRTX 0.1.6, using devices:
0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (Total: 25.4 GB, Available: 22.0 GB)
The same black menu behavior
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/13 "2024-11-08T16:21:54Z")
I’m afraid I have no other leads.
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/14 "2024-11-08T16:23:05Z")
Can it be Nvidia driver issue?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/15 "2024-11-08T16:24:59Z")
Proably a nvidia + Qt issue. You may want to try running without nvidia driver.
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/16 "2024-11-08T16:25:32Z")
How do I do this?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/17 "2024-11-08T16:31:39Z")
You need to use Xephyr for that:
[https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1830697#p1830697](https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1830697#p1830697)
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### Author:  [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/18 "2024-11-11T23:05:32Z")
This issue was resolved after
```auto
sudo apt install dkms; sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
```