Qt fatal error: Failed to initialize graphics backend for OpenGL

[mjvanraaij@…]

The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform:        Linux-6.5.0-14-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
ChimeraX Version: 1.7rc202312020245 (2023-12-02 02:45:06 UTC)
Description
Last time you used ChimeraX it crashed.
Please describe steps that led to the crash here
this might be difficult to reproduce, just trying to open Chimera and it crashed. The system was asking for software update at the same time, perhaps related... After the system software update completed Chimera opened fine again
Qt fatal error: Failed to initialize graphics backend for OpenGL.
Fatal Python error: Aborted

Current thread 0x00007f6ec5610b80 (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/ucsf-chimerax/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chimerax/ui/gui.py", line 859 in rapid_access_shown
  File "/usr/lib/ucsf-chimerax/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chimerax/ui/gui.py", line 198 in build
  File "/usr/lib/ucsf-chimerax/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chimerax/core/__main__.py", line 722 in init
  File "/usr/lib/ucsf-chimerax/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chimerax/core/__main__.py", line 1069 in 
  File "", line 88 in _run_code
  File "", line 198 in _run_module_as_main

Extension modules: chimerax.arrays._arrays, numpy.core._multiarray_umath, numpy.core._multiarray_tests, numpy.linalg._umath_linalg, numpy.fft._pocketfft_internal, numpy.random._common, numpy.random.bit_generator, numpy.random._bounded_integers, numpy.random._mt19937, numpy.random.mtrand, numpy.random._philox, numpy.random._pcg64, numpy.random._sfc64, numpy.random._generator, chimerax.geometry._geometry, PyQt6.QtCore, PyQt6.QtGui, PyQt6.QtWidgets, PyQt6.QtWebChannel, PyQt6.QtNetwork, PyQt6.QtWebEngineCore, PyQt6.QtPrintSupport, PyQt6.QtWebEngineWidgets, chimerax.atomic_lib._load_libs, tinyarray, chimerax.atomic.cymol, chimerax.atomic.cytmpl, chimerax.map._map, chimerax.pdb_lib._load_libs, charset_normalizer.md, PIL._imaging, matplotlib._c_internal_utils, matplotlib._path, kiwisolver._cext, matplotlib._image, PyQt6.QtOpenGL, PyQt6.QtOpenGLWidgets, OpenGL_accelerate.errorchecker, OpenGL_accelerate.wrapper, OpenGL_accelerate.formathandler, OpenGL_accelerate.arraydatatype, OpenGL_accelerate.latebind, OpenGL_accelerate.vbo, chimerax.surface._surface (total: 44)


Log:
UCSF ChimeraX version: 1.7rc202312020245 (2023-12-02)  
© 2016-2023 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.  
How to cite UCSF ChimeraX  

> open /media/data1/AlphaFold/outputs/homotrimer_gp144/af_out/ranked_0.pdb

Chain information for ranked_0.pdb #1  
---  
Chain | Description  
A B C | No description available  
  




OpenGL version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 535.146.02
OpenGL renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL vendor: NVIDIA Corporation

Python: 3.11.2
Locale: en_US.UTF-8
Qt version: PyQt6 6.3.1, Qt 6.3.1
Qt runtime version: 6.3.2
Qt platform: xcb

XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME
DISPLAY=:1
Manufacturer: GIGABYTE
Model: MC62-G40-00
OS: Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
Architecture: 64bit ELF
Virtual Machine: none
CPU: 48 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
Cache Size: 512 KB
Memory:
	               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
	Mem:           125Gi       2.5Gi       121Gi        35Mi       1.8Gi       122Gi
	Swap:           59Gi          0B        59Gi

Graphics:
	41:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:2684] (rev a1)	
	Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:167c]	
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

Installed Packages:
    alabaster: 0.7.13
    appdirs: 1.4.4
    asttokens: 2.4.1
    Babel: 2.13.1
    backcall: 0.2.0
    beautifulsoup4: 4.11.2
    blockdiag: 3.0.0
    blosc2: 2.0.0
    build: 0.10.0
    certifi: 2023.11.17
    cftime: 1.6.3
    charset-normalizer: 3.3.2
    ChimeraX-AddCharge: 1.5.13
    ChimeraX-AddH: 2.2.5
    ChimeraX-AlignmentAlgorithms: 2.0.1
    ChimeraX-AlignmentHdrs: 3.4.1
    ChimeraX-AlignmentMatrices: 2.1
    ChimeraX-Alignments: 2.12.1
    ChimeraX-AlphaFold: 1.0
    ChimeraX-AltlocExplorer: 1.1.1
    ChimeraX-AmberInfo: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Arrays: 1.1
    ChimeraX-Atomic: 1.49.1
    ChimeraX-AtomicLibrary: 12.1.3
    ChimeraX-AtomSearch: 2.0.1
    ChimeraX-AxesPlanes: 2.3.2
    ChimeraX-BasicActions: 1.1.2
    ChimeraX-BILD: 1.0
    ChimeraX-BlastProtein: 2.1.2
    ChimeraX-BondRot: 2.0.4
    ChimeraX-BugReporter: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-BuildStructure: 2.10.5
    ChimeraX-Bumps: 1.0
    ChimeraX-BundleBuilder: 1.2.2
    ChimeraX-ButtonPanel: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-CageBuilder: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-CellPack: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Centroids: 1.3.2
    ChimeraX-ChangeChains: 1.1
    ChimeraX-CheckWaters: 1.3.2
    ChimeraX-ChemGroup: 2.0.1
    ChimeraX-Clashes: 2.2.4
    ChimeraX-ColorActions: 1.0.3
    ChimeraX-ColorGlobe: 1.0
    ChimeraX-ColorKey: 1.5.5
    ChimeraX-CommandLine: 1.2.5
    ChimeraX-ConnectStructure: 2.0.1
    ChimeraX-Contacts: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Core: 1.7rc202312020245
    ChimeraX-CoreFormats: 1.2
    ChimeraX-coulombic: 1.4.2
    ChimeraX-Crosslinks: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Crystal: 1.0
    ChimeraX-CrystalContacts: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-DataFormats: 1.2.3
    ChimeraX-Dicom: 1.2
    ChimeraX-DistMonitor: 1.4
    ChimeraX-DockPrep: 1.1.3
    ChimeraX-Dssp: 2.0
    ChimeraX-EMDB-SFF: 1.0
    ChimeraX-ESMFold: 1.0
    ChimeraX-FileHistory: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-FunctionKey: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Geometry: 1.3
    ChimeraX-gltf: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Graphics: 1.1.1
    ChimeraX-Hbonds: 2.4
    ChimeraX-Help: 1.2.2
    ChimeraX-HKCage: 1.3
    ChimeraX-IHM: 1.1
    ChimeraX-ImageFormats: 1.2
    ChimeraX-IMOD: 1.0
    ChimeraX-IO: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-ItemsInspection: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-IUPAC: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Label: 1.1.8
    ChimeraX-LinuxSupport: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-ListInfo: 1.2.2
    ChimeraX-Log: 1.1.6
    ChimeraX-LookingGlass: 1.1
    ChimeraX-Maestro: 1.9.1
    ChimeraX-Map: 1.1.4
    ChimeraX-MapData: 2.0
    ChimeraX-MapEraser: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-MapFilter: 2.0.1
    ChimeraX-MapFit: 2.0
    ChimeraX-MapSeries: 2.1.1
    ChimeraX-Markers: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Mask: 1.0.2
    ChimeraX-MatchMaker: 2.1.2
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    ChimeraX-MDcrds: 2.6
    ChimeraX-MedicalToolbar: 1.0.2
    ChimeraX-Meeting: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-MLP: 1.1.1
    ChimeraX-mmCIF: 2.12.1
    ChimeraX-MMTF: 2.2
    ChimeraX-Modeller: 1.5.13
    ChimeraX-ModelPanel: 1.4
    ChimeraX-ModelSeries: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Mol2: 2.0.3
    ChimeraX-Mole: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Morph: 1.0.2
    ChimeraX-MouseModes: 1.2
    ChimeraX-Movie: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Neuron: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Nifti: 1.1
    ChimeraX-NRRD: 1.1
    ChimeraX-Nucleotides: 2.0.3
    ChimeraX-OpenCommand: 1.13.1
    ChimeraX-PDB: 2.7.3
    ChimeraX-PDBBio: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-PDBLibrary: 1.0.3
    ChimeraX-PDBMatrices: 1.0
    ChimeraX-PickBlobs: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Positions: 1.0
    ChimeraX-PresetMgr: 1.1
    ChimeraX-PubChem: 2.1
    ChimeraX-ReadPbonds: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Registration: 1.1.2
    ChimeraX-RemoteControl: 1.0
    ChimeraX-RenderByAttr: 1.1
    ChimeraX-RenumberResidues: 1.1
    ChimeraX-ResidueFit: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-RestServer: 1.2
    ChimeraX-RNALayout: 1.0
    ChimeraX-RotamerLibMgr: 4.0
    ChimeraX-RotamerLibsDunbrack: 2.0
    ChimeraX-RotamerLibsDynameomics: 2.0
    ChimeraX-RotamerLibsRichardson: 2.0
    ChimeraX-SaveCommand: 1.5.1
    ChimeraX-SchemeMgr: 1.0
    ChimeraX-SDF: 2.0.2
    ChimeraX-Segger: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Segment: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-SelInspector: 1.0
    ChimeraX-SeqView: 2.11
    ChimeraX-Shape: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Shell: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Shortcuts: 1.1.1
    ChimeraX-ShowSequences: 1.0.2
    ChimeraX-SideView: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Smiles: 2.1.2
    ChimeraX-SmoothLines: 1.0
    ChimeraX-SpaceNavigator: 1.0
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    ChimeraX-STL: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Storm: 1.0
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    ChimeraX-Struts: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-Surface: 1.0.1
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    ChimeraX-SwapRes: 2.2.2
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    ChimeraX-ToQuest: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Tug: 1.0.1
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    ChimeraX-UnitCell: 1.0.1
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    ChimeraX-VIPERdb: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Vive: 1.1
    ChimeraX-VolumeMenu: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-vrml: 1.0
    ChimeraX-VTK: 1.0
    ChimeraX-WavefrontOBJ: 1.0
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    ChimeraX-Zone: 1.0.1
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[pett]

Reported by Mark van Raaij

[Tom Goddard]

Thanks for the report. The ChimeraX log says it failed to initialize OpenGL graphics

Qt fatal error: Failed to initialize graphics backend for OpenGL.

I guess that could have been due to the pending Linux update which may have been staging an update of the graphics driver. I don't have any explanation why ChimeraX would crash on startup then later work at startup.

[Greg Couch]

Or it might because another user was logged in and was already allocated the 3D graphics resources (a guess because the DISPLAY environment variable is ":1"). Or maybe you were trying to run ChimeraX remotely. That is not supported due to the myriad of ways it can fail. It might work if the exact same graphics driver is installed on both systems.