Qt fatal error: Failed to initialize graphics backend for OpenGL

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The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform:        Linux-6.5.0-14-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
ChimeraX Version: 1.7 (2023-12-19 08:36:03 UTC)
Description
Last time you used ChimeraX it crashed.
Please describe steps that led to the crash here.
Qt fatal error: Failed to initialize graphics backend for OpenGL.
Fatal Python error: Aborted

Current thread 0x00007f012c8b5b80 (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.surface._surface, chimerax.map._map, 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.pdb_lib._load_libs (total: 44)


Log:
UCSF ChimeraX version: 1.7 (2023-12-19)  
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OpenGL version: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
OpenGL renderer: Mesa Intel(R) Graphics (ADL GT2)
OpenGL vendor: Intel

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: HP
Model: OMEN by HP Laptop 16-b1xxx
OS: Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
Architecture: 64bit ELF
Virtual Machine: none
CPU: 20 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H
Cache Size: 24576 KB
Memory:
	               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
	Mem:            15Gi       6.2Gi       632Mi       1.3Gi       8.5Gi       7.5Gi
	Swap:          2.0Gi       432Mi       1.6Gi

Graphics:
	00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:46a6] (rev 0c)	
	DeviceName:  Onboard IGD	
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8a15]

Installed Packages:
   alabaster: 0.7.13
   appdirs: 1.4.4
   asttokens: 2.4.1
   Babel: 2.14.0
   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: 1.7
   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
   ChimeraX-MCopy: 1.0
   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
   ChimeraX-StdCommands: 1.12.3
   ChimeraX-STL: 1.0.1
   ChimeraX-Storm: 1.0
   ChimeraX-StructMeasure: 1.1.2
   ChimeraX-Struts: 1.0.1
   ChimeraX-Surface: 1.0.1
   ChimeraX-SwapAA: 2.0.1
   ChimeraX-SwapRes: 2.2.2
   ChimeraX-TapeMeasure: 1.0
   ChimeraX-TaskManager: 1.0
   ChimeraX-Test: 1.0
   ChimeraX-Toolbar: 1.1.2
   ChimeraX-ToolshedUtils: 1.2.4
   ChimeraX-Topography: 1.0
   ChimeraX-ToQuest: 1.0
   ChimeraX-Tug: 1.0.1
   ChimeraX-UI: 1.33.2
   ChimeraX-uniprot: 2.3
   ChimeraX-UnitCell: 1.0.1
   ChimeraX-ViewDockX: 1.3.2
   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
   ChimeraX-WebCam: 1.0.2
   ChimeraX-WebServices: 1.1.3
   ChimeraX-Zone: 1.0.1
   colorama: 0.4.6
   comm: 0.2.0
   contourpy: 1.2.0
   cxservices: 1.2.2
   cycler: 0.12.1
   Cython: 0.29.33
   debugpy: 1.8.0
   decorator: 5.1.1
   distro: 1.7.0
   docutils: 0.19
   executing: 2.0.1
   filelock: 3.9.0
   fonttools: 4.47.0
   funcparserlib: 2.0.0a0
   glfw: 2.6.4
   grako: 3.16.5
   h5py: 3.10.0
   html2text: 2020.1.16
   idna: 3.6
   ihm: 0.38
   imagecodecs: 2023.9.18
   imagesize: 1.4.1
   ipykernel: 6.23.2
   ipython: 8.14.0
   ipython-genutils: 0.2.0
   ipywidgets: 8.1.1
   jedi: 0.18.2
   Jinja2: 3.1.2
   jupyter-client: 8.2.0
   jupyter-core: 5.5.1
   jupyterlab-widgets: 3.0.9
   kiwisolver: 1.4.5
   line-profiler: 4.0.2
   lxml: 4.9.2
   lz4: 4.3.2
   MarkupSafe: 2.1.3
   matplotlib: 3.7.2
   matplotlib-inline: 0.1.6
   msgpack: 1.0.4
   nest-asyncio: 1.5.8
   netCDF4: 1.6.2
   networkx: 3.1
   nibabel: 5.0.1
   nptyping: 2.5.0
   numexpr: 2.8.8
   numpy: 1.25.1
   openvr: 1.23.701
   packaging: 23.2
   ParmEd: 3.4.3
   parso: 0.8.3
   pep517: 0.13.0
   pexpect: 4.9.0
   pickleshare: 0.7.5
   Pillow: 10.0.1
   pip: 23.0
   pkginfo: 1.9.6
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   pydicom: 2.3.0
   Pygments: 2.16.1
   pynrrd: 1.0.0
   PyOpenGL: 3.1.7
   PyOpenGL-accelerate: 3.1.7
   pyopenxr: 1.0.2801
   pyparsing: 3.0.9
   pyproject-hooks: 1.0.0
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   PyQt6-Qt6: 6.3.2
   PyQt6-sip: 13.4.0
   PyQt6-WebEngine-commercial: 6.3.1
   PyQt6-WebEngine-Qt6: 6.3.2
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   requests: 2.31.0
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   setuptools: 67.4.0
   sfftk-rw: 0.7.3
   six: 1.16.0
   snowballstemmer: 2.2.0
   sortedcontainers: 2.4.0
   soupsieve: 2.5
   sphinx: 6.1.3
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   sphinxcontrib-applehelp: 1.0.7
   sphinxcontrib-blockdiag: 3.0.0
   sphinxcontrib-devhelp: 1.0.5
   sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp: 2.0.4
   sphinxcontrib-jsmath: 1.0.1
   sphinxcontrib-qthelp: 1.0.6
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   stack-data: 0.6.3
   superqt: 0.5.0
   tables: 3.8.0
   tcia-utils: 1.5.1
   tifffile: 2023.7.18
   tinyarray: 1.2.4
   tomli: 2.0.1
   tornado: 6.4
   traitlets: 5.9.0
   typing-extensions: 4.9.0
   tzdata: 2023.3
   urllib3: 2.1.0
   wcwidth: 0.2.12
   webcolors: 1.12
   wheel: 0.38.4
   wheel-filename: 1.4.1
   widgetsnbextension: 4.0.9

[Eric Pettersen]

Remote or secondary display; reported by Deependra.

[Greg Couch]

We don't support running ChimeraX remotely. You should copy your data to your computer and run ChimeraX locally.

That said, ChimeraX can work remotely. But remote 3D graphics hasn't worked reliably since the SGI workstation days. I've seen it work if the local and remote computers have the same version of Linux, same graphics card, and same version of the graphics driver. It can work if you use VirtualGL on the remote computer to convert all of the 3D graphics to 2D images. It has worked for me on Windows using the cygwin X11 server. You'll have to experiment.