Qt fatal error: Failed to initialize graphics backend for OpenGL

[hgbrown@…]

The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform:        Linux-6.5.0-15-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
ChimeraX Version: 1.7.1 (2024-01-23 01:58:08 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 0x00007f1991e98b80 (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/ucsf-chimerax/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chimerax/ui/gui.py", line 861 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:
Startup Messages  
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warning | Replacing fetcher for 'pdb_nmr' and format NMRSTAR from NMRSTAR
bundle with that from NMRSTAR bundle  
  
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UCSF ChimeraX version: 1.7.1 (2024-01-23)  
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OpenGL version: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
OpenGL renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 128 bits)
OpenGL vendor: Mesa

Python: 3.11.2
Locale: en_AU.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: Dell Inc.
Model: Precision WorkStation T3500
OS: Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
Architecture: 64bit ELF
Virtual Machine: none
CPU: 12 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           W3670  @ 3.20GHz
Cache Size: 12288 KB
Memory:
	               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
	Mem:            23Gi       2.0Gi        16Gi       141Mi       4.5Gi        20Gi
	Swap:             0B          0B          0B

Graphics:
	02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107GL [Quadro K420] [10de:0ff3] (rev a1)	
	Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GK107GL [Quadro K420] [10de:1162]	
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

Installed Packages:
    alabaster: 0.7.16
    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: 2.12.2
    ChimeraX-AlphaFold: 1.0
    ChimeraX-AltlocExplorer: 1.1.1
    ChimeraX-AmberInfo: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Arrays: 1.1
    ChimeraX-Atomic: 1.49.1
    ChimeraX-AtomicLibrary: 12.1.5
    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: 1.7.1
    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: 2.6.1
    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: 1.5.14
    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
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    ChimeraX-PDBBio: 1.0.1
    ChimeraX-PDBLibrary: 1.0.4
    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: 1.12.4
    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
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    ChimeraX-Topography: 1.0
    ChimeraX-ToQuest: 1.0
    ChimeraX-Tug: 1.0.1
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    ChimeraX-uniprot: 2.3
    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
    ChimeraX-WebCam: 1.0.2
    ChimeraX-WebServices: 1.1.3
    ChimeraX-Zone: 1.0.1
    colorama: 0.4.6
    comm: 0.2.1
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[pett]

Reported by Hamish Brown

[Greg Couch]

Since you were able to send us a bug report, ChimeraX must work for you sometimes. What was different about the time that ChimeraX failed to start up?

[hgbrown@…]

Hi Greg,

I suspect this bug report came up because I had to kill ChimeraX from the command line during a remote SSH session to free up memory on my computer, I only realised this after Chimera-X had prompted me to submit a bug report once I launched it during a local session. Apologies for an unnecessary bug report.

Hamish

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Subject: [EXT] Re: [ChimeraX] #14754: Qt fatal error: Failed to initialize graphics backend for OpenGL

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#14754: Qt fatal error: Failed to initialize graphics backend for OpenGL
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          Reporter:  hgbrown@…       |      Owner:  Greg Couch
              Type:  defect          |     Status:  assigned
          Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:
         Component:  Window Toolkit  |    Version:
        Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
        Blocked By:                  |   Blocking:
Notify when closed:                  |   Platform:  all
           Project:  ChimeraX        |
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Comment (by Greg Couch):

 Since you were able to send us a bug report, ChimeraX must work for you
 sometimes.  What was different about the time that ChimeraX failed to
 start up?
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