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  • L lcleve

    @jsulm The echo command yielded x11.

    I initially started with a conda environment and used conda to install pyqt5 following instructions on the conda website.

    Following your post, i installed from the $ prompt Qt6 following instructions from the Qt website.

    Is it possible that there is a problem with ubuntu 20.10? Is there an earlier version that is known to work?

    One again thank you for your help. As new comer to ubuntu and pyqt, this problem is quite daunting to me.

    lcleve

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    @lcleve Just to be sure: you do not start your app as root/sudo but normal user?

    https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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      @lcleve Just to be sure: you do not start your app as root/sudo but normal user?

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      @jsulm

      Thank you for your just-to-be-sure question, as I am a complete newcomer to Linux. Initially, I opened the program as a normal user. After your message, I looked up how to open as root. Using the following, I opened it up as root:
      sudo code --user-data-dir="~/.vscode-root". The program then opened up, but the gui was distorted, being too large for a 1920x1080 screen even though the size was set to 1920x1080 pixels. The text was also enlarged and out of expected boundaries. I also opened up the .ui file using the newly installed Qt5Designer on my Ubuntu system. It looked fine - identical to what was seen on Mojave OS. However, no change when the program was opened again from root.
      After opening as root, I got the following terminal output:
      root@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:/home/jonathan# source activate anno_env
      bash: activate: No such file or directory
      root@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:/home/jonathan# /usr/bin/env /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/python3.7 /root/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.5.842923320/pythonFiles/lib/python/debugpy/launcher 33145 -- /home/jonathan/fullgui9JHC.gyp
      QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'

      With much appreciation for your help.

      lcleve

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        Did you try to start your application directly from the command line outside of VSCode ?

        As for root it was just to make sure you did not do that as there are additional security restriction to avoid starting GUI application by default.

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          Thanks for the clarification re root.

          After your message, I opened the program from the command line and got the same distorted gui.

          A popup message dialog seems to work. A file selection dialog also opens. Clicking and dragging the title bar doesn't work.

          Thanks for your help.

          lcleve

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            What if you just create a minimal script showing a single QWidget ?

            What do you get ?

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              What if you just create a minimal script showing a single QWidget ?

              What do you get ?

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              @SGaist
              I used the same imports and the same conda env. Below is the code and terminal output:

              from PyQt5 import uic, QtGui, Qt, QtCore
              from PyQt5.QtGui import QKeySequence
              from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
              from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot
              from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QInputDialog, QLineEdit, QFileDialog, QMessageBox, QLabel
              import pandas as pd
              import time
              import numpy as np
              import os
              import os.path
              import getpass

              app = QApplication([])

              label = QLabel(' Hello World!')

              label.show()

              app.exe()

              Terminal Output:

              (base) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ source /home/jonathan/anaconda3/bin/activate
              (base) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ conda activate anno_env
              /usr/bin/env /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/python /home/jonathan/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.5.842923320/pythonFiles/lib/python/debugpy/launcher 43883 -- /home/jonathan/PyQtTest.py
              (anno_env) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ /usr/bin/env /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/python /home/jonathan/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.5.842923320/pythonFiles/lib/python/debugpy/launcher 43883 -- /home/jonathan/PyQtTest.py
              qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display
              Could not connect to any X display.
              (anno_env) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$

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                What is that debugpy ?

                You seem to not have any environment variables set which is a bit surprising.

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                  What is that debugpy ?

                  You seem to not have any environment variables set which is a bit surprising.

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                  @SGaist
                  I don't know what debugpy refers to. However, when I ran the program, I used the run-without-debug option in vscode.

                  I saw on the Qt website that Ubuntu 18.04 was supported, so I tested our program with this version and got the same error message: Could not connect to any X display. I also checked and found that x11 was being used.

                  Regarding environment variables, I do not recall having to set any when using MacOS Mojave where the program ran fine and I have seen no dialogs for this while setting up the Ubuntu 20.10 system. Any advice on how to explore this would be appreciated, since I do not have prior experience with this.

                  I have also checked permissions for the various files using the GUI options.

                  Once again, many thanks.

                  lcleve

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                    X11 is Linux only there's nothing here to compare with macOS.

                    How did you test that on 18.04 ?

                    One thing that I find really strange is that env seem to return empty which is something that is highly unexpected.

                    How are you starting your terminal ?
                    Which one do you use ?

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                      X11 is Linux only there's nothing here to compare with macOS.

                      How did you test that on 18.04 ?

                      One thing that I find really strange is that env seem to return empty which is something that is highly unexpected.

                      How are you starting your terminal ?
                      Which one do you use ?

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                      @SGaist

                      I tested for x11 using: echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE at the $prompt of the terminal. The terminal I used is the default terminal that installed with the operating systems (18.04 and 20.10), presumably gnome-terminal? Should I switch to another?

                      What is it that you see that indicates that "env seems to return empty"?

                      Could it be a matter of permissions, given that that a gui (albeit distorted ) did appear on the screen when I opened from root?

                      Thanks.

                      lcleve

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                        I thought you called the env command and did not saw anything printed.

                        So it was not the case, can you call it and show what you get ?

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                          I thought you called the env command and did not saw anything printed.

                          So it was not the case, can you call it and show what you get ?

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                          @SGaist
                          here is the result for 18.04. If this is not informative, I can send the result for 20.10, but it will take me a few minuttes to change hard drives.

                          (base) william@william-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ env
                          CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=xim
                          CONDA_SHLVL=1
                          LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:.tar=01;31:.tgz=01;31:.arc=01;31:.arj=01;31:.taz=01;31:.lha=01;31:.lz4=01;31:.lzh=01;31:.lzma=01;31:.tlz=01;31:.txz=01;31:.tzo=01;31:.t7z=01;31:.zip=01;31:.z=01;31:.Z=01;31:.dz=01;31:.gz=01;31:.lrz=01;31:.lz=01;31:.lzo=01;31:.xz=01;31:.zst=01;31:.tzst=01;31:.bz2=01;31:.bz=01;31:.tbz=01;31:.tbz2=01;31:.tz=01;31:.deb=01;31:.rpm=01;31:.jar=01;31:.war=01;31:.ear=01;31:.sar=01;31:.rar=01;31:.alz=01;31:.ace=01;31:.zoo=01;31:.cpio=01;31:.7z=01;31:.rz=01;31:.cab=01;31:.wim=01;31:.swm=01;31:.dwm=01;31:.esd=01;31:.jpg=01;35:.jpeg=01;35:.mjpg=01;35:.mjpeg=01;35:.gif=01;35:.bmp=01;35:.pbm=01;35:.pgm=01;35:.ppm=01;35:.tga=01;35:.xbm=01;35:.xpm=01;35:.tif=01;35:.tiff=01;35:.png=01;35:.svg=01;35:.svgz=01;35:.mng=01;35:.pcx=01;35:.mov=01;35:.mpg=01;35:.mpeg=01;35:.m2v=01;35:.mkv=01;35:.webm=01;35:.ogm=01;35:.mp4=01;35:.m4v=01;35:.mp4v=01;35:.vob=01;35:.qt=01;35:.nuv=01;35:.wmv=01;35:.asf=01;35:.rm=01;35:.rmvb=01;35:.flc=01;35:.avi=01;35:.fli=01;35:.flv=01;35:.gl=01;35:.dl=01;35:.xcf=01;35:.xwd=01;35:.yuv=01;35:.cgm=01;35:.emf=01;35:.ogv=01;35:.ogx=01;35:.aac=00;36:.au=00;36:.flac=00;36:.m4a=00;36:.mid=00;36:.midi=00;36:.mka=00;36:.mp3=00;36:.mpc=00;36:.ogg=00;36:.ra=00;36:.wav=00;36:.oga=00;36:.opus=00;36:.spx=00;36:.xspf=00;36:
                          CONDA_EXE=/home/william/anaconda3/bin/conda
                          LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
                          XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-
                          LANG=en_US.UTF-8
                          DISPLAY=:0
                          GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=ubuntu
                          COLORTERM=truecolor
                          USERNAME=william
                          CONDA_PREFIX=/home/william/anaconda3
                          XDG_VTNR=2
                          SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
                          MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/ubuntu.mandatory.path
                          S_COLORS=auto
                          _CE_M=
                          XDG_SESSION_ID=2
                          USER=william
                          DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu
                          QT4_IM_MODULE=xim
                          TEXTDOMAINDIR=/usr/share/locale/
                          GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/4415aacb_f29d_41fc_969b_1ecfb25dfbd2
                          DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/ubuntu.default.path
                          PWD=/home/william
                          HOME=/home/william
                          CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=/home/william/anaconda3/bin/python
                          TEXTDOMAIN=im-config
                          SSH_AGENT_PID=2421
                          QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
                          XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
                          XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/ubuntu:/home/william/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
                          _CE_CONDA=
                          XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu
                          GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
                          CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER=(base)
                          GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
                          WINDOWPATH=2
                          TERM=xterm-256color
                          SHELL=/bin/bash
                          VTE_VERSION=5202
                          QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
                          XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
                          IM_CONFIG_PHASE=2
                          XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME
                          GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
                          GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.84
                          XDG_SEAT=seat0
                          SHLVL=1
                          GDMSESSION=ubuntu
                          GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
                          LOGNAME=william
                          DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
                          XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
                          XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority
                          XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
                          PATH=/home/william/anaconda3/bin:/home/william/anaconda3/condabin:/home/william/.local/bin:/home/william/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
                          CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=base
                          GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
                          SESSION_MANAGER=local/william-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/2324,unix/william-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2324
                          LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
                          GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
                          _=/usr/bin/env

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                            Everything looks Ok...

                            Next test: can you install and test your code with your distribution provided PyQt5 ?

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                              Everything looks Ok...

                              Next test: can you install and test your code with your distribution provided PyQt5 ?

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                              @SGaist
                              The env results I sent before were for ubuntu 18.04. In retrospect, this may have complicated things unnecessarily, since our goal is is to work on ubuntu 20.10. So below is the env output for 20.10. Note that the username for 20.10 is jonathan. For the older version, it is william.

                              (base) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ env
                              SHELL=/bin/bash
                              SESSION_MANAGER=local/jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1707,unix/jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1707
                              QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
                              COLORTERM=truecolor
                              XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
                              XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-
                              GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
                              CONDA_EXE=/home/jonathan/anaconda3/bin/conda
                              _CE_M=
                              GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=ubuntu
                              SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
                              XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
                              DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu
                              SSH_AGENT_PID=1663
                              GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
                              PWD=/home/jonathan
                              LOGNAME=jonathan
                              XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu
                              XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
                              CONDA_PREFIX=/home/jonathan/anaconda3
                              GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
                              XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority
                              GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
                              WINDOWPATH=2
                              HOME=/home/jonathan
                              USERNAME=jonathan
                              IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
                              LANG=en_US.UTF-8
                              LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:.tar=01;31:.tgz=01;31:.arc=01;31:.arj=01;31:.taz=01;31:.lha=01;31:.lz4=01;31:.lzh=01;31:.lzma=01;31:.tlz=01;31:.txz=01;31:.tzo=01;31:.t7z=01;31:.zip=01;31:.z=01;31:.dz=01;31:.gz=01;31:.lrz=01;31:.lz=01;31:.lzo=01;31:.xz=01;31:.zst=01;31:.tzst=01;31:.bz2=01;31:.bz=01;31:.tbz=01;31:.tbz2=01;31:.tz=01;31:.deb=01;31:.rpm=01;31:.jar=01;31:.war=01;31:.ear=01;31:.sar=01;31:.rar=01;31:.alz=01;31:.ace=01;31:.zoo=01;31:.cpio=01;31:.7z=01;31:.rz=01;31:.cab=01;31:.wim=01;31:.swm=01;31:.dwm=01;31:.esd=01;31:.jpg=01;35:.jpeg=01;35:.mjpg=01;35:.mjpeg=01;35:.gif=01;35:.bmp=01;35:.pbm=01;35:.pgm=01;35:.ppm=01;35:.tga=01;35:.xbm=01;35:.xpm=01;35:.tif=01;35:.tiff=01;35:.png=01;35:.svg=01;35:.svgz=01;35:.mng=01;35:.pcx=01;35:.mov=01;35:.mpg=01;35:.mpeg=01;35:.m2v=01;35:.mkv=01;35:.webm=01;35:.webp=01;35:.ogm=01;35:.mp4=01;35:.m4v=01;35:.mp4v=01;35:.vob=01;35:.qt=01;35:.nuv=01;35:.wmv=01;35:.asf=01;35:.rm=01;35:.rmvb=01;35:.flc=01;35:.avi=01;35:.fli=01;35:.flv=01;35:.gl=01;35:.dl=01;35:.xcf=01;35:.xwd=01;35:.yuv=01;35:.cgm=01;35:.emf=01;35:.ogv=01;35:.ogx=01;35:.aac=00;36:.au=00;36:.flac=00;36:.m4a=00;36:.mid=00;36:.midi=00;36:.mka=00;36:.mp3=00;36:.mpc=00;36:.ogg=00;36:.ra=00;36:.wav=00;36:.oga=00;36:.opus=00;36:.spx=00;36:.xspf=00;36:
                              XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME
                              VTE_VERSION=6200
                              CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER=(base)
                              GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/f4b8c0e5_b44e_4a61_8b22_3f26ba220048
                              GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
                              LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
                              XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
                              TERM=xterm-256color
                              _CE_CONDA=
                              LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
                              USER=jonathan
                              GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.81
                              CONDA_SHLVL=1
                              DISPLAY=:0
                              SHLVL=1
                              QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
                              CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=/home/jonathan/anaconda3/bin/python
                              XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
                              CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=base
                              XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
                              PATH=/home/jonathan/anaconda3/bin:/home/jonathan/anaconda3/condabin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
                              GDMSESSION=ubuntu
                              DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
                              _=/usr/bin/env

                              I am not entirely clear on what you mean for the next test. The program was previously transferred from Mojave to 20.10 via flash drive and run from vscode without debugging. After testing the code on Mojave to double check that it was working, I ran the code on 20.10 and got the following:

                              source /home/jonathan/anaconda3/bin/activate
                              (base) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ source /home/jonathan/anaconda3/bin/activate
                              conda activate anno_env
                              (base) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ conda activate anno_env
                              (anno_env) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ /usr/bin/env /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/python /home/jonathan/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2021.5.842923320/pythonFiles/lib/python/debugpy/launcher 40389 -- /home/jonathan/fullgui9JHC.gyp
                              qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display
                              Could not connect to any X display.
                              (anno_env) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$

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                                The idea is to use what is provided by Ubuntu rather than conda.

                                But before doing that, can you start your application with the QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS environment variable set to 1 ?

                                That will give you more information with what is happening with plugins.

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                                  Based on what I found on web, I opened QtCreator: Tools-options-Environment-system-change. I added QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1, hit apply and ok. When I reopened the editor, the variable was there and set to 1. Re running the program as before yielded the same output in the vscode terminal. Should I look somewhere else ?

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                                    Based on what I found on web, I opened QtCreator: Tools-options-Environment-system-change. I added QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1, hit apply and ok. When I reopened the editor, the variable was there and set to 1. Re running the program as before yielded the same output in the vscode terminal. Should I look somewhere else ?

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                                    @lcleve
                                    With that variable set you're supposed to get a whole bunch of output on stdout/stderr. I don't know about "vscode terminal". If you know how to run your Python script from a terminal you can set the variable there before running it and you should see the output.

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                                    • SGaistS SGaist

                                      The idea is to use what is provided by Ubuntu rather than conda.

                                      But before doing that, can you start your application with the QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS environment variable set to 1 ?

                                      That will give you more information with what is happening with plugins.

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                                      @SGaist Below are the results. This time the gui opened, but with the same distortions.

                                      (base) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ conda activate anno_env
                                      (anno_env) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1
                                      (anno_env) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ env
                                      SHELL=/bin/bash
                                      SESSION_MANAGER=local/jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1707,unix/jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1707
                                      QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
                                      COLORTERM=truecolor
                                      XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
                                      XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-
                                      GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
                                      CONDA_EXE=/home/jonathan/anaconda3/bin/conda
                                      _CE_M=
                                      GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=ubuntu
                                      SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
                                      XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
                                      DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu
                                      SSH_AGENT_PID=1663
                                      GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
                                      PWD=/home/jonathan
                                      LOGNAME=jonathan
                                      XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu
                                      XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
                                      CONDA_PREFIX=/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env
                                      GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
                                      XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority
                                      GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
                                      WINDOWPATH=2
                                      HOME=/home/jonathan
                                      USERNAME=jonathan
                                      IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
                                      LANG=en_US.UTF-8
                                      LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:.tar=01;31:.tgz=01;31:.arc=01;31:.arj=01;31:.taz=01;31:.lha=01;31:.lz4=01;31:.lzh=01;31:.lzma=01;31:.tlz=01;31:.txz=01;31:.tzo=01;31:.t7z=01;31:.zip=01;31:.z=01;31:.dz=01;31:.gz=01;31:.lrz=01;31:.lz=01;31:.lzo=01;31:.xz=01;31:.zst=01;31:.tzst=01;31:.bz2=01;31:.bz=01;31:.tbz=01;31:.tbz2=01;31:.tz=01;31:.deb=01;31:.rpm=01;31:.jar=01;31:.war=01;31:.ear=01;31:.sar=01;31:.rar=01;31:.alz=01;31:.ace=01;31:.zoo=01;31:.cpio=01;31:.7z=01;31:.rz=01;31:.cab=01;31:.wim=01;31:.swm=01;31:.dwm=01;31:.esd=01;31:.jpg=01;35:.jpeg=01;35:.mjpg=01;35:.mjpeg=01;35:.gif=01;35:.bmp=01;35:.pbm=01;35:.pgm=01;35:.ppm=01;35:.tga=01;35:.xbm=01;35:.xpm=01;35:.tif=01;35:.tiff=01;35:.png=01;35:.svg=01;35:.svgz=01;35:.mng=01;35:.pcx=01;35:.mov=01;35:.mpg=01;35:.mpeg=01;35:.m2v=01;35:.mkv=01;35:.webm=01;35:.webp=01;35:.ogm=01;35:.mp4=01;35:.m4v=01;35:.mp4v=01;35:.vob=01;35:.qt=01;35:.nuv=01;35:.wmv=01;35:.asf=01;35:.rm=01;35:.rmvb=01;35:.flc=01;35:.avi=01;35:.fli=01;35:.flv=01;35:.gl=01;35:.dl=01;35:.xcf=01;35:.xwd=01;35:.yuv=01;35:.cgm=01;35:.emf=01;35:.ogv=01;35:.ogx=01;35:.aac=00;36:.au=00;36:.flac=00;36:.m4a=00;36:.mid=00;36:.midi=00;36:.mka=00;36:.mp3=00;36:.mpc=00;36:.ogg=00;36:.ra=00;36:.wav=00;36:.oga=00;36:.opus=00;36:.spx=00;36:.xspf=00;36:
                                      XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME
                                      VTE_VERSION=6200
                                      CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER=(anno_env)
                                      GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/c167ca7d_7f2e_486d_97ba_108c9f87d984
                                      GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
                                      LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
                                      XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
                                      TERM=xterm-256color
                                      _CE_CONDA=
                                      LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
                                      USER=jonathan
                                      GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.81
                                      CONDA_SHLVL=2
                                      DISPLAY=:0
                                      SHLVL=1
                                      QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
                                      QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1
                                      CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=/home/jonathan/anaconda3/bin/python
                                      XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
                                      CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=anno_env
                                      XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
                                      PATH=/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin:/home/jonathan/anaconda3/bin:/home/jonathan/anaconda3/condabin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
                                      GDMSESSION=ubuntu
                                      DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
                                      CONDA_PREFIX_1=/home/jonathan/anaconda3
                                      _=/usr/bin/env
                                      (anno_env) jonathan@jonathan-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-USDT:~$ python3 /home/jonathan/fullgui9JHC.gyp
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqeglfs.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqeglfs.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "eglfs"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QEglFSIntegrationPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("eglfs")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqminimal.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqminimal.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "minimal"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QMinimalIntegrationPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("minimal")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqminimalegl.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqminimalegl.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "minimalegl"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QMinimalEglIntegrationPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("minimalegl")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqoffscreen.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqoffscreen.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "offscreen"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QOffscreenIntegrationPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("offscreen")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqvnc.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "vnc"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QVncIntegrationPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("vnc")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "xcb"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QXcbIntegrationPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("xcb")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/platforms" ...
                                      loaded library "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so"
                                      loaded library "Xcursor"
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/xcbglintegrations" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-egl-integration.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-egl-integration.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.Xcb.QXcbGlIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.5",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "xcb_egl"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QXcbEglIntegrationPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("xcb_egl")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.Xcb.QXcbGlIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.5",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "xcb_glx"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QXcbGlxIntegrationPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("xcb_glx")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/xcbglintegrations" ...
                                      loaded library "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so"
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platformthemes" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/platformthemes" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforminputcontexts" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libcomposeplatforminputcontextplugin.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libcomposeplatforminputcontextplugin.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPlatformInputContextFactoryInterface.5.1",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "compose",
                                      "xim"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QComposePlatformInputContextPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("compose", "xim")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libibusplatforminputcontextplugin.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libibusplatforminputcontextplugin.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPlatformInputContextFactoryInterface.5.1",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "ibus"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QIbusPlatformInputContextPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("ibus")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libqtvirtualkeyboardplugin.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libqtvirtualkeyboardplugin.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPlatformInputContextFactoryInterface.5.1",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "qtvirtualkeyboard"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QVirtualKeyboardPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("qtvirtualkeyboard")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/platforminputcontexts" ...
                                      loaded library "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libibusplatforminputcontextplugin.so"
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/styles" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/styles" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/iconengines" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/iconengines/libqsvgicon.so"
                                      Found metadata in lib /home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/iconengines/libqsvgicon.so, metadata=
                                      {
                                      "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QIconEngineFactoryInterface",
                                      "MetaData": {
                                      "Keys": [
                                      "svg",
                                      "svgz",
                                      "svg.gz"
                                      ]
                                      },
                                      "className": "QSvgIconPlugin",
                                      "debug": false,
                                      "version": 329991
                                      }

                                      Got keys from plugin meta data ("svg", "svgz", "svg.gz")
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/iconengines" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/plugins/accessible" ...
                                      QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/jonathan/anaconda3/envs/anno_env/bin/accessible" ...

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                                      • SGaistS Offline
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                                        SGaist
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                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #25

                                        Can you show the distortion you get ?

                                        I still suggest that you try to run your application with the Ubuntu provided PyQt5 to ensure it's something related to your conda installation and not your system.

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                                        • SGaistS SGaist

                                          Can you show the distortion you get ?

                                          I still suggest that you try to run your application with the Ubuntu provided PyQt5 to ensure it's something related to your conda installation and not your system.

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                                          lcleve
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #26

                                          @SGaist I did that earlier today. Specifically, I used "conda create" to create an env with no specific packages specified. I then opened anaconda-navigator and added a single package, Pandas. Using the terminal on the activated env, I used "pip install pyqt5". At the command prompt of the activated env, I entered python app-path. The interface opened with distortions as follows:

                                          1. The text on buttons extends beyond the bounds of the buttons.
                                          2. It is impossible to click on the title bar and drag the window.
                                          3. No buttons or menu items work except for a "Start Here" button that pops up a message dialog.
                                          4. Previously, I had thought that the window was larger than 1920x1080, but the size is correct.
                                          5. If I kill the terminal, then the window can be moved by clicking and dragging the title bar. It can then be closed with the window close button.

                                          Sorry not to enclose a picture of the screen, but I am using an apple keyboard, which ,according to my knowledge, does not have a print screen button.

                                          In response to an above post, I installed Qt6. Do you think it might be worthwhile installing pyqt6 and creating an environment as described above?

                                          Thanks very much for your patience.

                                          lcleve

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