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qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display :1.0 qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.

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  • JonBJ JonB

    @B_R_Khan
    I am really surprised. If you look at anyone else reporting this or similar issues you will see they get voluminous diagnostic output. Are you setting the environment variable in a shell/terminal and running your application from there after setting the variable? If the output is not markedly different with and without that variable set it does not sound right.

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    B_R_Khan
    wrote on last edited by B_R_Khan
    #17

    @JonB

    I ran export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 in a new terminal and then ran flameshot/ gnuplot commands . Flameshot gives:

    QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/usr/bin/platforms" ...
    qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in ""
    This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
    
    Aborted (core dumped)
    

    Gnuplot gives following when I try to plot anything:

    Terminal type is now 'qt'
    gnuplot> plot sin(x)/x  
    QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/usr/lib/gnuplot/platforms" ...
    qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in ""
    This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
    
    Could not connect to existing gnuplot_qt. Starting a new one.
    QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/usr/lib/gnuplot/platforms" ...
    qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in ""
    This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
    

    I hope I followed your instructions correctly . I am using paraview as well which requires qt and it is running fine.
    I also want to mention that I get the following when I try the command qmake --version:
    QMake version 3.1
    Using Qt version 5.12.8 in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

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    • SGaistS Offline
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      SGaist
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      wrote on last edited by
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      What output do you get from paraview if you set QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS to 1 ?

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      • SGaistS SGaist

        What output do you get from paraview if you set QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS to 1 ?

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        B_R_Khan
        wrote on last edited by
        #19

        @SGaist
        I get the following output:

        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/platforms" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so"
        Found metadata in lib /home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so, metadata=
        {
            "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
            "MetaData": {
                "Keys": [
                    "xcb"
                ]
            },
            "archreq": 0,
            "className": "QXcbIntegrationPlugin",
            "debug": false,
            "version": 330752
        }
        
        
        Got keys from plugin meta data ("xcb")
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/bin/platforms" ...
        loaded library "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so"
        loaded library "Xcursor"
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/platformthemes" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/bin/platformthemes" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/platforminputcontexts" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libcomposeplatforminputcontextplugin.so"
        Found metadata in lib /home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libcomposeplatforminputcontextplugin.so, metadata=
        {
            "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPlatformInputContextFactoryInterface.5.1",
            "MetaData": {
                "Keys": [
                    "compose",
                    "xim"
                ]
            },
            "archreq": 0,
            "className": "QComposePlatformInputContextPlugin",
            "debug": false,
            "version": 330752
        }
        
        
        Got keys from plugin meta data ("compose", "xim")
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/bin/platforminputcontexts" ...
        loaded library "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libcomposeplatforminputcontextplugin.so"
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/styles" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/bin/styles" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/iconengines" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/iconengines/libqsvgicon.so"
        Found metadata in lib /home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/iconengines/libqsvgicon.so, metadata=
        {
            "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QIconEngineFactoryInterface",
            "MetaData": {
                "Keys": [
                    "svg",
                    "svgz",
                    "svg.gz"
                ]
            },
            "archreq": 0,
            "className": "QSvgIconPlugin",
            "debug": false,
            "version": 330752
        }
        
        
        Got keys from plugin meta data ("svg", "svgz", "svg.gz")
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/bin/iconengines" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/imageformats" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/imageformats/libqsvg.so"
        Found metadata in lib /home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/imageformats/libqsvg.so, metadata=
        {
            "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QImageIOHandlerFactoryInterface",
            "MetaData": {
                "Keys": [
                    "svg",
                    "svgz"
                ],
                "MimeTypes": [
                    "image/svg+xml",
                    "image/svg+xml-compressed"
                ]
            },
            "archreq": 0,
            "className": "QSvgPlugin",
            "debug": false,
            "version": 330752
        }
        
        
        Got keys from plugin meta data ("svg", "svgz")
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/bin/imageformats" ...
        loaded library "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/imageformats/libqsvg.so"
        loaded library "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/iconengines/libqsvgicon.so"
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/accessible" ...
        QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/bin/accessible" ...
        VisRTX 0.1.6, using devices:
         0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU (Total: 4.1 GB, Available: 4.0 GB)
        debug: In unknown, line 0
        debug: QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/xcbglintegrations" ...
        debug: In unknown, line 0
        debug: QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at "/home/b/OpenFOAM/ParaView-5.9.1/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so"
        
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          hskoglund
          wrote on last edited by
          #20

          Hi, paraview works because is using it's own Qt (version 5.9.1).
          On the same PC you also have Qt version 5.12.8 and 5.12.9 installed. Having more than one version of Qt installed on the same computer is always risky :.-(
          Try to get rid of that qt5-default Qt version 5.12.8 and instead install complete versions of flameshot and gnuplot (so that they get also get their own, internal Qt version, like paraview has now).

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            #21

            I am using a remote Jupyter notebook and trying to start the qtconsole but getting the following error.

            qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display :0
            qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
            This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

            Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, webgl, xcb.

            I have tried both
            export DISPLAY=:0
            $
            export DISPLAY=:1

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              SGaist
              Lifetime Qt Champion
              wrote on last edited by
              #22

              When you say remote, how are you accessing it ?

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              • SGaistS SGaist

                When you say remote, how are you accessing it ?

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                wrote on last edited by muhammad4997
                #23

                @SGaist I access it via IP and port like
                http://<IP>:8999

                The Jupyter is deployed on another server machine

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                  SGaist
                  Lifetime Qt Champion
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #24

                  So you have a JupyterLab session running ?

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                  • SGaistS SGaist

                    So you have a JupyterLab session running ?

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                    muhammad4997
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #25

                    @SGaist No its not a JupyterLab session. It is only notebook running on a remote machine. On remote machine i installed it via
                    "pip install notebook"

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                      SGaist
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                      #26

                      What is your exact setup ?
                      You seem to be running your notebook in a browser.

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                      Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                      • SGaistS SGaist

                        Hi,

                        Any chances that your desktop environment runs on top of Wayland ?

                        What are you currently using ?

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                        @SGaist Hello, I got the same problem as this post "qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display. qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found. And I am installing code_saturne v7.2.0 in WSL ubuntu 20.04.5. It seems like my laptop environment runs on Wayland, since when I use synaptic, it showed that: 'Probably you're running Synaptic on Wayland with root permission.
                        Please restart your session without Wayland, or run Synaptic without root permission.'
                        Do you have any suggestions about this? Very appreciate.

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                        • X Ximeng

                          @SGaist Hello, I got the same problem as this post "qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display. qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found. And I am installing code_saturne v7.2.0 in WSL ubuntu 20.04.5. It seems like my laptop environment runs on Wayland, since when I use synaptic, it showed that: 'Probably you're running Synaptic on Wayland with root permission.
                          Please restart your session without Wayland, or run Synaptic without root permission.'
                          Do you have any suggestions about this? Very appreciate.

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                          SGaist
                          Lifetime Qt Champion
                          wrote on last edited by
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                          @Ximeng hi and welcome to devnet,

                          Did you try to use the Qt version provided by your distribution ? It should be configured to be directly usable under Wayland.

                          Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
                          Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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