# Deck Options not opening

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deck-options-not-opening/53334>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 18, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deck-options-not-opening/53334 "2024-12-18T11:20:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aleksej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aleksej](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aleksej)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deck-options-not-opening/53334/1 "2024-12-18T11:20:36Z")

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Version ⁨24.11 (87ccd24e)⁩  
Python 3.9.18 Qt 6.6.2 PyQt 6.6.1

The Options button and the gear button do nothing. Nothing in the terminal. Same in safe mode.  
On Debian, I switched from Xfce to GNOME Classic (Wayland) recently, changed the video driver, and moved /home to a new drive by copying it using a program that lost permissions and symlinks.  
Everything relevant in the home directory is owned by the user and writable, and Anki itself is readable and seems to work fine except for this part.

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**Author:** ![llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@llama](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/llama)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deck-options-not-opening/53334/2 "2024-12-18T11:27:31Z")

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If you’re talking about the options button on the bottom toolbar, then it’s a link along with the gears button, so it might be a connectivity issue

[Anki must be able to connect to a local port - Anki FAQs](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/anki-must-be-able-to-connect-to-a-local-port.html)

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**Author:** ![Aleksej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aleksej](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aleksej)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deck-options-not-opening/53334/3 "2024-12-19T00:55:56Z")

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In safe mode:

```auto
anki-24.11rc2-linux-qt6►./anki
Anki starting...
Initial setup...
Preparing to run...
2024-12-19 :INFO:aqt.mediasrv: Serving on http://127.0.0.1:37027
Starting main loop...

```

```auto
Nmap scan report for localhost (127.0.0.1)
Host is up (0.00014s latency).

PORT STATE SERVICE
37027/tcp open unknown

```

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**Author:** ![Aleksej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aleksej](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aleksej)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deck-options-not-opening/53334/4 "2024-12-20T03:23:28Z")

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Based on what happened with other windows recently, I initially suspected GNOME of putting the window somewhere wrong or sizing it very small, though it does not appear in window lists.  
After importing an automatic backup into another profile, deck options still open in that profile, but importing it into its own profile does not help.

Renaming the profile folder and creating a profile with the new name helped. But now window sizes are not retained.

`prefs21.db` seems to contain window geometry and some movies2anki-related stuff. [Managing Files - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/files.html?highlight=prefs.db#file-locations) still says it’s `prefs.db`.

I just found the “Reset Window Sizes” button in Preferences. I renamed the profile back and used that button, with the same result as renaming the profile had.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deck-options-not-opening/53334/5 "2025-01-19T03:24:29Z")

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