I was prompted to install the latest version of anki, which resulted in a window like this. I tried 10 different things, but it seems I now have to launch it from the terminal as “QT_XCB_GL_INTEGRATION=none anki”.
AI is telling me this error might be important to include in a bug report:
ryan@rdesk:~/anki-launcher-25.09-linux$ anki --safemode
Starting Anki 25.09.4…
2026-05-10 10:01:41,668:INFO:aqt.mediasrv: Serving on [ankiweb.net considers this a link]
Starting main loop…
Qt debug: Compositor returned null texture
2026-05-10 10:01:51,990:WARNING:waitress: unhandled close event
Anki version:
Version 25.09.4 (d52ca669)
Python 3.13.5 Qt 6.9.1 Chromium 122
System details:
So it worked before you updated your linux distro? Maybe you just need to choose a different video driver. Or maybe you are missing some dependencies in the updated version, though that would be odd (the package manager should have handeled that).
I know this is late, but I never updated my Linux distro. Its the most up-to-date. I was just reporting a bug. Whatever combination of versions don’t match on my system. I understand that being on Linux I’m not prioritized, but I thought that by providing the technical details of my failure, developers might be more easily able to take into account why their changes don’t universally work.
Oh, I see. In your title you wrote “New Linux version” which I evidently misinterpreted.
What do you mean? Anki works for linux for a very long time and has fixed linux specific bugs at least as regularily as bugs for other OSes.
I use Anki myself (on debian linux) on multiple devices (and VMs). If I had issues or opened PRs specifically for linux, it always had been answered well and welcomed.
Thank you. However, more info is needed.
- What are the “10 different things” you tried?
- Did you try everything on the troubleshooting list?
- From which version did you upgrade?
- What exactly changed before your issue occured? E.g. was the only thing that changed the Anki version?
