I have an issue with my GUI where most of the tabs aren't rendering properly. I show my system specs at the end, but it's using Arch 6.18.2 with i3 as the window manager and I'm using x11 not wayland. Is there any issue causing the windows to look like this?
Hi @fruitpunchb . It looks like the same problem as was previously reported here:
opened 04:08PM - 10 Jan 21 UTC
Type: Bug
OS: Linux
Component: IDE user interface
Arduino 1.8.13 (using your Software Download) was working ok until I did an Arch… system upgrade. See screenshot below. The options are there, but not visible. If I click on "Open", for example, and blindly follow down and click on something - a sketch will open.
I did a system downgrade (rollback) using the Arch Archive to the previous upgrade date, and the IDE worked correctly again. I don't know which package(s) caused the problem as there were 124 packages upgraded after a 3-week interval (remiss of me). So, I brought my system back up-to-date and tried something else:
In the IDE download folder there is a folder named 'java'. I renamed it to something different and launched the IDE - everything working ok. **This is my solution for now.**
Being curious, I also installed the Arch Arduino 1:1.8.13-2 package using pacman package manager . I note that the 'arduino' folder /usr/share/arduino does not contain a folder 'java'. I prefer to use your Arduino Software, so I will stay with that.
I have another machine running Archlinux, it behaved the same way as above.
You may not consider this to be an arduino.cc issue, but I just wanted to make you aware.
OS: Archlinux 64-bit
Desktop: LXQt
Java Environment: java-14-openjdk
You may find a solution by reading through the comment thread on that issue.
Alternatively, unless you have a specific reason for using the outdated Arduino IDE 1.x, I recommend upgrading to Arduino IDE 2.x. You can download it from the links on the "Software" page here on the official Arduino website:
https://www.arduino.cc/en/software/#ide-download-section