Eric Problem

Mick Sulley mick at sulley.info
Fri Oct 17 09:58:00 BST 2025


Hi Detlev,

Just tried it again and it is working fine.  I have not changed anything 
so no idea why.  I am on Mint 21.3 and 22.2 is available so I will 
upgrade anyway.

Thanks for your help

Mick


On 17/10/2025 06:41, Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had seen a similar issue, which got resolved by installing Mint 
> upgrades.
>
> Detlev
>
> Am 16.10.2025 23:46 schrieb Mick Sulley <mick at sulley.info>:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Been using eric for many years, but today when I started it it
>     asked me
>     if I wanted to restore a session which I did, but then when it
>     opened it
>     just displayed a black screen.  I renamed eric_ide and reinstalled
>     following the "Linux and macOS" (I am on Linux Mint) instructions
>     on the
>     website.
>
>     If I start it from the menu I see the initial eric screen but then
>     that
>     closes.  If I start it from a terminal I get this -
>
>     mick at DeskMint21:~/eric_env/bin$ ./eric7_ide
>     Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_GB'could not be loaded.
>     Using default.
>     MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete
>     MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.723419:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.723456:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.723463:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display
>     type
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781353:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781381:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781388:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781397:ERROR:gl_display.cc(801)]
>     Initialization
>     of all EGL display types failed.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781405:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)]
>     GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed.
>     MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.997531:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.997585:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.997596:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display
>     type
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038334:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038358:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038363:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038369:ERROR:gl_display.cc(801)]
>     Initialization
>     of all EGL display types failed.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038373:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)]
>     GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed.
>     Aborted (core dumped)
>     mick at DeskMint21:~/eric_env/bin$
>
>
>
> Am 16.10.2025 23:46 schrieb Mick Sulley <mick at sulley.info>:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Been using eric for many years, but today when I started it it
>     asked me
>     if I wanted to restore a session which I did, but then when it
>     opened it
>     just displayed a black screen.  I renamed eric_ide and reinstalled
>     following the "Linux and macOS" (I am on Linux Mint) instructions
>     on the
>     website.
>
>     If I start it from the menu I see the initial eric screen but then
>     that
>     closes.  If I start it from a terminal I get this -
>
>     mick at DeskMint21:~/eric_env/bin$ ./eric7_ide
>     Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_GB'could not be loaded.
>     Using default.
>     MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete
>     MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.723419:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.723456:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.723463:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display
>     type
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781353:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781381:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781388:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781397:ERROR:gl_display.cc(801)]
>     Initialization
>     of all EGL display types failed.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781405:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)]
>     GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed.
>     MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.997531:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.997585:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.997596:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display
>     type
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038334:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038358:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038363:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038369:ERROR:gl_display.cc(801)]
>     Initialization
>     of all EGL display types failed.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038373:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)]
>     GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed.
>     Aborted (core dumped)
>     mick at DeskMint21:~/eric_env/bin$
>
>
>
> Am 16.10.2025 23:46 schrieb Mick Sulley <mick at sulley.info>:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Been using eric for many years, but today when I started it it
>     asked me
>     if I wanted to restore a session which I did, but then when it
>     opened it
>     just displayed a black screen.  I renamed eric_ide and reinstalled
>     following the "Linux and macOS" (I am on Linux Mint) instructions
>     on the
>     website.
>
>     If I start it from the menu I see the initial eric screen but then
>     that
>     closes.  If I start it from a terminal I get this -
>
>     mick at DeskMint21:~/eric_env/bin$ ./eric7_ide
>     Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_GB'could not be loaded.
>     Using default.
>     MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete
>     MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.723419:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.723456:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.723463:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display
>     type
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781353:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781381:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781388:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781397:ERROR:gl_display.cc(801)]
>     Initialization
>     of all EGL display types failed.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.781405:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)]
>     GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed.
>     MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.997531:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.997585:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223033.997596:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGL failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display
>     type
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038334:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(44)]
>     Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289:
>     Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     ERR: Display.cpp:1083 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error
>     12289: Could not create a backing OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038358:ERROR:gl_display.cc(497)] EGL Driver
>     message (Critical) eglInitialize: Could not create a backing
>     OpenGL context.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038363:ERROR:gl_display.cc(767)]
>     eglInitialize
>     OpenGLES failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038369:ERROR:gl_display.cc(801)]
>     Initialization
>     of all EGL display types failed.
>     [49658:49699:1016/223034.038373:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(26)]
>     GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed.
>     Aborted (core dumped)
>     mick at DeskMint21:~/eric_env/bin$
>
>
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