Menu bar and icon options text missing in Archlinux LXQt

[severnaside]

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

[lefeverd]

Same issue here on Fedora 5.9.16-200.fc33.x86_64
openjdk version "11.0.9.1" 2020-11-04
OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.9.1+11)

Installing the latest java with sudo dnf install java-latest-openjdk (and setting it as default with sudo alternatives --config java), in addition to renaming the java folder inside the arduino directory solves the issue for now.

[facchinm]

As @lefeverd reported, it's likely to be a mismatch between the installed java version and the one used to build the IDE. The distribution from arduino.cc should be unaffected (uses the provided java folder as base jre installation) but there could be issues with other components (gtk bindings or similar).
Can any of you run the full IDE from arduino.cc (keeping the java folder) from the commandline and paste the console log here? Thanks!

[severnaside]

@facchinm, see my console output:

[chris@crt2 ~]$ arduino
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS:
Set log4j store directory /home/chris/.arduino15

It is the same, with or without the java folder.
The "Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS:" message is just what java (openjdk) writes to stderr, according to ArchWiki -Java.

If I wait approx. 1 minute, there is further output which also goes to the .arduino15 log, but this only seems to be application/url checks, see extract below:

2021-01-12T12:25:03.229Z INFO c.a.c.p.ContributionInstaller:305 [Timer-0] Start download and signature check of=[http://drazzy.com/package_drazzy.com_index.json, https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json]
2021-01-12T12:25:03.251Z INFO c.a.u.n.FileDownloaderCache:92 [Timer-0] Cache folder /home/chris/.arduino15/cache
2021-01-12T12:25:03.305Z INFO c.a.u.n.FileDownloaderCache:112 [Timer-0] Number of file already in the cache 4
2021-01-12T12:25:03.347Z INFO c.a.u.n.FileDownloaderCache:149 [Timer-0] Get file cached is expire true, exist false, info FileCached{eTag='null', lastETag='null', remoteURL='http://drazzy.com/package_drazzy.com_index.json', localPath='/home/chris/.arduino15/cache/drazzy.com/package_drazzy.com_index.json', md5='null', createdAt='2021-01-12T12:25:03.32', cacheControl=null} 
2021-01-12T12:25:03.357Z INFO c.a.u.n.HttpConnectionManager:153 [Timer-0] Connect to http://drazzy.com/package_drazzy.com_index.json, method=HEAD, request id=86FDEF1223A141E4
2021-01-12T12:25:03.569Z INFO c.a.u.n.HttpConnectionManager:157 [Timer-0] Request complete URL="http://drazzy.com/package_drazzy.com_index.json", method=HEAD, response code=206, request id=86FDEF1223A141E4, headers={Accept-Ranges=[bytes], null=[HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content], Server=[Apache/2.2.34 (Amazon)], Content-Range=[bytes 0-102310/102311], ETag=["1ea-18fa7-5b8a8b457c91b"], Connection=[close], Last-Modified=[Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:03 GMT], Content-Length=[102311], Date=[Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:25:04 GMT], Content-Type=[application/json]}
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I will mention that prior to opening this issue, I had installed ttf-ms-fonts from the AUR, and also installed OpenJDK Java 7, 8 and 11, setting them to default in turn - problem remained.

[Mimich-FR]

Same issue me too.
Achlinux,Gnome
I try with portable versions and from pacman with java 1.8 /1.15 is a same problems.

[igivis7]

I have got the same issue (Majaro KDE). This also appeared after the latest global update of the system. But in my case, it only appears when I run downloaded Arduino IDE via 'sudo'. If I run it from my normal user or from root all is ok. Also no problem with Arduino IDE installed via pacman/pamac.

[ajmbelford]

Had the same problem. after trying mods to the java file, severnaside's workaround: "In the IDE download folder there is a folder named 'java'. I renamed it to something different and launched the IDE - everything working ok. ..." was sufficient to make it usable for me.
Arduino IDE 1.8.13
5.10.10-200.fc33.x86_64 (inside KVM/QEMU on 5.10.10-200.fc33.x86_64)

[mr-vb]

I am running Fedora Core 33 (FC33) with Arduino 1.8.13. I experienced the same issue with the Menu Bar missing as well as the drop down only showing the black arrows when i started Arduino using the Activities screen pinned apps or via the search option.
I resolved the issue by going to the terminal window and running SUDO ARDUINO. Some messages went by and Arduino came up with the Menu Bar showing as it should. I then shut down the app and restarted it again at the command line using just ARDUINO and all worked as well. Then I started it again as I had been and the issue was resolved. So, it appears that the SUDO run of Arduino may have fixed what was causing the issue. HTH.

[jstoja]

@facchinm When running with the JRE shipped with version 1.8.3, I get the following error message:

Gtk-Message: 22:40:58.924: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"

Although, when upgrading Java as suggested by @lefeverd , I could see that xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 was installed at the same time. Maybe that's related?

For the next readers:

# cd in your arduino IDE extracted folder
sudo dnf install java-latest-openjdk
sudo alternatives --config java # select the number with java-latest-openjdk.x86_64
mv java{,_old}