# Major graphics glitch on Debian/Ubuntu

**URL:** https://discourse.gplates.org/t/major-graphics-glitch-on-debian-ubuntu/893
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [29 May 2024 15:49 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/major-graphics-glitch-on-debian-ubuntu/893 "2024-05-29T15:49:25Z")
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### Author: ![john.cannon](https://discourse.gplates.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@john.cannon](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/john.cannon)
#### Post date: [29 May 2024 16:35 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/major-graphics-glitch-on-debian-ubuntu/893/2 "2024-05-29T16:35:45Z")

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For Ubuntu 23.10 and above, unfortunately you need to run GPlates from the command-line as:

```auto
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb gplates

```

See [this post](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/release-gplates-as-snap-or-flatpak-for-linux/696/2) for more info. It’s also mentioned on the [download page](https://www.earthbyte.org/download-gplates-2-5/).

This is a workaround for an OpenGL initialisation issue on Wayland, which will go away once we’ve finished porting OpenGL to Vulkan (for GPlates 3.0).

By the way, I will soon add a new GPlates package for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS so others don’t have to compile it.

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