GLX error when opening anaconda navigator

Product Help Anaconda Navigator
1

I just installed Anaconda and when I try to call anaconda-navigator, I get this;

$ anaconda-navigator
qt.glx: qglx_findConfig: Failed to finding matching FBConfig for QSurfaceFormat(version 2.0, options QFlagsQSurfaceFormat::FormatOption(), depthBufferSize -1, redBufferSize 1, greenBufferSize 1, blueBufferSize 1, alphaBufferSize -1, stencilBufferSize -1, samples -1, swapBehavior QSurfaceFormat::SingleBuffer, swapInterval 1, colorSpace QSurfaceFormat::DefaultColorSpace, profile QSurfaceFormat::NoProfile)
qt.glx: qglx_findConfig: Failed to finding matching FBConfig for QSurfaceFormat(version 2.0, options QFlagsQSurfaceFormat::FormatOption(), depthBufferSize -1, redBufferSize 1, greenBufferSize 1, blueBufferSize 1, alphaBufferSize -1, stencilBufferSize -1, samples -1, swapBehavior QSurfaceFormat::SingleBuffer, swapInterval 1, colorSpace QSurfaceFormat::DefaultColorSpace, profile QSurfaceFormat::NoProfile)
Could not initialize GLX
Aborted (core dumped)

$ lscpu
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes: 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 16
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-15
Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD
Model name: AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with Radeon Graphics
CPU family: 23
Model: 104
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 8
Socket(s): 1
Stepping: 1
CPU(s) scaling MHz: 25%
CPU max MHz: 4372.0000
CPU min MHz: 400.0000
BogoMIPS: 3593.43
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge m
ca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall
nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep
_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf ra
pl pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2
movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_leg
acy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnow
prefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core
perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb cat_l3 cdp_l3
hw_pstate ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase bm
i1 avx2 smep bmi2 cqm rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt
clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 cqm_llc cqm_occup
_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local clzero irperf xsaveer
ptr rdpru wbnoinvd cppc arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_sa
ve tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists paus
efilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif v_spec_c
trl umip rdpid overflow_recov succor smca
Virtualization features:
Virtualization: AMD-V
Caches (sum of all):
L1d: 256 KiB (8 instances)
L1i: 256 KiB (8 instances)
L2: 4 MiB (8 instances)
L3: 8 MiB (2 instances)
NUMA:
NUMA node(s): 1
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-15
Vulnerabilities:
Gather data sampling: Not affected
Itlb multihit: Not affected
L1tf: Not affected
Mds: Not affected
Meltdown: Not affected
Mmio stale data: Not affected
Reg file data sampling: Not affected
Retbleed: Mitigation; untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with S
TIBP protection
Spec rstack overflow: Mitigation; Safe RET
Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prct
l
Spectre v1: Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointe
r sanitization
Spectre v2: Mitigation; Retpolines; IBPB conditional; STIBP always
-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS Not affected; BHI Not af
fected
Srbds: Not affected
Tsx async abort: Not affected

$ glxinfo | grep “OpenGL”
OpenGL vendor string: AMD
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi, renoir, LLVM 19.1.1, DRM 3.57, 6.8.0-52-generic)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

$ conda list qt
conda list pyqt
conda list mesa
packages in environment at /home/veronica/anaconda3:
Name Version Build Channel
aws-c-mqtt 0.7.13 h5eee18b_0
pyqt 5.15.10 py312h6a678d5_1
pyqt5-sip 12.13.0 py312h5eee18b_1
pyqtwebengine 5.15.10 py312h6a678d5_1
qt 5.15.9 h06a4308_0
qt-main 5.15.2 hb6262e9_11
qt-webengine 5.15.9 h9ab4d14_7
qtawesome 1.3.1 py312h06a4308_0
qtconsole 5.6.1 py312h06a4308_0
qtpy 2.4.1 py312h06a4308_0
sphinxcontrib-qthelp 1.0.3 pyhd3eb1b0_0
superqt 0.6.7 py312he106c6f_0
packages in environment at /home/veronica/anaconda3:
Name Version Build Channel
pyqt 5.15.10 py312h6a678d5_1
pyqt5-sip 12.13.0 py312h5eee18b_1
pyqtwebengine 5.15.10 py312h6a678d5_1
packages in environment at /home/veronica/anaconda3:
Name Version Build Channel

I have updated and upgraded everything including anaconda-navigator, qt, pyqt, and libglx-mesa0.

I dont understand what the problem is.

2

Got the same error. Problem for me was that anaconda tried to run with intel
instead of nvidia.
If
prime-select query
returns “on-demand” it might be the same for you.

Solved it this way:
sudo apt install nvidia-prime

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia anaconda-navigator
this does the same as prime-run anaconda-navigator in manjaro.

if this works, then create an alias. Beyond example is for bash with “an” instead of anaconda-navigator

touch ~/.bash_aliases
echo 'alias an="__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia anaconda-navigator"' >> ~/.bash_aliases
source ~/.bash_aliases
3

@Veronica We have launched an update with a fix today, you can apply it by running this command:

conda update -n base conda

The installer with the fix will be launched on the 18 of February.

5

The installer that will be available tomorrow will work with NVIDIA GFX cards correct? I’ve run sudo apt install nvidia-prime along with the other commands above and keep getting the same error as the OP.