Stellarium won't start after upgrade to Ubuntu Linux 22.04.5

[Troy Galebach]

Has anyone else seen this issue?  After my upgrade of Ubuntu to 22.04 Stellarium will no longer start. installing the latest snap doesn't clear up the issue either.

Regards,

Troy

[Paul Gilmartin]

On 8/11/25 09:24, Troy Galebach wrote:
> Has anyone else seen this issue?  After my upgrade of Ubuntu to 22.04 Stellarium will no longer start. installing the latest snap doesn't clear up the issue either.

> ...
o What command are you using to start it?
Can you try "type stellarium">
o What error messages do you see?
o What do you see in log.txt?

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gil

[Michael Kibat]

I too have this problem. My shortcut is pinned to my and when I select it it highlights for a second, then nothing ever appears on the screen. My log file reads:

2025-08-22T11:20:00
Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Compiled using GCC 13.2.0
Qt runtime version: 5.15.13
Qt compilation version: 5.15.13
Addressing mode: 64-bit
MemTotal:       16169820 kB
MemFree:        11007356 kB
MemAvailable:   13116832 kB
SwapTotal:       3905532 kB
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU         650  @ 3.20GHz
cpu MHz : 1197.760
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU         650  @ 3.20GHz
cpu MHz : 1462.486
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU         650  @ 3.20GHz
cpu MHz : 1348.772
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU         650  @ 3.20GHz
cpu MHz : 1492.171
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
/usr/bin/stellarium -f no
 -------------------------------------------------------------
[ This is Stellarium 24.4 (v24.4.0) - https://stellarium.org/ ]
[ Copyright (C) 2000-2024 Stellarium Developers               ]
 -------------------------------------------------------------
Writing log file to: /home/kibatme/.stellarium/log.txt
File search paths:
 [0]: /home/kibatme/.stellarium
 [1]: /usr/share/stellarium
Config file: /home/kibatme/.stellarium/config.ini
Default surface format:  QSurfaceFormat(version 2.0, options QFlags<QSurfaceFormat::FormatOption>(), depthBufferSize -1, redBufferSize -1, greenBufferSize -1, blueBufferSize -1, alphaBufferSize -1, stencilBufferSize -1, samples -1, swapBehavior QSurfaceFormat::DefaultSwapBehavior, swapInterval 1, colorSpace QSurfaceFormat::DefaultColorSpace, profile  QSurfaceFormat::NoProfile)
OpenGL module type: desktop OpenGL
Warning: Setting a new default format with a different version or profile after the global shared context is created may cause issues with context sharing.
Default surface format:  QSurfaceFormat(version 3.3, options QFlags<QSurfaceFormat::FormatOption>(), depthBufferSize 24, redBufferSize 8, greenBufferSize 8, blueBufferSize 8, alphaBufferSize -1, stencilBufferSize 8, samples -1, swapBehavior QSurfaceFormat::DefaultSwapBehavior, swapInterval 1, colorSpace QSurfaceFormat::DefaultColorSpace, profile  QSurfaceFormat::CoreProfile)
OpenGL module type: desktop OpenGL
StelGLWidget constructor
StelGraphicsScene constructor
QWaylandGLContext: failed to create EGLContext, error=3009
QOpenGLWidget: Failed to create context
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::setRenderHint: Painter must be active to set rendering hints
QPainter::setRenderHint: Painter must be active to set rendering hints
QPainter::worldTransform: Painter not active
QPainter::save: Painter not active
QPainter::restore: Unbalanced save/restore
QPainter::setWorldTransform: Painter not active
QPainter::end: Painter not active, aborted
QWaylandGLContext: failed to create EGLContext, error=3009
QWaylandGLContext: failed to create EGLContext, error=3009
qt.qpa.backingstore: composeAndFlush: QOpenGLContext creation failed

[Georg Zotti]

I see an error around wayland. On some systems (and I guess your 15-year old) you must force X11.

[Alexander V. Wolf]

Please try to use package from our PPA

With best regards, Alexander Wolf.

Сб, 23 авг. 2025 г. в 22:36, Georg Zotti <georg...@univie.ac.at>:

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[Paul Gilmartin]

On 8/23/25 09:29, Michael Kibat wrote:
> I too have this problem. My shortcut is pinned to my and when I select it it highlights for a second, then nothing ever appears on the screen. My log file reads:
>
> 2025-08-22T11:20:00
> Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

> ...
> /usr/bin/stellarium -f no
> ...
Is an Ubuntu "shortcut" like a POSIX symbolic link?
Guided by the meager information in :
5.1.2 macOS
installation directory This is found inside the application bundle, Stellarium.app. See The
Anatomy of macOS App Bundles4 or Bundle Programming Guide5 for more information.
4https://www.maketecheasier.com/anatomy-macos-app-bundles/

To avoid typing a long command, I tried creating a symbolic link:
506 $ ls -l bin/stellarium
lrwxr-xr-x 1 paulgilm admin 54 Dec 29 2024 bin/stellarium -> /Applications/Stellarium.app/Contents/MacOS/stellarium

I saw no reason that should not have worked, but repeatably:
507 $ bin/stellarium
[ 0.003][WARN] Could not find the Qt platform plugin "cocoa" in ""
[ 0.003][FATAL] This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Abort trap: 6 bin/stellarium

I have alternatives, but I suspect this surprise could
be mitigated by adding early in startup something similar to:
argv[ 0 ] = realpath( argv[ 0 ], NULL );

... but I haven't the coding skill to try a build or even to find
the point in the source where such a change could be made.

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Thanks,
gil

[Michael Kibat]

Thanks for the advice, Alexander. I did add your PPA and reinstalled to version 25.2. Same problem.

HOWEVER, when I right click on the pinned icon I see multiple options for launching, and selecting 'Open with QPA platform XCB' it loads right up and works just fine...problem solved.

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[Jonathan Roumie]

Do that immediately

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