Software Boutique shows blank white window

[Tstechy]

Today when I tried to run the software boutique, I just got a white window. I’m running the traditional layout, with the Marco adaptive compositor. I’ve tried it without compositing, too, but I get the same results.

Any ideas?

[wolfman]

Hi @Tstechy,

have you done all your updates?:

Ubuntu Mate Update Guide

These are my own setting preferences, use at your own risk!. AN IMPORTANT NOTE FOR LINUX BEGINNERS. WHEN YOU ARE IN RECOVERY MODE, THE KEYBOARD DEFAULTS TO US ENGLISH, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER LANGUAGE KEYBOARD OTHER THAN US ENGLISH, WHEN YOU TYPE "Y" (FOR "YES"), IT MIGHT SHOW UP AS A DIFFERENT LETTER, ON MY KEYBOARD I MUST PRESS THE "Z" KEY WHICH EQUATES TO "Y" AS I HAVE A GERMAN KEYBOARD, JUST PRESS "BACKSPACE" AND HIT A DIFFERENT KEY UNTIL YOU SEE THE "Y" SHOW UP!. Click on "Subscri…

What graphics card do you have?.

[Tstechy]

Yes, I’ve done all the updates. I have an Nvidia card. Using the proprietary driver, but choosing to use the Intel GPU in Prime Profiles.

[Tstechy]

OK, I figured out what is wrong. When I choose to use the Intel GPU, I just get a white screen. When I choose to use the NVIDIA GPU, the welcome and boutique screens work as expected. Also, if I go back to using the nouveau driver, it seems to work. Problem is, although the Nvidia driver has great performance, it does not let me suspend when I close the laptop lid…at least, it won’t recover from a suspend.

[anon94368460]

Ubuntu Mate Welcome is a python application in the back end. In the front end it’s a webpage that is rendered with webkit or webkit2. The problem is not all graphics hardware is supported by WebKit. For example, Intel 965 chipset doesn’t support WebGL.