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Desynqe

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Registered: 2023-03-23

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Arduino IDE 2.1.1 infinite loading screen on launch

I'm trying to use Arduino's IDE for uni using the arduino-ide-bin package from the AUR.
I followed the Wiki's instructions from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arduino#Installation. This didn't work. I would get an infinite loading screen of the Arduino logo 'bouncing' on a blank background.

I tried their Appimage and Flatpak, but neither of those worked, giving the same result. The Flatpak version works as expected on Zorin OS (Ubuntu based). I get the same result when using Appimages of 2.1.0 and 2.0.3 (downloaded from Arduino's GitHub page).

I put the logs in this post https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide2-1-1-stu … /1149241/2 that I got when launching the AUR version.

I was hesitant to post here but since Flatpaks and Appimages don't work on Arch but do on Ubuntu I guess it's something to do with my Arch install. Has anyone been successful in using the Arudino IDE? What made it work?

Thanks in advance. I'm new to the forum so let me know what more I should add here/do better.

Last edited by Desynqe (2023-08-07 05:01:02)

twelveeighty

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Registered: 2011-09-04

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Re: Arduino IDE 2.1.1 infinite loading screen on launch

Please revert to the official arduino package from [extra] and launch the IDE from a terminal. Is there an exception trace echoed back?

Desynqe

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Registered: 2023-03-23

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Re: Arduino IDE 2.1.1 infinite loading screen on launch

Installing the 'arduino' package and running from terminal only shows:

➜  ~ arduino
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: 

and then launches successfully. It seems functional and is able to detect my board.

Journalctl -b in case it helps. https://pastebin.com/UdyX2ABB

Last edited by Desynqe (2023-08-07 22:01:18)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Arduino IDE 2.1.1 infinite loading screen on launch

What window manager are you using? There are a few special considerations you'll have to take for most tiling WMs, see e.g.: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Java#G … ly_closing

Desynqe

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Registered: 2023-03-23

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Re: Arduino IDE 2.1.1 infinite loading screen on launch

I've been hopping between window managers and DEs to see what I like. I get the same results when launching the 2.1.1 IDE on bspwm, Sway, KDE, and GNOME. Those 4 are all currently installed. This is what it looks like on GNOME https://imgur.com/a/7JWqCxc

Last edited by Desynqe (2023-08-07 22:42:16)