user85602: I installed arduino 1.8.19 (64-bit) on a Fedora Linux 35 Workstation Edition system. When I started the IDE, and selected the "Open" menu icon, the menu item list appeared, but there was no text displayed with the items. I could open sub-menu items, but there was still no text. It looked like:

I tried several other 1.8.x versions, but with the same result. I haven't found any discussion about this on the Web. so I suspect that it is problem with my configuration. Nevertheless, any suggestions will be most welcome. I have not tried to install the IDE on Windows 10, but that is an option.

user85602: There is a incompatibility between Arduino 1.8.19 and Fedora 35. On another PC, where I was running an older version of Arduino, I upgraded to Fedora 36 and the upgrade warned me of the incompatibility with the older Arduino and Fedora 36 and said it was deleting Arduino. After the Fedora upgrade completed, I installed Arduino 1.8.19 and it worked as expected. When I upgraded the original PC, the one with the no text in the menus, to Fedora 36, the menus also worked as expected. Hallelujah!! So, all is well and I have my answer. Thanks for your replies.


85602: <p>I installed arduino 1.8.19 (64-bit) on a Fedora Linux 35 Workstation Edition system. When I started the IDE, and selected the &quot;Open&quot; menu icon, the menu item list appeared, but there was no text displayed with the items. I could open sub-menu items, but there was still no text. It looked like:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2tnVL.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2tnVL.png" alt="The &quot;Open&quot; menu with no text" /></a></p>
<p>I tried several other 1.8.x versions, but with the same result. I haven't found any discussion about this on the Web. so I suspect that it is problem with my configuration. Nevertheless, any suggestions will be most welcome. I have not tried to install the IDE on Windows 10, but that is an option.</p>
 85602: <p>There is a incompatibility between Arduino 1.8.19 and Fedora 35. On another PC, where I was running an older version of Arduino, I upgraded to Fedora 36 and the upgrade warned me of the incompatibility with the older Arduino and Fedora 36 and said it was deleting Arduino. After the Fedora upgrade completed, I installed Arduino 1.8.19 and it worked as expected. When I upgraded the original PC, the one with the no text in the menus, to Fedora 36, the menus also worked as expected. Hallelujah!! So, all is well and I have my answer. Thanks for your replies.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CH4p8.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CH4p8.png" alt="Arduino 1.8.19 and Fedora 36 are working as expected" /></a></p>
