# Black screen on startup after seeing home page 

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 9, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719 "2023-02-09T11:43:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![GeneRisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@GeneRisi](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/GeneRisi)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719/1 "2023-02-09T11:43:30Z")

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I have 5.3.0 running on an old desktop but not on a somewhat newer laptop. are there debug levels I can set to see exactly what the problem is?

Thank you!  
Gene Risi

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**Author:** ![RafaelPalomar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/rafaelpalomar/32/1436_2.png) [@RafaelPalomar](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/RafaelPalomar)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719/2 "2023-02-09T13:02:36Z")

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Please, give more information about your setup. Which operating system are you using? Did you build Slicer yourself or did you downloaded the pre-built binaries? If you downloaded the binaries, maybe you would like to give a try to 5.2.1 (stable) instead of preview version just to see if that makes a difference.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719/3 "2023-02-09T13:04:20Z")

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Also search the forum for similar issues - there’s a lot of discussion about laptop drivers causing black screens, such as:

> [@Latest Slicer showing black screen](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/latest-slicer-showing-black-screen/14303):
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> Hi, I am using slicer version 4.11.20200930 on windows 10 Pro version 2004 - 64 bit with latest drivers running on macbook pro intel core i5-4288U @ 2.60GHz, 8.00 GB ram, Intel Iris graphics 5100 (driver date 15-05-2020 and version 20.19.15.5144) Monitor is LED TV (not routine computer monitor as the display of this laptop is spoilt) I am just getting a black screen after launching slicer. on random clicks some functions work. Earlier version with older driver was working fine. However s…

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**Author:** ![RafaelPalomar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/rafaelpalomar/32/1436_2.png) [@RafaelPalomar](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/RafaelPalomar)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719/4 "2023-02-09T13:05:49Z")

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> [@pieper](#):
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> Also search the forum for similar issues

True! Here’s another one: [Slicer Black screen on opening software](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-black-screen-on-opening-software/18091)

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**Author:** ![GeneRisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@GeneRisi](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/GeneRisi)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719/5 "2023-02-10T22:08:29Z")

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Hello,  
I am running Win 10 Pro and a pre-built binary. I tried 5.2.1 and got the same results (also, similiar to others, there does appear to be a home screen behind it, with right clicking giving different options, etc.  
I can run 5.3 on my older home machine and I am trying a “last-ditch” effort to run 5.3 under a dual boot Linux environment on my laptop. I realize the hardware is old (by laptop standards 😀)  
Thank you!  
Gene

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**Author:** ![GeneRisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@GeneRisi](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/GeneRisi)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-startup-after-seeing-home-page/27719/6 "2023-02-16T19:35:10Z")

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I installed Ubuntu on the laptop and am running the Linux version of 5.3.0 without any problems.