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I am using Debian 13, Trixie with Mate. works pretty well with the exception, that the Arduino IDE version 1.18.19 fails to show the menu bar.

yes, I'm aware there are newer version of the IDE, I don't like them, prefer the old version. Ivre read other internet answers, "Press Ctl+shift+P" for page settings. An empty window appears, and the settings in there, are not solution applicable.

Try the repo version. The repo version does have the menu bar in the IDE, but is not compatible with some of the boards and libraries I use. ... An alternate question of making the niche libraries function with the repo available version is not applicable. I'll ask a separate question if I have to.

I ran strace ./arduino the only errors

Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

I think these were present in previous versions where the software was working, and exploring installation of missing modules seems to be inapplicable.

Ive tried updating versions of java and GTK to no avail. Maybe ill try roiling back the versions as this is old software.

no menu bar

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    hm, that sounds to be a bug in the Arduino IDE that just slipped by on older versions of GTK or MATE, to be completely honest. You could try whether things work in a flatpak: follow the instructions for setup on flathub.org/en/apps/cc.arduino.arduinoide Commented Sep 28 at 12:07
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    (word from a developer who sometimes does embedded stuff: Arduino IDE v1 didn't even have a debugger. That's honestly non-negotiably bad for developing stuff. Being able to say "halt! at that point, and tell me what the value of that variable is" is so valuable that I'm confused why Arduino betrayed especially people who don't program for a living from this giant simplification for so long. I'd try to become friends with an IDE that does have a debugger, and instead of Arduino IDE v2, I'd recommend Platform IDE) Commented Sep 28 at 12:12

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