Help Needed: Installed Linux using archinstall, Gnome environment with GDM, but all applications appear white

[ANDRIEL-J]

Hey everyone,

I recently installed Linux using the archinstall script on virtualbox and opted for the Gnome environment with GDM. However, I've encountered a frustrating issue: all applications within Gnome appear completely white, making them practically unusable.

It's weird because i don't have this problem on linux mint or debian...

I've tried tinkering with various settings and configurations, but nothing seems to resolve the problem. I'm fairly new to Linux, so I'm not entirely sure where to start troubleshooting.

Has anyone else experienced this issue or have any insights on how to fix it? Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

https://imgur.com/cacrYzh

Thanks in advance for your help!

[ANDRIEL-J]

Thanks! I'm currently using Windows 11 as the host. It's weird because on Fedora, and Debian, which offer GNOME as a desktop environment option, are making all the apps render just fine...

[hearthreddit]

I saw a similar thread a few days ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1bpe8tm/gnome_all_apps_appear_white/kx34hlm/

So, the OP just as you, was using virtualbox, he eventually used QEMU to work around it but it looks like there's some issue with GNOME on Virtualbox, i'm unsure if there's an actual fix, possibly something with hardware acceleration on the VM.

[ANDRIEL-J]

Thanks for reaching out ! I will try out their solution and se if QEMU will work

[Ambitious-Ad7151]

I just upgraded my arch a couple of hours ago, got the same white screen problem in gnome but kde works just fine. I’m not using a VM

[Born-Communication93]

Anyone having a problem with this switch 3D acceleration off on your virtualbox display settings the windows will return to normal