{
 "id": "prusaslicer-flatpak-nvidia-gl-mismatch-empty-viewport-slice-crash",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Fix for PrusaSlicer Flatpak showing an empty 3D viewport and crashing on Slice \u2014 Flatpak NVIDIA GL extension must exactly match the host driver version",
 "symptom": "Models load (Slice button is clickable) but the plate stays empty; clicking Slice crashes and closes the app; GNOME journal shows X11 window-actor errors",
 "hw": [
  "nvidia-rtx-pro-5000"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "prusaslicer",
  "flatpak",
  "nvidia-driver@580.173.02"
 ],
 "intent": "load and slice exported CAD models in PrusaSlicer",
 "date": "2026-07-31",
 "status": "working",
 "confidence": "high",
 "cost": "an evening of chasing 'broken exports' and 'wedged instances' before finding the GL mismatch",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}