# Level scene all black in Linux UE5

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/level-scene-all-black-in-linux-ue5/664855>\
**Category:** World Creation\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, UE5-0, Levels, editor, question\
**Created:** [October 8, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/level-scene-all-black-in-linux-ue5/664855 "2022-10-08T07:22:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nofarb17](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@nofarb17](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/nofarb17)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/level-scene-all-black-in-linux-ue5/664855/1 "2022-10-08T07:22:03Z")

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Hi folks:

Just getting back into UE5 after doing a couple of VR projects a few years ago in UE4. I’ve been working on a test project to try out using some of my mocap data with metahumans. My project had a crash yesterday, and when I get into the project, or even try to create new projects from the third person templates, My level scene screen window is completely black (including when I play the level):

I can open windows from the content drawer and see them just fine:

I tried some of the fixes here on this post, but they didn’t help (I suspect because I’m on Ubuntu 22.04 linux and the Nvidia drivers are a different beast):

> [@My whole screen went black when I opened my project](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/my-whole-screen-went-black-when-i-opened-my-project/451783):
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> When I opened my Unreal project, my screen which normally shows my scene where I build was pitch black. I couldn’t see anything from my game. The whole screen was black and I fear that I won’t be able to get my game back even though I saved. This has happened to me before, causing me to create a new project which was this one. Is there a fix so that I can get my screen back to normal and continue working? I will attach an image.

Any ideas of what is going on/how to fix it?

Thanks, Michael

 ![Screenshot from 2022-10-08 02-59-55](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/9/4/b/94b01d6565d723fb56fbb066cb78b29afdaa3518.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot from 2022-10-08 03-05-26](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/7/6/b766ff73ee4037c5909447e66d13024805fa3386.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![nofarb17](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@nofarb17](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/nofarb17)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/level-scene-all-black-in-linux-ue5/664855/2 "2022-10-13T01:34:11Z")

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OK, I found an answer here (it’s hard to search this forum):

[The viewport disappeared! How do I bring it back? - Community / Community & Industry Discussion - Unreal Engine Forums](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-viewport-disappeared-how-do-i-bring-it-back/325736)

It also got rid of the crash report when closing the project; though I’m not sure why the editor had to crash…