Whenever I open blender I cannot see anything in the viewport: no grid, no objects, nothing. It was suggested that it might be a hardware issue, if so how do I fix it?
This is what I see:
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Could you provide a screenshot so that we can see what you see? Please help us help you. – Elder Geek Jul 13 '14 at 02:12
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no I need 10 reps before I can post a picture – Tom Jul 13 '14 at 02:17
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upload it to imgur.com and post the link. Thank you! – Elder Geek Jul 13 '14 at 02:18
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http://i.imgur.com/woPFGC4.png – Tom Jul 13 '14 at 02:21
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What do you expect to see that you aren't seeing? – Elder Geek Jul 13 '14 at 17:36
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I am expecting to see the Grid and objects, I have not made any changes to the settings. I simply installed it and opened it and this is what I saw – Tom Jul 13 '14 at 21:33
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I have no idea what is causing this glitch, but you should try the latest version of Blender instead of the outdated version in Ubuntu’s repositories.
Download it from the Official Blender website.
Maybe this is a bug related to the version of Blender, not to your system; in this case, using a more recent version should fix it.
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This question has more info on getting up to date versions. 2.62 is about 2.5 years old. – sambler Jul 13 '14 at 05:08
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I am using the updated version as well, I tried the old version when I was getting the same problem with new 2.71 version. – Tom Jul 13 '14 at 11:15
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Sorry I can't help you then. You should try asking this question also in http://blender.stackexchange.com/ – Rodrigo Oliveira Jul 13 '14 at 14:38
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In the View menu, there is an option called View Properties, which has a button to turn the grid on or off.
source (and further commentary on this topic) http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?118080-grid-visibility
If that fails, look here: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/8303/grid-floor-disappears-and-cannot-see-outline-of-selected-objects
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Thanks but I have tried this option already and again but I am still not seeing anything.. – Tom Jul 13 '14 at 11:16