Search pallet and central editor part is weird

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

my cursor when opened doesn’t show the editor as it used to be. and with ctrl+ p for example show empty content. I can click a file from side file explorer panel to open it but opens only one file at a time. This happens from the recent version installation"

Steps to Reproduce

open cursor with “cursor .” from terminal.

Expected Behavior

The editor part is weird as explained above.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 2.4.37
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 7b9c34466f5c119e93c3e654bb80fe9306b6cc70
Date: 2026-02-12T23:15:35.107Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-94-generic

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. This looks like a known Linux rendering issue, and there are a few similar reports.

A few things you can try:

  1. Run Cursor with GPU acceleration disabled:

    cursor --disable-gpu

  2. If you’re on Wayland, force X11 rendering:

    cursor --ozone-platform=x11

  3. You can also try combining flags:

    cursor --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-software-rasterizer

If any of these help, you can make the flags permanent by adding them to your .desktop file.

A couple quick questions:

  • Are you using Wayland or Xorg?
  • What GPU do you have, and which driver are you using (proprietary or open source)?

Related threads for reference:

Let me know how it goes.