Blender dont display the button icons in windows 7 #39716

System Information
Windows

Blender Version
2.7

Short description of error
Blender dont display the button icons in windows 7

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Install and run blender

Changed status to: 'Open'

Added subscriber: @VixCosmen

Added subscriber: @mont29

If this was a general case under win7, it would have been reported thousands of times already (and fixed, btw). Henceforth, we need you to complete the info, as per the submitting template (GPU and exact driver version)…

You may also try to change OpenGL settings in user preferences, System tab, to see whether you can fix your issue (and be sure to have up to date drivers). A screen shot might help too.

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

No answer since one week.

Changed status from 'Archived' to: 'Open'

Added subscriber: @maksha

I had the same issue as poster. Running on Windows 7 32-bit.

Blank buttons screenshot:

System tab screenshot:

system-information.txt:

============================================
= Blender 2.70 (sub 0) System Information =
============================================


Blender:
============================================

version 2.70 (sub 0), branch b'master', commit date b'2014-03-19' b'05:02', hash b'19e627c', b'Release'
build date: b'2014-03-19', b'20:44:00'
platform: b'Windows:64bit'
binary path: 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\blender.exe'
build cflags: b'-DWITH_FREESTYLE /nologo /J /W3 /Gd /w34062 /wd4018 /wd4065 /wd4127 /wd4181 /wd4200 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4305 /wd4800 /we4013 /we4431 /openmp -O2 /Ob2 -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -D_LIB -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -DOPJ_STATIC -DWITH_MOD_FLUID -DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM -D__LITTLE_ENDIAN__ -DWITH_AUDASPACE -DWITH_AVI -DWITH_OPENNL -DWITH_BOOL_COMPAT'
build cxxflags: b'/nologo /J /W3 /Gd /w34062 /wd4018 /wd4065 /wd4127 /wd4181 /wd4200 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4305 /wd4800 /we4013 /we4431 /openmp /EHsc -O2 /Ob2 -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -D_LIB -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -DOPJ_STATIC -DWITH_MOD_FLUID -DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM -D__LITTLE_ENDIAN__ -DWITH_AUDASPACE -DWITH_AVI -DWITH_OPENNL -DWITH_BOOL_COMPAT'
build linkflags: b'/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /MACHINE:IX86 /STACK:2097152 /INCREMENTAL:NO /LARGEADDRESSAWARE /NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrt.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:msvcmrt.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:msvcurt.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrtd.lib'
build system: b'SCons'

Python:
============================================

version: 3.3.0 (default, Nov 26 2012, 17:23:29) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
paths:
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\addons'
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\startup'
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\modules'
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\python33.zip'
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\python\\DLLs'
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\python\\lib'
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender'
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\python'
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\python\\lib\\site-packages'
	'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\addons\\modules'
	'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\addons\\modules'

Directories:
============================================

scripts: ['D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts']
user scripts: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts'
pref scripts: None
datafiles: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\datafiles\\'
config: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\config\\'
scripts : 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\'
autosave: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\autosave\\'
tempdir: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\'

FFmpeg:
============================================

'avcodec':'   ''53, 60, 100'
'avdevice':'  ''53,  4, 100'
'avformat':'  ''53, 31, 100'
'avutil':'    ''51, 34, 101'
'swscale':'   '' 2,  1, 100'

Other Libraries:
============================================

OpenColorIO:  1,  0,  7
OpenImageIO:  1,  3,  9
OpenShadingLanguage:  1,  4,  0

OpenGL
============================================

renderer:	'Intel(R) HD Graphics'
vendor:		'Intel'
version:	'2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2993'
extensions:
		'GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_blend_color'
		'GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint'
		'GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp'
		'GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_SGIS_texture_lod'
		'GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp'
		'GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_ARB_multitexture'
		'GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_func_separate'
		'GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_texture_env_add'
		'GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_texture_env_add'
		'GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays'
		'GL_NV_blend_square GL_ARB_texture_compression'
		'GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic'
		'GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_point_parameters'
		'GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3'
		'GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc'
		'GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_window_pos GL_EXT_shadow_funcs'
		'GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_EXT_texture_rectangle'
		'GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_EXT_stencil_two_side'
		'GL_ATI_separate_stencil GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object'
		'GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_fragment_shader'
		'GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shading_language_100'
		'GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_vertex_shader'
		'GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_ARB_point_sprite'
		'GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate'
		'GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_draw_buffers'
		'GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_texture_float'
		'GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_framebuffer_object'
		'GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_EXT_draw_buffers2'
		'GL_WIN_swap_hint GL_EXT_texture_sRGB GL_EXT_packed_float'
		'GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_ARB_texture_rg'
		'GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc GL_NV_conditional_render'
		'GL_EXT_texture_swizzle GL_ARB_sync GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB'
		'GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float'
		'GL_EXT_transform_feedback GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit'
		'GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_texture_array GL_ARB_map_buffer_range'
		'GL_EXT_texture_snorm GL_INTEL_performance_queries GL_ARB_copy_buffer'
		'GL_ARB_sampler_objects GL_NV_primitive_restart'
		'GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object'
		'GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra'
		'GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters'
		'GL_ARB_compatibility GL_ARB_vertex_array_object '

I had the same issue as poster. Running on Windows 7 32-bit. Blank buttons screenshot: ![Capture.JPG](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F85551/Capture.JPG) System tab screenshot: ![Capture.JPG](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F85554/Capture.JPG) system-information.txt: ``` ============================================ = Blender 2.70 (sub 0) System Information = ============================================ Blender: ============================================ version 2.70 (sub 0), branch b'master', commit date b'2014-03-19' b'05:02', hash b'19e627c', b'Release' build date: b'2014-03-19', b'20:44:00' platform: b'Windows:64bit' binary path: 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\blender.exe' build cflags: b'-DWITH_FREESTYLE /nologo /J /W3 /Gd /w34062 /wd4018 /wd4065 /wd4127 /wd4181 /wd4200 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4305 /wd4800 /we4013 /we4431 /openmp -O2 /Ob2 -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -D_LIB -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -DOPJ_STATIC -DWITH_MOD_FLUID -DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM -D__LITTLE_ENDIAN__ -DWITH_AUDASPACE -DWITH_AVI -DWITH_OPENNL -DWITH_BOOL_COMPAT' build cxxflags: b'/nologo /J /W3 /Gd /w34062 /wd4018 /wd4065 /wd4127 /wd4181 /wd4200 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4305 /wd4800 /we4013 /we4431 /openmp /EHsc -O2 /Ob2 -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -D_LIB -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -DOPJ_STATIC -DWITH_MOD_FLUID -DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM -D__LITTLE_ENDIAN__ -DWITH_AUDASPACE -DWITH_AVI -DWITH_OPENNL -DWITH_BOOL_COMPAT' build linkflags: b'/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /MACHINE:IX86 /STACK:2097152 /INCREMENTAL:NO /LARGEADDRESSAWARE /NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrt.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:msvcmrt.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:msvcurt.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrtd.lib' build system: b'SCons' Python: ============================================ version: 3.3.0 (default, Nov 26 2012, 17:23:29) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] paths: 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\addons' 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\startup' 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\modules' 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\python33.zip' 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\python\\DLLs' 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\python\\lib' 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender' 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\python' 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\python\\lib\\site-packages' 'D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\addons\\modules' 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\addons\\modules' Directories: ============================================ scripts: ['D:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts'] user scripts: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts' pref scripts: None datafiles: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\datafiles\\' config: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\config\\' scripts : 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\scripts\\' autosave: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.70\\autosave\\' tempdir: 'C:\\Users\\maksha\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\' FFmpeg: ============================================ 'avcodec':' ''53, 60, 100' 'avdevice':' ''53, 4, 100' 'avformat':' ''53, 31, 100' 'avutil':' ''51, 34, 101' 'swscale':' '' 2, 1, 100' Other Libraries: ============================================ OpenColorIO: 1, 0, 7 OpenImageIO: 1, 3, 9 OpenShadingLanguage: 1, 4, 0 OpenGL ============================================ renderer: 'Intel(R) HD Graphics' vendor: 'Intel' version: '2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2993' extensions: 'GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_blend_color' 'GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint' 'GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp' 'GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_SGIS_texture_lod' 'GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp' 'GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_ARB_multitexture' 'GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_func_separate' 'GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_texture_env_add' 'GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_texture_env_add' 'GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays' 'GL_NV_blend_square GL_ARB_texture_compression' 'GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic' 'GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_point_parameters' 'GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3' 'GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc' 'GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_window_pos GL_EXT_shadow_funcs' 'GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_EXT_texture_rectangle' 'GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_EXT_stencil_two_side' 'GL_ATI_separate_stencil GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object' 'GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_fragment_shader' 'GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shading_language_100' 'GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_vertex_shader' 'GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_ARB_point_sprite' 'GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate' 'GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_draw_buffers' 'GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_texture_float' 'GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_framebuffer_object' 'GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_EXT_draw_buffers2' 'GL_WIN_swap_hint GL_EXT_texture_sRGB GL_EXT_packed_float' 'GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_ARB_texture_rg' 'GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc GL_NV_conditional_render' 'GL_EXT_texture_swizzle GL_ARB_sync GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB' 'GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float' 'GL_EXT_transform_feedback GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit' 'GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_texture_array GL_ARB_map_buffer_range' 'GL_EXT_texture_snorm GL_INTEL_performance_queries GL_ARB_copy_buffer' 'GL_ARB_sampler_objects GL_NV_primitive_restart' 'GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object' 'GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra' 'GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters' 'GL_ARB_compatibility GL_ARB_vertex_array_object ' ```

@maksha Having screenshot show issue… but does not help fix it. Did you try to change your OGL settings in UserPreferences? Do you have some kind of OSA enabled in drivers settings? From the look of the screenshot, seems to be some kind of over-OSA issue. Or maybe wrong mipmap.

Also, did you check your driver is up to date? And please note Intel drivers are notoriously buggy when it comes to OpenGL...

Oh, and what GPU do you have?

That line in report is rather suspicious too, if you really are on Win7 32bits:

platform: b'Windows:64bit'

@mont29:

That line in report is rather suspicious too, if you really are on Win7 32bits:

platform: b'Windows:64bit'

I'm running Windows 7 32-bit. The machine itself is a 64bit machine (it's a Compaq CQ42-266TU i3 M380). I don't know why system-information.txt generated by Help->System Info shows as 64bit.

I was showing the screenshot as suggested by you on your comment for original poster.

This Blender was a fresh install. Never notice this issue until yesterday when I was trying to follow a tutorial on the Internet.

Oh, and what GPU do you have?

I think it's an Intel HD Graphics (Core i3) with shared memory. Maybe Intel HD GMA or HD4000, I'm not quite sure, since it's an onboard VGA.

Also, did you check your driver is up to date? And please note Intel drivers are notoriously buggy when it comes to OpenGL...

The driver is the latest for my system. If it's buggy, is there a way to fix this?

Thanks.

Having screenshot show issue… but does not help fix it. Did you try to change your OGL settings in UserPreferences? Do you have some kind of OSA enabled in drivers settings? From the look of the screenshot, seems to be some kind of over-OSA issue. Or maybe wrong mipmap.

@mont29 What and how do I do this? What should I change in User Preferences. And can you tell me what OSA is?

Btw, I have managed to use this same version of Blender to edit my home video and exported it to a file. The only problem is with these blank buttons/icons on the User Interface. I had to mouseover on the buttons/icons to know what it does.

Well, you go in User Preferences, System tab, and try to change settings under OpenGL, like Mipmap, GPU Mipmap generation, VBO, multisample, anisotropic filtering, etc etc. And see whether you can find some settings where you get button icons right.

(OSA stands for OverSampling, more or less same thing as anti-aliasing).

I think I have tried everything under User Preferences, System tab. Still no image on the icons. Blanks.

Just uninstalled, re-downloaded and reinstalled the stable release (2.70a). Still no image on buttons. Anyone can help?

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Solved. Just found out it was a feature called Texture Quality that I used on my graphic card.

Previously it was set to "Performance", when I set it to "Balance" or "Quality" all icons displayed correctly.

Yeah, crappy intel drivers, as expected… :/

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Blender dont display the button icons in windows 7 #39716