# Why I can't to open the project? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [May 3, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840 "2024-05-03T11:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/21 "2024-05-05T14:51:37Z")
😔 I tried with command `steam steam://rungameid/1365760`: ![изображение](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/optimized/3X/b/a/babf604edc121e5b4a806a291ec3c123a8e7b832_2_690x46.png) it didn’t help, the project didn’t open I tried `sudo /home/hippoid/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Defold game.project` but it: ![изображение](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/optimized/3X/0/5/058a702dc9a69392ca92bf35a4994a40d9f8ec47_2_690x36.png) `command not found`… I tried Googling, but I didn’t find anything for my `zsh` shell (it’s no openSUSE shell)… ---
**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/22 "2024-05-05T15:28:59Z")
> [@Hip](#): > > I tried `sudo /home/hippoid/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Defold` > [@Hip](#): > > `command not found`… Are you sure it is the correct location? Can you please type: ```sh > ls -la /home/hippoid/.steam/root/steamapps/common/ ``` ---
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/23 "2024-05-06T06:44:05Z")
``` hippoid@192  ~  LANG=en_US.UTF8 ls -la /home/hippoid/.steam/root/steamapps/common/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 hippoid hippoid 20 May 2 12:56 . drwxr-xr-x 8 hippoid hippoid 189 May 5 21:37 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 hippoid hippoid 71 May 3 18:32 Defold hippoid@192  ~  ``` So, thx. But I don’t know what type next … I’ll think about it now. ---
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/24 "2024-05-06T06:51:16Z")
so, I have this: ```lua hippoid@192  ~/Документы/Game Projects Defold/Basic 3D project  sudo /home/hippoid/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Defold/Defold game.project INFO:TOOLS: Launcher version 9141d9d3605e3f5d51c71293116d769da2613d39 DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 0: /home/hippoid/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Defold/packages/jdk-17.0.5+8/bin/java DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 1: -cp DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 2: /home/hippoid/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Defold/packages/defold-acf09db558d18f7ccbbaa02c09333932f7cc8d4a.jar DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 3: -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 4: -Djna.nosys=true DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 5: -Ddefold.launcherpath=/home/hippoid/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Defold/Defold DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 6: -Ddefold.resourcespath=/home/hippoid/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Defold DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 7: -Ddefold.version=1.8.0 DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 8: -Ddefold.editor.sha1=acf09db558d18f7ccbbaa02c09333932f7cc8d4a DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 9: -Ddefold.engine.sha1=9141d9d3605e3f5d51c71293116d769da2613d39 DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 10: -Ddefold.buildtime=2024-05-02T15:08:10.588400 DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 11: -Ddefold.channel=editor-alpha DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 12: -Ddefold.archive.domain=d.defold.com DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 13: -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 14: -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=30000 DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 15: -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=30000 DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 16: -Djogl.texture.notexrect=true DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 17: -Dglass.accessible.force=false DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 18: --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 19: --add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt=ALL-UNNAMED DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 20: --add-opens=java.desktop/sun.java2d.opengl=ALL-UNNAMED DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 21: --add-opens=java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp=ALL-UNNAMED DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 22: --add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.fs=ALL-UNNAMED DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 23: --add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt.image=ALL-UNNAMED DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 24: -Xmx12520842240 DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 25: com.defold.editor.Main DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 26: game.project DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 27: (null) Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: 2024-05-06 13:49:56.190 WARN default javafx - Unsupported JavaFX configuration: classes were loaded from 'unnamed module @5bbd0ff1' Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Unable to open DISPLAY at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.lambda$new$5(GtkApplication.java:165) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318) at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.(GtkApplication.java:163) at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkPlatformFactory.createApplication(GtkPlatformFactory.java:40) at com.sun.glass.ui.Application.run(Application.java:145) at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.startup(QuantumToolkit.java:290) at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:292) at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:162) at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.startToolkit(LauncherImpl.java:651) at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:671) at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(LauncherImpl.java:196) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) ✘ hippoid@192  ~/Документы/Game Projects Defold/Basic 3D project  ``` Defold didn’t start.. ---
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/25 "2024-05-06T06:54:08Z")
I tried with opened Defold with steam: ![изображение](https://forum-defold-uploads.b-cdn.net/original/3X/d/7/d7e811babe94baca75dc4161d2496da6bbc54cb0.jpeg) Nothing… ---
**Author:** ![Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/mathias_westerdahl/32/228_2.png) [@Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum.defold.com/u/Mathias_Westerdahl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/26 "2024-05-06T06:55:57Z")
> [@Hip](#): > > `Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Unable to open DISPLAY` That seems to be the main culprit. I’m not sure why that is, but something is different from your Linux distro from Ubuntu (which we support). ---
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/27 "2024-05-06T06:57:03Z")
I can’t say anything… Linux’s distro just the program collection, What else I can to try? ---
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/28 "2024-05-12T08:21:55Z")
Guys It just not supported `wayland` compositor… I tried to `open from disk` **IN the** `Gnome Xorg` graphics session, and Defold opened it!!! My distro have a newest packages for Hyprland, for Gnome, for KDE Plasma 6… All This newest GUI is built on `wayland` compositor. But the development of _wayland_ began back in ~2016. Of course, not all applications support it … So, video demonstration: _The future of the Wayland compositor…_ Because it works more faster than Xorg … so, would you like to start support for this the new compositor? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/mathias_westerdahl/32/228_2.png) [@Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum.defold.com/u/Mathias_Westerdahl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/29 "2024-05-12T08:25:52Z")
Well, I’m not sure that’s going to happen, as we rely on JavaFX gui library. A quick google, and it seems they’re not looking to support it natively, but rather through XWayland: [https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8232949](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8232949) ---
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/30 "2024-05-12T08:30:04Z")
Well, thank all of you at least for such help) ---
**Author:** ![Potota](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/potota/32/33404_2.png) [@Potota](https://forum.defold.com/u/Potota)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/31 "2024-05-12T15:21:03Z")
> [@Hip](#): > > so, would you like to start support for this the new compositor? 😉 I’ve already been using Defold on GNOME Wayland for a while now and it works for me (after switching from Nvidia to AMD…) ---
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/32 "2024-05-16T00:36:48Z")
Delicious, It works on my `Gnome Wayland` and `Hyprland` too! Thanks for the notification! 😉 It seems that the JavaFX developers have taken notice of this ---
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/33 "2024-09-03T13:10:04Z")
Guys. It appeared again, but… This bug appears if the path has a Cyrillic word in the path to the `game.project` So, It is necessary to use English words in the path to the `game.project`🙂 Thank for your attention! ) ---
**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/34 "2024-09-03T19:01:40Z")
> [@Hip](#): > > This bug appears if the path has a Cyrillic word in the path to the `game.project` Ok, this is good information! Could you please create a ticket on GitHub? ---
**Author:** ![Hip](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/hip/32/34706_2.png) [@Hip](https://forum.defold.com/u/Hip)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/35 "2024-09-04T01:56:56Z")
Excuse me, how can I do that? I don’t see any `"ticket"` around of `defold` repository page on the github … ---
**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840/36 "2024-09-04T05:02:15Z")
> [@Hip](#): > > Excuse me, how can I do that? I don’t see any `"ticket"` around of `defold` repository page on the github Sorry, I meant Issue: > **[Build software better, together](https://github.com/defold/defold/issues/new/choose)** > > GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects. [Previous page](https://forum.defold.com/t/why-i-cant-to-open-the-project/76840.md?page=1)