# Blank Tiles on 0.C for Linux (Debian)
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blank-tiles-on-0-c-for-linux-debian/9289
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [March 31, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blank-tiles-on-0-c-for-linux-debian/9289 "2015-03-31T18:23:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@beerhunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/beerhunk)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blank-tiles-on-0-c-for-linux-debian/9289/1 "2015-03-31T18:23:37Z")
I just downloaded a fresh build of 0.C off the website and made sure all the dependencies were installed. I can start cataclysm-tiles just fine, but I am unable to use tiles. If tiles are set off, then ASCII text appears and everything seems to work as it should. If I turn tiles on, the sidebar is drawn and messages/inventory screens pop up, but the tiles are not visible (i.e., the screen is blank.)
This happens regardless of tileset and changing the software rendering has no effect. I get the same effect in 0.B.
Any help is much appreciated. I’m happy to provide more information if need-be. I am currently running Debian Wheezy.
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### Author:  [@Chezzo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Chezzo)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blank-tiles-on-0-c-for-linux-debian/9289/2 "2015-03-31T22:48:51Z")
That happens to me sometimes, too. Usually when I’m alt-tabbing or doing something else I’m not supposed to. If I’m on the character select screen, I hit \> a couple times, and in game I walk a direction, and that clears it up.
IPlease let us know if it does for you too?
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### Author:  [@tivasyk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/tivasyk)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2015, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blank-tiles-on-0-c-for-linux-debian/9289/3 "2015-04-01T07:12:14Z")
linux & debian (crunchbang to be precise) here but i only play with pure ascii and despise tilesets. however… could that be some [old bugs returning](http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=4256.0)? p.s. also [could this be the issue](https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/354) behind this blank screen?
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### Author:  [@beerhunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/beerhunk)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blank-tiles-on-0-c-for-linux-debian/9289/4 "2015-04-01T12:15:59Z")
[quote=“Chezzo, post:2, topic:9289”]That happens to me sometimes, too. Usually when I’m alt-tabbing or doing something else I’m not supposed to. If I’m on the character select screen, I hit \> a couple times, and in game I walk a direction, and that clears it up.
IPlease let us know if it does for you too?[/quote]
I tried this and no amount of input makes the tiles appear.
I have a feeling that the problem has to do with the fact that most of the required libraries are not in the official stable wheezy release, so I had to add backports and experimental builds to my /etc/apt/sources.list. I have all of the dependencies installed and I can run the program just fine, but nothing seems to fix the blank screen aside from turning tiles off.
I ended up doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.XX for unrelated reasons, and it works now.