qt issue hnn_core, also gui issue missing tabs

[ntolley]

Copied from: https://github.com/jonescompneurolab/hnn/issues/344

Hello, I tried using pip install hnn_core and pip install hnn_core[gui]

No errors when I do python -c 'import hnn_core' But when I try tutorial 01, I get a qt errror at net.plot_cells()

qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found. This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, webgl, xcb.

Aborted

Here is my environment qt info:

(hnn) mschendel@thor:~$ conda list | grep qt mne-qt-browser 0.6.1 pyha770c72_0 conda-forge pyqt 5.15.9 py311hf0fb5b6_5 conda-forge pyqt5 5.15.10 pypi_0 pypi pyqt5-plugins 5.15.9.2.3 pypi_0 pypi pyqt5-qt5 5.15.2 pypi_0 pypi pyqt5-sip 12.13.0 pypi_0 pypi pyqt5-tools 5.15.9.3.3 pypi_0 pypi pyqtgraph 0.13.3 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge pyvistaqt 0.11.0 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge qt-main 5.15.8 h82b777d_17 conda-forge qt5-applications 5.15.2.2.3 pypi_0 pypi qt5-tools 5.15.2.1.3 pypi_0 pypi qtconsole 5.5.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge qtconsole-base 5.5.1 pyha770c72_0 conda-forge qtpy 2.4.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge vtk 9.2.6 qt_py311h1234567_220 conda-forge vtk-base 9.2.6 qt_py311h1234567_220 conda-forge vtk-io-ffmpeg 9.2.6 qt_py311h1234567_220 conda-forge

I am using Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

I try to load the hnn-gui, but see attached - I don't see the tabs row for File, Edit (etc) or for Set Parameters (etc). I only see Simulation, Network connectivity. I am not sure if this is an issue with the old version of Firefox my admin is running, or something else.

Thanks for any help, Megan