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@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ created by the SystemC VCD trace implementation and the SystemC Verification Lib
 For further description of the SCV please refer to 
 http://www.accellera.org/activities/committees/systemc-verification.
 
+> If you encounter issue when running on Linux please try running as `SWT_GTK3=0 scviewer` as there exist issues wiht GTK3.
+
 The viewer is in early alpha stage and not yet ready for production use!
 
 The plugins are structured as follows:
@@ -39,4 +41,4 @@ TODO
 - add more tests
 - move to feature based product to allow automatic updates
 - improve graphics
-- catch-up e3 plugin to functionality of e4 product
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+- catch-up e3 plugin to functionality of e4 product