# Can't run Paraview successfully on Linux mint
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-run-paraview-successfully-on-linux-mint/2645
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 27, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-run-paraview-successfully-on-linux-mint/2645 "2019-09-27T21:15:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@tomchor](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tomchor)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-run-paraview-successfully-on-linux-mint/2645/1 "2019-09-27T21:15:07Z")
I’m using Linux Mint 19.1 on an office computer which has an NVIDIA graphics card and I’m trying to run Paraview on it. It used to work a while back, but for some reason it’s not working anymore.
I’ve first tried to install via command-line with `apt install paraview`. When I run Paraview installed via this method, the Paraview window opens but it stays all gray and the header says "Paraview 5.4.1 64-bit (Legacy rendering backend). (And I obviously can’t do anything because the whole window is gray.)
If I try to download and run the binaries (I’ve tried versions 5.2 to 5.6.2) they don’t open anything. I just get a message on the terminal saying `Aborted`.
I suspect the issue has to do with the NVIDIA drivers, but I’m really not familiar with graphics card enough to figure out what’s going on. When I follow [this answer](https://askubuntu.com/a/503438) to check if NVIDIA is working, the output is that it is:
```auto
$ lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] [10de:107d] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
```
Any ideas on what’s going on?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-run-paraview-successfully-on-linux-mint/2645/2 "2019-09-30T02:45:24Z")
> [@tomchor](#):
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> “Paraview 5.4.1 64-bit (Legacy rendering backend)”
I would recommend not using this outdated version.
> NVS 310
This is a very specific professional card, I do not think ParaView is tested on it.
Please provide the output of `glxinfo`.
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### Author:  [@tomchor](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tomchor)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-run-paraview-successfully-on-linux-mint/2645/3 "2019-09-30T21:21:17Z")
> [@mwestphal](#):
>
> glxinfo
@mwestphal
Thanks for the reply. Here’s the output:
```auto
name of display: :0
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 154 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 24 (X_GLXCreateNewContext)
Value in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 85
Current serial number in output stream: 86
```
As for `NVS 310`, seems like it’s the card model, right? Since this is an office desktop I can’t change that.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-run-paraview-successfully-on-linux-mint/2645/4 "2019-10-01T02:17:59Z")
NVS310 is indeed your GPU, It juste strike me as odd.
According to wikipedia, it is a 2012 card, very old, and :
> The Nvidia Quadro NVS graphics processing units (GPUs) provide business graphics solutions for manufacturers of small, medium, and enterprise-level business workstations. The Nvidia Quadro NVS desktop solutions enable multi-display graphics for businesses such as financial traders.
So, can you check this is actually your GPU model ?
In any case, your glxinfo output clearly shows the you either of driver issue (not the correct drivers installed or not up to date), or a GPU hardware issue (less likely).
You will have to fix that first.