# Just starting out
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 12, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038 "2020-04-12T19:55:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Brownwrap](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Brownwrap)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/1 "2020-04-12T19:55:30Z")
I am able to install Paraview on my Windows laptop and start it. I have been asked to install it on Linux. I have downloaded the source and built it to no avail. I have download the pre-compiled code with the Mesa libraries. Paraviw starts up and I get the ‘Get Started Greeting’. I select one of the samples, I get the message that is is loading, then nothing. Any suggestions?
Greg
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/2 "2020-04-12T20:00:02Z")
Greg,
Welcome to the ParaView community!
Have you tried running the [paraview.org/](http://paraview.org/) downloads/ Linux normal install (i.e., not Mesa)? This is the one you should be using. [https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v5.8&type=binary&os=Linux&downloadFile=ParaView-5.8.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.7-64bit.tar.gz](https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v5.8&type=binary&os=Linux&downloadFile=ParaView-5.8.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.7-64bit.tar.gz) Lets start there.
Alan
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### Author:  [@Brownwrap](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Brownwrap)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/3 "2020-04-12T20:07:50Z")
I will give that one a try. This is what I started with:
[ramos@sandy1 ~] which paraview /usr/local/ParaView-5.8.0-MPI-Linux-Python2.7-64bit/bin/paraview [ramos@sandy1 ~]
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/4 "2020-04-12T20:11:00Z")
Hmmm… the only difference should have been the python. In either install, here is something to try:
paraview-mesa paraview --backend llvmpipe
If this works, it means that your graphics is messed up. You may need a new driver, etc. What I gave you will basically do software rendering (which is actually pretty good).
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### Author:  [@Brownwrap](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Brownwrap)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/5 "2020-04-12T20:27:20Z")
Same thing, no errors in message window, but no display either:
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### Author:  [@Brownwrap](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Brownwrap)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/6 "2020-04-12T21:14:09Z")
I need to add this is on CenTOS 7.
Greg
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### Author:  [@Brownwrap](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Brownwrap)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/7 "2020-04-12T21:59:10Z")
I didn’t include the warning. I am on a Windows machine, remotely logged into my Linux server. I am running X-Win-32 on my Windows machine, remotely logged into the Linux server. I get these waring when in my xterm when starting Paraview:
failed to get the current screen resources
Xlib: extension “MIT-SHM” missing on display “localhost:11.0”.
Xlib: extension “MIT-SHM” missing on display “localhost:11.0”.
Xlib: extension “MIT-SHM” missing on display “localhost:11.0”.
Xlib: extension “MIT-SHM” missing on display “localhost:11.0”.
Xlib: extension “MIT-SHM” missing on display “localhost:11.0”.
Xlib: extension “MIT-SHM” missing on display “localhost:11.0”.
Xlib: extension “MIT-SHM” missing on display “localhost:11.0”.
Xlib: extension “MIT-SHM” missing on display “localhost:11.0”.
Xlib: extension “MIT-SHM” missing on display “localhost:11.0”.
QGestureManager::deliverEvent: could not find the target for gesture
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/8 "2020-04-12T22:09:37Z")
Yep, that’s a really important detail.
How are you getting into your Linux server? On your linux server, can you run glxgears? If not, you can’t run OpenGL applications.
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### Author:  [@Brownwrap](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Brownwrap)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/9 "2020-04-12T22:16:47Z")
Sorry, until searching for that error, I thought it was a warning and not a fatal error, expecially since the initial screen comes up with the welcome and the samples. glxgears starts, but the gears don’t turn as they should.
Greg
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### Author:  [@Brownwrap](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Brownwrap)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/just-starting-out/4038/10 "2020-04-14T18:42:32Z")
Does running Paraview in the client server mode get around the rendering problem? That is the server doing the work and viewing the results on the client?