# libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 21, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862 "2020-03-21T21:28:20Z")
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### Author:  [@ronmjacob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ronmjacob)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/1 "2020-03-21T21:28:20Z")
I am using openfoam for the first time. After installing openfoam, I get the following error while opening paraview 5.8.0-1: Can someone help me out with this?
```
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
( 1.299s) [paraview]vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.:637 ERR| vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x55935b9aa1e0): Cannot create GLX context. Aborting.
Loguru caught a signal: SIGABRT
Stack trace:
32 0x55935a67489e paraview(+0x789e) [0x55935a67489e]
31 0x7f3e0a0ca023 __libc_start_main + 243
30 0x55935a67459a paraview(+0x759a) [0x55935a67459a]
29 0x55935a6798fe paraview(+0xc8fe) [0x55935a6798fe]
28 0x55935a67576b paraview(+0x876b) [0x55935a67576b]
27 0x7f3e09f4696a pqParaViewBehaviors::pqParaViewBehaviors(QMainWindow*, QObject*) + 1098
26 0x7f3e09eb7b9c pqAlwaysConnectedBehavior::pqAlwaysConnectedBehavior(QObject*) + 332
25 0x7f3e09eb7a25 pqAlwaysConnectedBehavior::serverCheck() + 197
24 0x7f3e09236c89 pqObjectBuilder::createServer(pqServerResource const&, int) + 505
23 0x7f3e082f8a66 vtkSMSession::ConnectToSelf(int) + 134
22 0x7f3e07d69e5f vtkProcessModule::RegisterSession(vtkSession*) + 143
21 0x7f3e05e78932 /usr/bin/../lib/libvtkCommonCore-pv5.8.so.1(+0x4dc932) [0x7f3e05e78932]
20 0x7f3e05ceb839 vtkCallbackCommand::Execute(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*) + 25
19 0x7f3e084042e9 /usr/bin/../lib/libvtkGUISupportQt-pv5.8.so.1(+0x3f2e9) [0x7f3e084042e9]
18 0x7f3e083ef63e /usr/bin/../lib/libvtkGUISupportQt-pv5.8.so.1(+0x2a63e) [0x7f3e083ef63e]
17 0x7f3e0878a540 /usr/bin/../lib/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2db540) [0x7f3e0878a540]
16 0x7f3e091d246a /usr/bin/../lib/libpqCore-pv5.8.so.1(+0x7a46a) [0x7f3e091d246a]
15 0x7f3e091cd9e3 pqServerManagerObserver::connectionCreated(long long) + 67
14 0x7f3e0878a540 /usr/bin/../lib/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2db540) [0x7f3e0878a540]
13 0x7f3e09286f1d pqServerManagerModel::onConnectionCreated(long long) + 797
12 0x7f3e091caa53 pqServerManagerModel::serverAdded(pqServer*) + 67
11 0x7f3e0878a540 /usr/bin/../lib/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2db540) [0x7f3e0878a540]
10 0x7f3e09f07e65 pqDefaultViewBehavior::onServerCreation(pqServer*) + 85
9 0x7f3e08217cb2 vtkPVSessionCore::GatherInformation(unsigned int, vtkPVInformation*, unsigned int) + 50
8 0x7f3e08217ad6 vtkPVSessionCore::GatherInformationInternal(vtkPVInformation*, unsigned int) + 54
7 0x7f3e03cb1a6a vtkPVRenderingCapabilitiesInformation::CopyFromObject(vtkObject*) + 10
6 0x7f3e03cb1a3a vtkPVRenderingCapabilitiesInformation::GetLocalCapabilities() + 426
5 0x7f3e0779647d vtkOpenGLRenderWindow::SupportsOpenGL() + 989
4 0x7f3e0782eca3 vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow::WindowInitialize() + 19
3 0x7f3e078324a8 vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow::CreateAWindow() + 2696
2 0x7f3e0a0c8857 abort + 299
1 0x7f3e0a0dece5 gsignal + 325
0 0x7f3e0a0ded70 /usr/bin/../lib/libc.so.6(+0x3bd70) [0x7f3e0a0ded70]
( 1.299s) [paraview] :0 FATL| Signal: SIGABRT
[1] 282166 abort (core dumped) paraview
```
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/2 "2020-03-21T21:34:26Z")
Does `glxgears` work in the same environment? It looks like you’re missing video drivers that OpenGL can use.
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### Author:  [@ronmjacob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ronmjacob)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/3 "2020-03-21T21:38:11Z")
Yes when I am typing glxgears, its working. How do I find what driver is need by OpenGL and how do I get it? I tried nvidea-smi, I have NVIDEA−SMI 340.108 installed right now
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/4 "2020-03-21T23:52:19Z")
Hmm. [This SO answer](https://askubuntu.com/questions/834254/steam-libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-t) seems to indicate that there is a conflict with a mesa library. Are you on 16.04? We’ve had other reports of failures there that are fixed when using it on 18.04 if that’s a possible solution.
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### Author:  [@ronmjacob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ronmjacob)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/5 "2020-03-22T09:32:49Z")
I am using Manjaro KDE plasma version 5.18.3. It doesn’t seem to conflict with mesa. But check the last command. Mesa is connected with libgl.
I tried few commands:
Command 1:
➜ ldd ./bin/paraview | grep -i glx.so
libGLX.so.0 =\> /./bin/…/lib/libGLX.so.0 (0x00007f6caf59b000)
Command 2:
➜ sudo ldconfig -p | grep -i gl.so
[sudo] password for shared1:
libwayland-egl.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libwayland-egl.so.1
libwayland-egl.so.1 (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libwayland-egl.so.1
libwayland-egl.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libwayland-egl.so
libwayland-egl.so (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libwayland-egl.so
libQt5OpenGL.so.5 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libQt5OpenGL.so.5
libQt5OpenGL.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libQt5OpenGL.so
libOpenGL.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libOpenGL.so.0
libOpenGL.so.0 (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libOpenGL.so.0
libOpenGL.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libOpenGL.so
libOpenGL.so (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libOpenGL.so
libGL.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1
libGL.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
libGL.so.1 (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/nvidia/libGL.so.1
libGL.so.1 (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1
libGL.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so
libGL.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libGL.so
libGL.so (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/nvidia/libGL.so
libGL.so (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libGL.so
libEGL.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/nvidia/libEGL.so.1
libEGL.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libEGL.so.1
libEGL.so.1 (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/nvidia/libEGL.so.1
libEGL.so.1 (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libEGL.so.1
libEGL.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/nvidia/libEGL.so
libEGL.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libEGL.so
libEGL.so (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/nvidia/libEGL.so
libEGL.so (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libEGL.so
Command 3:
➜ sudo ldconfig -p | grep -i mesa
libOSMesa.so.8 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libOSMesa.so.8
libOSMesa.so.8 (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libOSMesa.so.8
libOSMesa.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libOSMesa.so
libOSMesa.so (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libOSMesa.so
libGLX\_mesa.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libGLX\_mesa.so.0
libGLX\_mesa.so.0 (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libGLX\_mesa.so.0
libGLX\_mesa.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libGLX\_mesa.so
libGLX\_mesa.so (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libGLX\_mesa.so
libEGL\_mesa.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libEGL\_mesa.so.0
libEGL\_mesa.so.0 (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libEGL\_mesa.so.0
libEGL\_mesa.so (libc6,x86-64) =\> /usr/lib/libEGL\_mesa.so
libEGL\_mesa.so (libc6) =\> /usr/lib32/libEGL\_mesa.so
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### Author:  [@ronmjacob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ronmjacob)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/6 "2020-03-22T09:42:50Z")
Also, do you think its related to having nvidia-340-xx driver?? I had nvidia 390-xx originally but I am using nvidia-340 xx driver as the main software I am using is more compatible with nvidia 340-xx driver!!
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/7 "2020-03-22T15:19:28Z")
It could be. I don’t think we test with such old versions of the nvidia driver.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/8 "2020-03-23T01:05:44Z")
Instead of using ParaView from OpenFOAM, can you try with :
- The packaged version of ParaView : apt-get install paraview
- Our release of ParaView : [https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)
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### Author:  [@ronmjacob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ronmjacob)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/9 "2020-03-24T20:36:19Z")
Thank you for you replies. I tried switch back to nvidia 390-xx driver… Now it works… Maybe paraview 5.8.0 is not compatible with nvidia 340-xx driver
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### Author:  [@ronmjacob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ronmjacob)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/libgl-error-no-matching-fbconfigs-or-visuals-found-libgl-error-failed-to-load-driver-swrast/3862/10 "2020-03-24T20:37:40Z")
Thanks… But I am not sure it will make a difference… It seems like the problem was that paraview was not compatible with nvidia-340 xx driver