# Menu goes black

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 8, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703 "2024-11-08T15:11:35Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703/4 "2024-11-08T15:34:36Z")

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Please check your OpenGL information as described here:

> [@Recover OpenGL Informations from pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recover-opengl-informations-from-pvpython/1536):
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> The OpenGL informations, visible in Help → About dialog, are not easily recoverable in pvpython yet. Here is how to do it. On ParaView 5.6 and earlier versions: import vtk as VTK openGLInfo=VTK.vtkPVOpenGLInformation() session=servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetProxyManager().GetActiveSession() session.GatherInformation(session.CLIENT, openGLInfo, 0) openGLInfo.GetVendor() openGLInfo.GetVersion() openGLInfo.GetRenderer() openGLInfo.GetCapabilities() On ParaView 5.7.X : openGLInfo=serverman…

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