# Mesa: error: GL\_INVALID\_FRAMEBUFFER\_OPERATION in glDrawArrays

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mesa-error-gl-invalid-framebuffer-operation-in-gldrawarrays/17022
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 29, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mesa-error-gl-invalid-framebuffer-operation-in-gldrawarrays/17022 "2025-07-29T13:40:48Z")
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### Author: ![Sankhesh\_Jhaveri](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sankhesh_jhaveri/32/3374_2.png) [@Sankhesh\_Jhaveri](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sankhesh_Jhaveri)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mesa-error-gl-invalid-framebuffer-operation-in-gldrawarrays/17022/3 "2025-07-30T17:46:33Z")

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Hi @moravveji, since you’ve disabled Xlib support, vtk is trying to use EGL for rendering. And it seems like the egl is coming from mesa. Have you tried installing a newer mesa?

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