# OpenGL in VMWare with Windows guest

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-in-vmware-with-windows-guest/218
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** opengl
**Created:** [June 20, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-in-vmware-with-windows-guest/218 "2018-06-20T13:14:47Z")
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### Author: ![martink](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/martink/32/2082_2.png) [@martink](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martink)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-in-vmware-with-windows-guest/218/3 "2018-08-27T14:58:58Z")

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PV only needs OpenGL 3.2 Core so we should be fine based on the vmware article. I would also suggest looking at

[https://www.mesa3d.org/vmware-guest.html](https://www.mesa3d.org/vmware-guest.html)

to make sure your system has everything it needs for the 3.3 Core OpenGL support. The fact that PV is reporting a 3.3 Core context is good news in that it _ **seems** _ to be doing the right thing. Freezing/crashing sounds like a underlying driver issue in vmware or the underlying hardware driver. You could try updating that as well.

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