# OpenGL support inadequate

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-support-inadequate/590
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-support-inadequate/590 "2018-09-17T22:35:53Z")
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### Author: ![Taitai](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Taitai](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Taitai)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-support-inadequate/590/1 "2018-09-17T22:35:54Z")

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I am new in paraview.  
I downloaded the latest windows version from [https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/).  
While I tried to open paraview from the folder “bin”, errors popped up saying  
your opengl drivers don t support required opengl features for basic rendering  
OpenGL vendor version renderer unavailable.  
It seems the paraview did not find out my openGL. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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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: [September 18, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-support-inadequate/590/2 "2018-09-18T08:42:00Z")

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Are you using a Virtual Machine ?  
Can you copy the actual error ?

The usual fix is to use :  
`MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=3.2 ./bin/paraview`

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### Author: ![Taitai](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Taitai](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Taitai)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-support-inadequate/590/3 "2018-09-19T18:33:50Z")

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The issue is solved by updating the Graphics driver.