# paraview 5.4.0 problem associated with HPC

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-4-0-problem-associated-with-hpc/5332
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** opengl
**Created:** [September 14, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-4-0-problem-associated-with-hpc/5332 "2020-09-14T10:35:04Z")
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### Author: ![mchoudhry01](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@mchoudhry01](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mchoudhry01)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-4-0-problem-associated-with-hpc/5332/1 "2020-09-14T10:35:04Z")

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Hi,  
I need help. I have paraview 5.4.0 in my Computer and in UNIVERSITY HPC  
apps/paraview/5.4.1/bin

so it should run fine but whenever I am trying to run the paraview window open with the error and whenever I close this error. it shutdown itself.

**Error:**

Your OpenGL drivers don’t support

required OpenGL features for basic rendering.

Application cannot continue. Please exit and use an older version.

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### Author: ![patchett2002](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/patchett2002/32/235_2.png) [@patchett2002](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/patchett2002)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-4-0-problem-associated-with-hpc/5332/2 "2020-09-14T14:32:37Z")

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Hi it sounds like you don’t have an openGL available. You can probably get access to openGL by launching this in a lab machine that has a GUI. If you are launching remotely you can set up X forwarding by adding an X or Y to your ssh.

> ssh -X myunimachine.myuniveristy.edu

Or you can rebuild [ParaView with offscreen mesa support](https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/ParaView_And_Mesa_3D).

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### Author: ![mchoudhry01](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@mchoudhry01](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mchoudhry01)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-4-0-problem-associated-with-hpc/5332/3 "2020-09-17T11:45:16Z")

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Hi, I have been trying that and get that far where I got (OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 18.0.5).  
[12345@login1(kelvin2) 25lsmeshcylinder]$ glxinfo | grep “OpenGL version”  
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 18.0.5

Error:

**Error:**

**GL version 2.1 with the gpu\_shader4 extension is not supported by your graphics driver but is required for the new OpenGL rendering backend. Please update your OpenGL driver. If you are using Mesa please make sure you have version 10.6.5 or later and make sure your driver in Mesa supports OpenGL 3.2.**