# paraview build using opengl2
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-build-using-opengl2/363
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-build-using-opengl2/363 "2018-07-26T22:02:30Z")
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### Author:  [@kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kmilo9999)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-build-using-opengl2/363/1 "2018-07-26T22:02:30Z")
Hi.
I built paraview 5.1.0 in linux swtiching the variable VTK\_RENDERING\_BACKEND to OpenGL2. When I started paraview an error message pop up :
“VTK is designed to work with OpenGL version 3.2 but appears it has been given a context that does not support 3.2. VTK will run in a compatibility mode designed to work with earlier version of OpenGL but some features may not work”
“failed after Render 1 OpenGL errors detected 0:(1282) Invalid Operation”
I tried to load some basic models but I got the same error.
The OpenGL version I got is:
OpenGL version string: 3.0.0 NVIDIA 390.42
Any ideas what could be the problem?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-build-using-opengl2/363/2 "2018-07-27T07:25:33Z")
Are you working on a virtual machine ?
In any case please provide more info about you graphic capabilities and driver used.
Usually this problem is fixed by running paraview this way :
```auto
MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=3.3 ./bin/paraview
```
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### Author:  [@kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kmilo9999)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-build-using-opengl2/363/3 "2018-07-27T15:24:32Z")
So, I see this problem is related to the system I am running (OS, drivers, graphics cards), not to paraview itself. I’ll try to fix it from this side and if something with paraview comes up. I’ll update this thread.
Thanks a lot