# Paraview crash 3 seconds after opening (windows server)

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-3-seconds-after-opening-windows-server/11188
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-3-seconds-after-opening-windows-server/11188 "2023-01-17T15:22:16Z")
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### Author: ![tacilib852](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@tacilib852](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tacilib852)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-3-seconds-after-opening-windows-server/11188/1 "2023-01-17T15:22:16Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to install Paraview on a machine running on AWS, but when I try to open it, the software opens for a few seconds and then just crashes. I also tried with previous versions of Paraview and I have the same problem.

The machine has the following characteristics:  
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (2 processors)  
OS: Windows Server 2022 Datacenter  
There is no GPU

I have this log:  
( uptime ) [thread name/id] file:line v|  
( 2.602s) [paraview]vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWin:680 ERR| vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (00000185AFD1EC10): failed to get wglChoosePixelFormatARB  
( 2.603s) [paraview]vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWin:758 ERR| vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (00000185AFD1EC10): failed to get valid pixel format.  
( 2.603s) [paraview]vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.c:493 ERR| vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (00000185AFD1EC10): GLEW could not be initialized: Missing GL version  
( 3.098s) [paraview]vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWin:680 ERR| vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (00000185C231B040): failed to get wglChoosePixelFormatARB  
( 3.114s) [paraview]vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWin:758 ERR| vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (00000185C231B040): failed to get valid pixel format.  
( 3.115s) [paraview]vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.c:493 ERR| vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (00000185C231B040): GLEW could not be initialized: Missing GL version

Could you help me on this?

Thank you!

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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: [January 18, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-3-seconds-after-opening-windows-server/11188/2 "2023-01-18T10:32:28Z")

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> [@tacilib852](#):
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> Paraview on a machine running on AWS, but when I try to open it,

Are you using some kind of remote desktop mechanism ?

In any case, you may want to run a osmesa or egl pvserver on the remote and the ParaView client locally.

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### Author: ![tacilib852](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@tacilib852](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tacilib852)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-3-seconds-after-opening-windows-server/11188/3 "2023-01-20T08:10:16Z")

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Hi Mathieu, thank you for your answer.

Yes indeed I am using Microsoft Remote Desktop.  
Could you explain how we could use these tools to access ParaView?

Thank you 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: [January 20, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-3-seconds-after-opening-windows-server/11188/4 "2023-01-20T08:23:26Z")

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> [@Error when opening ParaView via Remote Desktop Connection](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-when-opening-paraview-via-remote-desktop-connection/9961/2):
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> Hello Nathan, What remote desktop software do you use? Is it Windows to Windows? I think this is a Windows RDP issue. I believe RDP does not support OpenGL beyond 1. You’ll need to run with Mesa when using ParaView remotely. Mathieu Westphal wrote how to get this to work in 2020. It may work for you. [https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-mesa-on-windows/4321](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-mesa-on-windows/4321) Good luck, Patrick

> [@How to run ParaView (including the binary release) using Mesa on Windows](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-mesa-on-windows/4321):
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> Mesa is an alternative OpenGL implementation that let you run graphic application while not using your GPU driver. It can be very useful for a number of cases : GPU is unsupported by OS ([Old intel GPU](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-not-supported-in-windows-10-and-intel-hd-graphics-card-glew-could-not-be-intialized-missing-gl-version/2701)) GPU driver is incompatible with ParaView for some reasons ([Intel Driver current issue](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/19364)) The OpenGL version provided by the driver is not high enough ([VM](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-in-vmware-with-windows-guest/218/3), [Remote Desktop](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/19057)) ParaView has been shipped with Mesa on Linux and MacOS for a long time, but building it on Windows is not something we have b…