# Paraview crashes at startup

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-at-startup/8387
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [November 12, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-at-startup/8387 "2021-11-12T10:28:13Z")
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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: [November 16, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-at-startup/8387/7 "2021-11-16T14:49:14Z")

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Indeed, take a look at this:

> [@Building ParaView with GPU accelerated MESA](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-with-gpu-accelerated-mesa/1317):
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> Note: This tutorial used this wiki article as a base. [https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/ParaView\_And\_Mesa\_3D](https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/ParaView_And_Mesa_3D) Before getting into details of Mesa graphics hardware drivers, a disclaimer. If you have graphics hardware Mesa is not your best option. To get the best performance from your graphics card you’ll need to install the vendor provided driver. Vendor provided OpenGL drivers are typically much faster of a much higher quality than Mesa’s which can be quite buggy. Many distros now pro…

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