# ParaView crashes intermittently

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-intermittently/13122
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** opengl
**Created:** [October 27, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-intermittently/13122 "2023-10-27T10:51:40Z")
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### Author: ![vimalraj](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@vimalraj](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vimalraj)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-intermittently/13122/1 "2023-10-27T10:51:41Z")

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ParaView crashes intermittently when launched, happens about 50% of time.  
I use vglrun, to use the OpenGL rendering on NVIDIA GPUs.

Can you please suggest a fix to this?

Here’s the stack of the crash.

```auto
$ vglrun paraview
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Unsupported framebuffer format.
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Unsupported framebuffer format.
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Unsupported framebuffer format.
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Unsupported framebuffer format.
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Framebuffer incomplete, missing attachment.
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Unsupported framebuffer format.
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Unsupported framebuffer format.
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Unsupported framebuffer format.
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Unsupported framebuffer format.
debug: In unknown, line 0
debug: QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Framebuffer incomplete, missing attachment.

Loguru caught a signal: SIGSEGV
Stack trace:
28 0x40b5a0 paraview() [0x40b5a0]
27 0x2aaaab1a2555 __libc_start_main + 245
26 0x40b410 paraview() [0x40b410]
25 0x2aaaacf0ee8c QCoreApplication::exec() + 124
24 0x2aaaacf06e03 QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 275
23 0x2aaaacf5ee0e QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 110
22 0x2aaacc7331bf g_main_context_iteration + 47
21 0x2aaacc733118 /apps/glib-2.72.3-ejy7tgknnixnfpkabaiyzshzsv376sip/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x5d118) [0x2aaacc733118]
20 0x2aaacc732eab g_main_context_dispatch + 587
19 0x2aaae0c1f81a /apps/qt-5.15.5-rmscrhmbkxmenk3mihqurenrz3dvra2i/plugins/platforms/../../lib/libQt5XcbQpa.so.5(+0x5d81a) [0x2aaae0c1f81a]
18 0x2aaaac6d9dbb QWindowSystemInterface::sendWindowSystemEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 171
17 0x2aaaac703057 QGuiApplicationPrivate::processExposeEvent(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::ExposeEvent*) + 135
16 0x2aaaacf08290 QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) + 288
15 0x2aaaaba07a1f QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) + 127
14 0x2aaaaba61538 /apps/qt-5.15.5-rmscrhmbkxmenk3mihqurenrz3dvra2i/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5(+0x1cb538) [0x2aaaaba61538]
13 0x2aaaaba1863b /apps/qt-5.15.5-rmscrhmbkxmenk3mihqurenrz3dvra2i/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5(+0x18263b) [0x2aaaaba1863b]
12 0x2aaaaba17ee0 /apps/qt-5.15.5-rmscrhmbkxmenk3mihqurenrz3dvra2i/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5(+0x181ee0) [0x2aaaaba17ee0]
11 0x2aaaaba16083 /apps/qt-5.15.5-rmscrhmbkxmenk3mihqurenrz3dvra2i/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5(+0x180083) [0x2aaaaba16083]
10 0x2aaaaba143ba /apps/qt-5.15.5-rmscrhmbkxmenk3mihqurenrz3dvra2i/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5(+0x17e3ba) [0x2aaaaba143ba]
9 0x2aaae0c166c7 /apps/qt-5.15.5-rmscrhmbkxmenk3mihqurenrz3dvra2i/plugins/platforms/../../lib/libQt5XcbQpa.so.5(+0x546c7) [0x2aaae0c166c7]
8 0x2aaaaca6195b QPlatformBackingStore::composeAndFlush(QWindow*, QRegion const&, QPoint const&, QPlatformTextureList*, bool) + 1307
7 0x2aaaaca60eb7 /apps/qt-5.15.5-rmscrhmbkxmenk3mihqurenrz3dvra2i/lib/libQt5Gui.so.5(+0x490eb7) [0x2aaaaca60eb7]
6 0x2aaaacade2ee /apps/qt-5.15.5-rmscrhmbkxmenk3mihqurenrz3dvra2i/lib/libQt5Gui.so.5(+0x50e2ee) [0x2aaaacade2ee]
5 0x2aaac8ffc042 /lib64/libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03(+0x12f3042) [0x2aaac8ffc042]
4 0x2aaac8fda428 /lib64/libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03(+0x12d1428) [0x2aaac8fda428]
3 0x2aaac8ff39f6 /lib64/libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03(+0x12ea9f6) [0x2aaac8ff39f6]
2 0x2aaac91393c8 /lib64/libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03(+0x14303c8) [0x2aaac91393c8]
1 0x2aaac8e40458 /lib64/libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03(+0x1137458) [0x2aaac8e40458]
0 0x2aaaab1b6400 /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x36400) [0x2aaaab1b6400]
( 1.915s) [paraview] :0 FATL| Signal: SIGSEGV
Segmentation fault

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### Author: ![vimalraj](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@vimalraj](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vimalraj)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-intermittently/13122/2 "2023-10-27T10:53:01Z")

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Happens with all versions I tried - 5.9, 5.11.0, 5.11.1

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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: [October 27, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-intermittently/13122/3 "2023-10-27T11:13:01Z")

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Looks like a bug in your GPU driver. Try to update it.

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### Author: ![vimalraj](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@vimalraj](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vimalraj)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-intermittently/13122/4 "2023-10-27T11:41:27Z")

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Many thanks for your response.

The issue persists with newer versions of GPU drivers as well.  
I tried NVIDIA driver versions 525.78.01, 535.54.03, 545.23.06.

Are there any recommended versions GPU drivers?

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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: [October 27, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-intermittently/13122/5 "2023-10-27T11:45:25Z")

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> [@vimalraj](#):
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> Are there any recommended versions GPU drivers?

The last one provided by your vendor. In any case, this is not a ParaView, but either an hardware or driver issue on your end.