# Paraview macOS xQuartz "Painter not Active"

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-macos-xquartz-painter-not-active/10142
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 15, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-macos-xquartz-painter-not-active/10142 "2022-08-15T01:31:57Z")
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### Author: ![ST1023](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@ST1023](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ST1023)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-macos-xquartz-painter-not-active/10142/1 "2022-08-15T01:31:58Z")

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I have been able to open Paraview using xQuartz for the past couple of months with no problems. But lately, I have been getting the response:  
“QPainter:: …: Painter not active”  
for most of the QPainter attributes. This does not allow paraview to open at all.  
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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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: [August 29, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-macos-xquartz-painter-not-active/10142/2 "2022-08-29T05:06:34Z")

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> [@ST1023](#):
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> xQuartz

I’m afraid this is not officially supported by ParaView.

Your issue sounds Qt related, which version of Qt are you using ?