# Paraview SIGSEGV error

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-sigsegv-error/14763
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 4, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-sigsegv-error/14763 "2024-06-04T09:58:12Z")
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### Author: ![conradin](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@conradin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/conradin)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-sigsegv-error/14763/1 "2024-06-04T09:58:12Z")

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Hello there

I am new to Ubuntu and OpenFoam / Paraview. I installed Openfoam and Paraview but when i try to run Paraview i get this error

ser@user-VirtualBox:~/OpenFOAM/user-11/run/pitzDailySteady$ paraFoam  
Created temporary ‘pitzDailySteady.OpenFOAM’  
Warning: Ignoring XDG\_SESSION\_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT\_QPA\_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glCompressedTexImage1D  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glCompressedTexImage2D  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glCompressedTexImage3D  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glCompressedTexSubImage1D  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glCompressedTexSubImage2D  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glCompressedTexSubImage3D  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glGetCompressedTexImage  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glLoadTransposeMatrixd  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glLoadTransposeMatrixf  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glMultTransposeMatrixd  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glMultTransposeMatrixf  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glSampleCoverage  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glBlendFuncSeparate  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glFogCoordPointer  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glFogCoordd  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glFogCoorddv  
Mesa warning: failed to remap glMultiDrawArrays  
…  
…  
Mesa: User error: GL\_INVALID\_OPERATION in unsupported function called (unsupported extension or deprecated function?)

Loguru caught a signal: SIGSEGV  
Stack trace:  
29 0x5b82a26472d5 paraview(+0x92d5) [0x5b82a26472d5]  
28 0x72fd21429e40 \_\_libc\_start\_main + 128  
27 0x72fd21429d90 /lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x29d90) [0x72fd21429d90]  
26 0x5b82a2646fa4 paraview(+0x8fa4) [0x5b82a2646fa4]  
25 0x5b82a264c9e4 paraview(+0xe9e4) [0x5b82a264c9e4]  
24 0x5b82a264815d paraview(+0xa15d) [0x5b82a264815d]  
23 0x72fd21199ce0 pqParaViewBehaviors::pqParaViewBehaviors(QMainWindow\*, QObject\*) + 2432  
22 0x72fd210eee72 pqAlwaysConnectedBehavior::pqAlwaysConnectedBehavior(QObject\*) + 322  
21 0x72fd2012f4a6 pqObjectBuilder::createServer(pqServerResource const&, int) + 406  
20 0x72fd1efd4906 vtkSMSession::ConnectToSelf(int) + 38  
19 0x72fd1ff4b8f3 vtkProcessModule::RegisterSession(vtkSession\*) + 147  
18 0x72fd1bb14782 /opt/paraviewopenfoam510/lib/libvtkCommonCore-pv5.10.so.1(+0x514782) [0x72fd1bb14782]  
17 0x72fd1b9f6b3d vtkCallbackCommand::Execute(vtkObject\*, unsigned long, void\*) + 29  
16 0x72fd216f4691 /opt/paraviewopenfoam510/lib/libvtkGUISupportQt-pv5.10.so.1(+0x29691) [0x72fd216f4691]  
15 0x72fd1f4f17c8 /lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2f17c8) [0x72fd1f4f17c8]  
14 0x72fd20092456 pqServerManagerObserver::connectionCreated(long long) + 70  
13 0x72fd1f4f17c8 /lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2f17c8) [0x72fd1f4f17c8]  
12 0x72fd2017c5c6 pqServerManagerModel::onConnectionCreated(long long) + 838  
11 0x72fd2008ef76 pqServerManagerModel::serverAdded(pqServer\*) + 70  
10 0x72fd1f4f17c8 /lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2f17c8) [0x72fd1f4f17c8]  
9 0x72fd21159a26 pqDefaultViewBehavior::onServerCreation(pqServer\*) + 86  
8 0x72fd1eed8489 vtkPVSessionCore::GatherInformation(unsigned int, vtkPVInformation\*, unsigned int) + 377  
7 0x72fd1eed819a vtkPVSessionCore::GatherInformationInternal(vtkPVInformation\*, unsigned int) + 58  
6 0x72fd12fc621d vtkPVRenderingCapabilitiesInformation::CopyFromObject(vtkObject\*) + 13  
5 0x72fd12fc61e3 vtkPVRenderingCapabilitiesInformation::GetLocalCapabilities() + 339  
4 0x72fd1e350675 vtkOpenGLRenderWindow::SupportsOpenGL() + 1029  
3 0x72fd1e354d05 vtkOpenGLRenderWindow::OpenGLInit() + 133  
2 0x72fd20fb4f93 vtkglew\_glewInit + 611  
1 0x72fd20f9b33a /opt/paraviewopenfoam510/lib/libvtkglew-pv5.10.so.1(+0x5c33a) [0x72fd20f9b33a]  
0 0x72fd21442520 /lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x42520) [0x72fd21442520]  
( 0.750s) [paraview] :0 FATL| Signal: SIGSEGV  
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Thanks 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: [June 4, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-sigsegv-error/14763/2 "2024-06-04T10:06:37Z")

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please use ParaView from [https://paraview.org/download](https://paraview.org/download)
