# QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type:2

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qpainter-paint-device-returned-engine-0-type-2/1239
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 5, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qpainter-paint-device-returned-engine-0-type-2/1239 "2019-02-05T21:55:53Z")
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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qpainter-paint-device-returned-engine-0-type-2/1239/1 "2019-02-05T21:55:53Z")

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I have a user that is receiving the following error. This is in Linux, 5.6.0.

QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type:2

It doesn’t appear to be hurting ParaView, but is annoying.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Alan

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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: [February 6, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qpainter-paint-device-returned-engine-0-type-2/1239/2 "2019-02-06T09:05:51Z")

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I do see this from time to time with charts. I will try to find a reliable way to reproduce it next time.