# Setting the EGL device index in pvpython

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/setting-the-egl-device-index-in-pvpython/1128
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [January 10, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/setting-the-egl-device-index-in-pvpython/1128 "2019-01-10T22:37:29Z")
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### Author: ![knolla](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@knolla](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/knolla)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/setting-the-egl-device-index-in-pvpython/1128/1 "2019-01-10T22:37:30Z")

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Is there any way to set the EGL device index in pvpython? The paraview and pvserver binaries have the " –egl-device-index" argument.

Thanks.

(accidentally reposted in general Kitware discourse)  
[https://discourse.kitware.com/t/choosing-the-egl-device-index-in-pvpython/214](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/choosing-the-egl-device-index-in-pvpython/214)