Weird plot over line formatting | ParaView 5.9 on Ubuntu 20.04

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Hi,

I have ParaView 5.9 binary installation on Ubuntu 20.04. Strangely, the entire plot over line window uses dotted lines alone, even for text. I have attached a screenshot for reference.

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Is this an issue of dependencies? My Ubuntu installation is relatively new. Or is it that 5.9 is not supported on Ubuntu 20.04?

Thanking in anticipation
Vachan

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Paste your help → About please.

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Sorry for the delay.

Client Information:
Version: 5.9.0
VTK Version: 
Qt Version: 5.12.9
vtkIdType size: 64bits
Embedded Python: On
Python Library Path: /home/vachan/Downloads/ParaView-5.9.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.8-64bit/lib/python3.8
Python Library Version: 3.8.6 (default, Jan 23 2021, 18:21:19)  [GCC 7.3.1 20180303 (Red Hat 7.3.1-5)]
Python Numpy Support: On
Python Numpy Path: /home/vachan/Downloads/ParaView-5.9.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.8-64bit/lib/python3.8/site-packages/numpy
Python Numpy Version: 1.19.2
Python Matplotlib Support: On
Python Matplotlib Path: /home/vachan/Downloads/ParaView-5.9.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.8-64bit/lib/python3.8/site-packages/matplotlib
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.2.1
Python Testing: Off
MPI Enabled: On
Disable Registry: Off
Test Directory: 
Data Directory: 
OpenGL Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL Version: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.2.6
OpenGL Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2)

Connection Information:
Remote Connection: No
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Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2)

That is a 8 year old GPU and most likely the culprit. Do you have another GPU on your machine ?

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Unfortunately no. So what can I do to fix this? Use a different version? Earlier 5.6 worked on my PC with Ubuntu 16.04. I have now done a new Ubuntu installation.

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Yes, we changed Qt things between 5.6 and 5.9, so that may explain it.

You can use mesa instead, by running ./bin/paraview --mesa

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