# Weird plot over line formatting | ParaView 5.9 on Ubuntu 20.04
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/weird-plot-over-line-formatting-paraview-5-9-on-ubuntu-20-04/6780
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 24, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/weird-plot-over-line-formatting-paraview-5-9-on-ubuntu-20-04/6780 "2021-03-24T06:58:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@vachan-potluri](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vachan-potluri)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/weird-plot-over-line-formatting-paraview-5-9-on-ubuntu-20-04/6780/1 "2021-03-24T06:58:00Z")
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.
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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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/weird-plot-over-line-formatting-paraview-5-9-on-ubuntu-20-04/6780/2 "2021-03-24T08:56:25Z")
Paste your help → About please.
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### Author:  [@vachan-potluri](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vachan-potluri)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/weird-plot-over-line-formatting-paraview-5-9-on-ubuntu-20-04/6780/3 "2021-03-25T06:51:08Z")
Sorry for the delay.
```auto
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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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/weird-plot-over-line-formatting-paraview-5-9-on-ubuntu-20-04/6780/4 "2021-03-25T09:12:01Z")
```auto
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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### Author:  [@vachan-potluri](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vachan-potluri)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/weird-plot-over-line-formatting-paraview-5-9-on-ubuntu-20-04/6780/5 "2021-03-25T13:57:18Z")
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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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/weird-plot-over-line-formatting-paraview-5-9-on-ubuntu-20-04/6780/6 "2021-03-25T14:00:29Z")
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`