[Paraview] Compiling Paraview 5.2 GCC 4.8 vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, line 641

[Ken Martin]

You need OpenGL version 3.2, try updating mesa to version 12 or later.
(11.2 should work also if you are not using OSMesa)

Thanks
Ken

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Nabil Ghodbane <nabil.ghodbane at gmail.com>
wrote:

> dear experts,
> I am trying to compile Paraview 5.2 with gcc 4.8 + Qt 4.8 + VTK 5.10 +
> Python 2.7 (available with Miniconda) on a CentOS 7 machine.
>
> it compiles well, but I fail to run the Paraview; Paraview starts, but
> when I try to open a file, I get:
>
> ERROR: In /root/ParaView-v5.2.0/VTK/Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx,
> line 641
> vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x1b85d60): GL version 2.1 with the gpu_shader4
> extension is not supported by your graphics driver but is required for the
> new OpenGL rendering backend. Please update your OpenGL driver. If you are
> using Mesa please make sure you have version 10.6.5 or later and make sure
> your driver in Mesa supports OpenGL 3.2.
>
> could some expert either point me to some standard approach, I need to
> use, or point me to the relevant cmake flags to set?
> thanks for your valuable help
>
>
> Nabil Ghodbane (Ph. D. Habil*.*)
> Phone: +33 6 34 42 33 43 <+33%206%2034%2042%2033%2043>
> Mailto: nabil.ghodbane at gmail.com
>
>
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