[Paraview] Error message: Not supported on OpenGL ES when I launch Paraview

Fri Sep 8 09:42:33 EDT 2017

Antonio,

No worries! We do run into issues from time to time on other Windows
machines, so we are happy to help you work through the kinks so that
we can understand the potential issues out there.

One other thing to look for:

 See if you have a different Qt installation on your system whose path
is in your PATH environment variable. To check, click on the
Start/Windows menu. Type in "environment" and select "Edit the system
environment variables". In the System Properties dialog that shows up,
click on the "Environment Variables..." button on the bottom right.
This brings up an Environment Variables dialog with user variables in
the top panel and system variables in the bottom panel. Look at the
Path variables and see if there is a location listed with "Qt" in the
name, or if you have a program that might use its own Qt.

Also look to see if an environment variable named QT_PLUGIN_PATH is
set. If it is set, it will confuse ParaView as it loads Qt and it
might result in this error. We have seen this in one other Windows
machine.

Best regards,
Cory

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Antonio Orlando
<aorlando at herrera.unt.edu.ar> wrote:
> Cory:
>
> I am sorry, but I am still getting the same error message.
>
> I fear that there might something wrong then with my system if other
> paraview user using windows do not have problems.
>
> I will try to download and install paraview on another computer and
> let you know.
> I am sorry for all the inconveniences I am causing.
>
> Many thanks for your time and attention.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Antonio
>
>
> 2017-09-08 10:00 GMT-03:00, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>:
>> Antonio,
>>
>> Do you happen to have an integrated graphics chip on your laptop? I
>> wonder if ParaView is set to use integrated graphics rather than your
>> NVIDIA card and isn't liking what it finds. You can try going to the
>> NVIDIA control panel. Under 3D Settings in the panel on the left,
>> click on "Manage 3D settings". On the right side, click on the "Global
>> Settings" tab. Make sure "High-performance NVIDIA processor" is
>> selected. Apply the changes, then run ParaView again to see if the
>> problem is resolved.
>>
>> - Cory
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Antonio Orlando
>> <aorlando at herrera.unt.edu.ar> wrote:
>>> Thanks Cory for your prompt reply and sorry for not sending the
>>> message to the mailing list.
>>>
>>> I have the graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2GB DDR5
>>>
>>> I can run though Paraview 4.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your attention to this matter.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Antonio
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-09-07 17:59 GMT-03:00, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>:
>>>> Antonio,
>>>>
>>>> I'm adding back Utkarsh, who pointed you to the mesa libraries. Please
>>>> also reply to the mailing list so that others may benefit from and
>>>> contribute to the discussion.
>>>>
>>>> What kind of graphics hardware do you have on that machine?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Cory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Antonio Orlando
>>>> <aorlando at herrera.unt.edu.ar> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Cory:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your message and for the drivers.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am sorry but it is still not working!
>>>>>
>>>>> The error message I get is the following.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> ERROR: In
>>>>> C:\bbd\7cc78367\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Rendering\OpenGL2\vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx,
>>>>> line 819
>>>>> vtkGenericOpenGLRenderWindow (000000214C5F3460): GLEW could not be
>>>>> initialized.
>>>>>
>>>>> ERROR: In
>>>>> C:\bbd\7cc78367\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Rendering\OpenGL2\vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx,
>>>>> line 819
>>>>> vtkGenericOpenGLRenderWindow (000000214C5F3460): GLEW could not be
>>>>> initialized.
>>>>>
>>>>> ERROR: In
>>>>> C:\bbd\7cc78367\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Rendering\OpenGL2\vtkShaderProgram.cxx,
>>>>> line 453
>>>>> vtkShaderProgram (000000214CB8B7A0): Shader object was not
>>>>> initialized, cannot attach it.
>>>>>
>>>>> ERROR: In
>>>>> C:\bbd\7cc78367\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Rendering\OpenGL2\vtkShaderProgram.cxx,
>>>>> line 408
>>>>> vtkShaderProgram (000000214CB8B7A0): 1: #version 120
>>>>> 2: #ifdef GL_ES
>>>>> 3: #if __VERSION__ == 300
>>>>> 4: #define attribute in
>>>>> 5: #define varying out
>>>>> 6: #endif // 300
>>>>> 7: #else // GL_ES
>>>>> 8: #define highp
>>>>> 9: #define mediump
>>>>> 10: #define lowp
>>>>> 11: #if __VERSION__ == 150
>>>>> 12: #define attribute in
>>>>> 13: #define varying out
>>>>> 14: #endif
>>>>> 15: #endif // GL_ES
>>>>> 16:
>>>>> 17:
>>>>> 18:
>>>>> /*=========================================================================
>>>>> 19:
>>>>> 20:   Program:   Visualization Toolkit
>>>>> 21:   Module:    vtkPolyDataVS.glsl
>>>>> 22:
>>>>> 23:   Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
>>>>> 24:   All rights reserved.
>>>>> 25:   See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for
>>>>> details.
>>>>> 26:
>>>>> 27:      This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
>>>>> even
>>>>> 28:      the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
>>>>> PARTICULAR
>>>>> 29:      PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
>>>>> 30:
>>>>> 31:
>>>>> =========================================================================*/
>>>>> 32:
>>>>> 33: attribute vec4 vertexMC;
>>>>> 34:
>>>>> 35: // frag position in VC
>>>>> 36: //VTK::PositionVC::Dec
>>>>> 37:
>>>>> 38: // optional normal declaration
>>>>> 39: //VTK::Normal::Dec
>>>>> 40:
>>>>> 41: // extra lighting parameters
>>>>> 42: //VTK::Light::Dec
>>>>> 43:
>>>>> 44: // Texture coordinates
>>>>> 45: //VTK::TCoord::Dec
>>>>> 46:
>>>>> 47: // material property values
>>>>> 48: //VTK::Color::Dec
>>>>> 49:
>>>>> 50: // clipping plane vars
>>>>> 51: //VTK::Clip::Dec
>>>>> 52:
>>>>> 53: // camera and actor matrix values
>>>>> 54: uniform mat4 MCDCMatrix;
>>>>> 55:
>>>>> 56: // Apple Bug
>>>>> 57: //VTK::PrimID::Dec
>>>>> 58:
>>>>> 59: // Value raster
>>>>> 60: //VTK::ValuePass::Dec
>>>>> 61:
>>>>> 62: void main()
>>>>> 63: {
>>>>> 64:   //VTK::Color::Impl
>>>>> 65:
>>>>> 66:   //VTK::Normal::Impl
>>>>> 67:
>>>>> 68:   //VTK::TCoord::Impl
>>>>> 69:
>>>>> 70:   //VTK::Clip::Impl
>>>>> 71:
>>>>> 72:   //VTK::PrimID::Impl
>>>>> 73:
>>>>> 74:     gl_Position = MCDCMatrix * vertexMC;
>>>>> 75:
>>>>> 76:
>>>>> 77:   //VTK::ValuePass::Impl
>>>>> 78:
>>>>> 79:   //VTK::Light::Impl
>>>>> 80: }
>>>>> 81:
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this have something to do with my graphics card?
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks for your attention.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Antonio
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2017-09-07 17:06 GMT-03:00, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>:
>>>>>> Hi Antonio,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have reported an issue for this so we can track the issue:
>>>>>> https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/17695
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Cory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Antonio Orlando
>>>>>> <aorlando at herrera.unt.edu.ar> wrote:
>>>>>>> Dear All:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have tried to install the new version of
>>>>>>> ParaView-5.4.1-Qt5-OpenGL2-Windows-64bit.exe on Windows 8.1, with a
>>>>>>> 64bit OS, and when I launch it I get at the end of a long error
>>>>>>> message log the following
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ERROR: In
>>>>>>> C:\bbd\7cc78367\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Rendering\OpenGL2\vtkShaderProgram.cxx,
>>>>>>> line 409
>>>>>>> vtkShaderProgram (000000A5CDCC3D00):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Generic Warning: In
>>>>>>> C:\bbd\7cc78367\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Rendering\OpenGL2\vtkOpenGLRenderTimer.cxx,
>>>>>>> line 104
>>>>>>> vtkOpenGLRenderTimer::Stop called before vtkOpenGLRenderTimer::Start.
>>>>>>> Ignoring.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> versionFunctions: Not supported on OpenGL ES
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Would someone give me a hint what I should do for a correct
>>>>>>> installation? Many thanks.
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Cory Quammen
>>>>>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cory Quammen
>>>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cory Quammen
>> Staff R&D Engineer
>> Kitware, Inc.
>>

-- 
Cory Quammen
Staff R&D Engineer
Kitware, Inc.