Could not use Open GL, falling back

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Hi all,

I can’t seem to get a 3D rendering of my project… the window opens but nothing happens when using Fallback Graphics. Reading through other posts, I tried to switch to Accelerated Graphics but het this pop-up:

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I also get the pop-up when I open the Footprint Editor.

Running Win 11, 64 bit, build 26100; KiCAD v8.0.7

Not a biggie but would like to understand why this is so.

Thanks!
J

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Is this a constraint imposed by the graphics control chip in your hardware and the Windows driver that supports it?

ex.
https://forum.kicad.info/t/solved-could-not-use-opengl-falling-back-to-software-rendering/
https://forum.kicad.info/t/kicad-6-0-opengl-problem/
etc.

If you are using an older GPU such as “Intel HD Graphics”, you may be able to get it to work by downloading ex. MesaForWindows-x64-20.1.8.7z from Mesa3D For Windows - Federico Dossena , copying the opengl32.dll file to the KiCad bin folder, and restarting KiCad. (It will run very slowly though.)

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  1. Update your graphics drivers

  2. There’s a newer version of Mesa you can try, see instructions:

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I would have assumed that the hardware requirements for Windows 11 would preclude anything very old (not supporting Open GL) being used. Unless this is a hack install of Windows 11.