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.

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Busy with other things but thanks for the replies thus far. Nope, not a hack install of Windows 11.

Here is information on the graphics:

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The driver is the latest, date is September 2024.

Thanks for the replies, I will have to look over the suggestions above when I’m in the mood to open the hood on the pooter.

J.

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Is this the only GPU you have?

Also check if you have OpenGL version >= 2.1 using GLview (it needs to be run as administrator usually)

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It’s an Intel CPU with a built-in GPU. By the way, do you know the CPU or the model number of the computer?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005524/graphics.html

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Well, I did nothing to the system at all… and now it works. Just had to let it age for a while. :grinning:

Thank you all for taking the time to look into this for me. Much appreciated.

Joe

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By the way here is what the system appears to be:

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do you know how much RAM you allocated to the iGPU?
This is a BIOS setting. It could be that this is not set or set too low for any form of 3D work to occur.
allocating 500meg should be sufficient

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