OpenGL is not supported by the video driver

Question

When I use this code:

import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication;
import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplicationConfiguration;

public class Main {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      LwjglApplicationConfiguration cfg = new LwjglApplicationConfiguration();
      cfg.title = "MtxJungleGameMenu";
      cfg.useGL20 = false;
      cfg.width = 800;
      cfg.height = 480;
      new LwjglApplication(new MainStarter(), cfg);
   }
}

I get an exception like this:

Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: OpenGL is not supported by the video driver.

any help?

possible duplicate of libGDX Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" — P.T.

Paresh Dudhat Paresh Dudhat · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-13T11:32:27

Put this code System.setProperty("org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.allowSoftwareOpenGL", "true");

Problem solved in my case.. this will allow libgdx to run as software openGL mode.

Your code will look like this.

import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication;
import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplicationConfiguration;

public class Main {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      LwjglApplicationConfiguration cfg = new LwjglApplicationConfiguration();
      System.setProperty("org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.allowSoftwareOpenGL", "true");
      cfg.title = "MtxJungleGameMenu";
      cfg.useGL20 = false;
      cfg.width = 800;
      cfg.height = 480;
      new LwjglApplication(new MainStarter(), cfg);
   }
}

OpenGL is not supported by the video driver

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