I recently got a new pc and when running minecraft on any version got an error:
Couldn't set pixel format
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:247)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
at ave.ap(SourceFile:521)
at ave.am(SourceFile:363)
at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
13:47:16.204
Minecraft Crash Report ----
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Time: 22/01/21 1:47 PM
Description: Initializing game
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:247)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)
at ave.ap(SourceFile:534)
at ave.am(SourceFile:363)
at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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– Head –
Stacktrace:
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:247)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)
at ave.ap(SourceFile:534)
at ave.am(SourceFile:363)
– Initialization –
Details:
Stacktrace:
at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
– System Details –
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.8.9
Operating System: Windows 10 (amd64) version 10.0
Java Version: 1.8.0_51, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 190788048 bytes (181 MB) / 268435456 bytes (256 MB) up to 6442450944 bytes (6144 MB)
JVM Flags: 8 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx6G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.8.9
LWJGL: 2.9.4
OpenGL: ~ERROR~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
GL Caps:
Using VBOs: No
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs:
Current Language: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
CPU: <unknown>
#@
Crash report saved to: #@!@# C:\Users\Evan\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\crash-reports\crash-2021-01-22_13.47.16-client.txt
<log4j:Event logger="net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer" timestamp="1611341236204" level="INFO" thread="Client Shutdown Thread">
<log4j:Message><![CDATA[Stopping server]]></log4j:Message>
</log4j:Event>
13:47:16.204
XML_ERROR_PARSING
13:47:16.270
13:47:16.270
Process crashed with exit code -1
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