# Unable to find usable GLFWFBConfigs

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [July 17, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221 "2012-07-17T00:25:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221/1 "2012-07-17T00:25:51Z")

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**anonymous** wrote on [Tuesday, July 17, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/58f5da60/#2002):

Hi,  
My app runs fine on my desktop 😃 thanks for GLFW, again. Alas, on my netbook,  
with integrated graphics, it fails to open a window. It’s rather important  
that it runs there, though…  
I get this error:  
Failed to find any usable GLFWFBConfigs  
Unable to find a usable pixel format  
Failed to create GLFW window

Now, I saw two other people had the same problem and that the fix was included  
in this version of GLFW. It seemed as though a hint was added, but I’m not  
sure what? How can I solve this problem?

Thanks in advance :3

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221/2 "2012-07-17T00:27:09Z")

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**anonymous** wrote on [Tuesday, July 17, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/58f5da60/#ce51):

oh, and I’m running Windows 7, btw.

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221/3 "2012-07-17T00:44:26Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Tuesday, July 17, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/58f5da60/#5532):

Your GPU driver most likely doesn’t support OpenGL. You should upgrade to one  
that does.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221/4 "2012-07-17T11:04:31Z")

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**anonymous** wrote on [Tuesday, July 17, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/58f5da60/#cc69):

Okey, I have updated to the latest driver, it still fails.  
As a control, though, I did get it working under SDL and GLUT. I’d just prefer  
to be using GLFW.

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221/5 "2012-07-17T11:31:33Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Tuesday, July 17, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/58f5da60/#9c41):

Have you verified that this driver supports OpenGL? If not, you can use a tool  
like GLview.

[http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/](http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/)

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221/6 "2012-07-17T12:27:42Z")

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**anonymous** wrote on [Tuesday, July 17, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/58f5da60/#3317):

Hi, just ran glview. It struggles, but it managed to run the glview test up to  
1.2 spec.  
Under SDL and GLUT I can get a window open and use OpenGL to draw, if that’s  
any help?

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221/7 "2012-07-17T13:04:49Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Tuesday, July 17, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/58f5da60/#a7a1):

What you’re seeing is Microsoft’s ancient software implementation of OpenGL  
1.2.

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221/8 "2012-07-17T13:06:55Z")

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**anonymous** wrote on [Tuesday, July 17, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/58f5da60/#0457):

:\< So that leaves me, effectively, without a paddle? ;/

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/unable-to-find-usable-glfwfbconfigs/221/9 "2012-07-17T13:35:56Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Tuesday, July 17, 2012](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/58f5da60/#267d):

I don’t know what GPU your netbook has, but it’s possible there’s no driver  
for it that supports OpenGL.