Posted by nick.collier on Oct 16, 2013; 7:56pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Help-Interpreting-a-JOGL-profile-not-found-error-tp4030269.html

Hi,

We've got a user reporting this error:

javax.media.opengl.GLException: WindowsWGLDrawableFactory - Could not initialize shared resources for decon
	at jogamp.opengl.windows.wgl.WindowsWGLDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(WindowsWGLDrawableFactory.java:380)
	at jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner.run(SharedResourceRunner.java:269)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at jogamp.opengl.gl4.GL4bcImpl.glGetString(GL4bcImpl.java:11005)
	at jogamp.opengl.windows.wgl.WindowsWGLDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(WindowsWGLDrawableFactory.java:362)
	... 2 more
ERROR [AWT-EventQueue-0] 19:19:34,207 repast.simphony.visualizationOGL2D.DisplayOGL2D - Error initializing OGL 2D display. JOGL must be installed and computer must support open gl rendering
javax.media.opengl.GLException: Profile GL2 is not available on null, but: [GLProfile[GL2ES2/GL4.hw], GLProfile[GL4/GL4.hw], GLProfile[GL3/GL3.hw], GLProfile[GL4/GL4.hw], GLProfile[GL2GL3/GL4.hw]]

Does this mean that his graphics card no longer supports the older GL2 profile? He's on windows 7 64bit with a nvidia 560ti

thanks,

Nick