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Dual monitor on separate graphics card driver error
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System Information
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit
Graphics card: 2 x GTX1080
Graphics driver: 25.21.14.1891

Blender Version
Broken: 2.80, bf9904ec8018

Short description of error

Blender crashes when i try to open a blend file that has any floating window open besides the main UI Window, with the following error " Blender requires a graphics driver with at list OpenGL 3.3 support "

I believe this is happening because i have my monitors plunged in to two separate video card of same make and model,

a test blend file that produces this error

test001.blend611 KBDownload

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rB Blender
D13885rBfd1078e1055e Fix T62651: Win32 Multiple Adapters Warning

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Gavin Scott (Zoot) added a subscriber: Gavin Scott (Zoot).EditedMar 17 2019, 4:26 AM

I'll just throw in that if your 1080s do indeed have DVI-D output as shown in the screenshot, you can probably use a $6 DVI-D to HDMI cable to let you drive both monitors from a single card, which shouldn't be a problem for a 1080 and two HD displays.

Sebastian Parborg (zeddb) lowered the priority of this task from 90 to 30.Mar 18 2019, 3:15 PM
Sebastian Parborg (zeddb) added a subscriber: Sebastian Parborg (zeddb).

Does it work if you only use one GPU to render opengl?

Probably a duplicate of: T61995

Alex Atiq (ast.alex) added a comment.Mar 18 2019, 4:41 PM

Yes, that seems to work, I no longer get the error when opening files with floating windows.

Thanks

Alex Atiq (ast.alex) updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 18 2019, 4:43 PM
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Philipp Oeser (lichtwerk) raised the priority of this task from 30 to 90.Mar 27 2019, 1:00 PM
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) renamed this task from Duel Monitor on separate Graphics card Driver Erroe to Dual monitor on separate graphics card driver error.Mar 27 2019, 3:49 PM
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) lowered the priority of this task from 90 to 50.
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) merged a task: T63013: Dual monitor dual windows blender layout in startup file windows 10 crash 2.79 (OpenGL 3.3 error in 2.8).
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) added a subscriber: Vlad Kuzmin (Ssh4).
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) added a subscriber: Brecht Van Lommel (brecht).

While there is a workaround, we should try to fix this.

I haven't tested this setup myself, but since it's been reported by 3 users would consider it confirmed.

Vlad Kuzmin (Ssh4) added a comment.EditedMar 28 2019, 10:30 AM

Can confirm that monitors should be connected to different video cards.
And using only one GPU to render opengl fix this issue.

Sebastian Parborg (zeddb) assigned this task to Clément Foucault (fclem).Mar 28 2019, 11:01 AM
Sebastian Parborg (zeddb) added a subscriber: Clément Foucault (fclem).

@Clément Foucault (fclem) I think we talked about this previously. I don't think blender does anything special with multi GPU/monitor setups. So I suspect that this is an issue on the driver side of things?

Alex Atiq (ast.alex) added a comment.Mar 28 2019, 11:20 AM
In T62651#650092, @Sebastian Parborg (zeddb) wrote:

@Clément Foucault (fclem) I think we talked about this previously. I don't think blender does anything special with multi GPU/monitor setups. So I suspect that this is an issue on the driver side of things?

If it helps i didn't face this problem in blender 2.7 ... its only on 2.8 in my case.

Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) merged a task: T60019: Blender 2.8 crashing no opengl 3.3 support.May 23 2019, 2:39 AM
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) added subscribers: jon w (jwil), Grant Kim (archost), Will Falcon (WillFalcon) and 2 others.
Dalai Felinto (dfelinto) removed Clément Foucault (fclem) as the assignee of this task.Dec 23 2019, 4:34 PM
Dalai Felinto (dfelinto) added a project: Tracker Curfew.
Jeroen Bakker (jbakker) changed the subtype of this task from "Report" to "Known Issue".Feb 4 2020, 1:45 PM
Jeroen Bakker (jbakker) edited projects, added GPU / Viewport; removed Tracker Curfew.
Jeroen Bakker (jbakker) added a subscriber: Jeroen Bakker (jbakker).

I will set this as a known issue. Can be how OpenGL resources are shared between the two graphic cards. Blender OpenGL assumes that there is only a single GPU to take care of.

Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) merged a task: T74479: Requesting OpenGL 3.3+ while opening specific file.Mar 9 2020, 12:10 PM
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) changed the subtype of this task from "Known Issue" to "Bug".
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) added subscribers: Y.A.K (yak27), Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii), Stas (girafic).

I think this definitely a bug, and almost a high priority one. This is a common setup and it shouldn't fail by default.

We may be able to only use one GPU, but then we should fix GHOST to enforce that somehow.

Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) added a project: Platform: Windows.Mar 9 2020, 12:12 PM

Worst case, we could try to show a better error message that explains how to work around this problem.

Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) mentioned this in T74479: Requesting OpenGL 3.3+ while opening specific file.Mar 9 2020, 12:14 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) merged a task: T75386: blender 2.82 save files doesn't work with multiscreen setup.Apr 10 2020, 2:49 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) added subscribers: vicky (alexia9283), Richard Antalik (ISS), Anthony Edlin (krash).
Robert Guetzkow (rjg) mentioned this in T76499: Blender 2.80 won't open.May 7 2020, 1:44 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) merged a task: T77089: Dual Monitors/GPUs create unopenable blend file.May 26 2020, 7:06 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) added a subscriber: Lucas Feld (skantron).
Clément Foucault (fclem) edited projects, added EEVEE & Viewport; removed GPU / Viewport.Jun 19 2020, 10:23 PM
Clément Foucault (fclem) moved this task from Backlog to Bugs on the EEVEE & Viewport board.Jul 1 2020, 3:05 AM
Adam Chan (ykadam) added a subscriber: Adam Chan (ykadam).Jul 13 2020, 8:54 PM

Sjoerd Seinhorst (sjoerdsein) removed a subscriber: Sjoerd Seinhorst (sjoerdsein).Jul 13 2020, 9:27 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) merged a task: T79065: Crash when loading file saved with 2 screens/main Windows.Jul 21 2020, 5:25 AM
Richard Antalik (ISS) added a subscriber: Andrei Feheregyhazi (fajigajiga).
Richard Antalik (ISS) mentioned this in T79099: Can not be opened on dual monitor (onborad and Graphic card's HDMI) .Jul 21 2020, 6:12 AM
Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) moved this task from Backlog to Bug on the Platform: Windows board.Oct 12 2020, 3:37 AM
Richard Antalik (ISS) mentioned this in T82410: OpenGL 3.3 or higher error given with OpenGL 4.6 supporting Graphics Card and Driver.Nov 9 2020, 11:07 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) merged a task: T82410: OpenGL 3.3 or higher error given with OpenGL 4.6 supporting Graphics Card and Driver.Nov 11 2020, 1:28 AM
Richard Antalik (ISS) added a subscriber: Parker (CuttlefishKitch).
Richard Antalik (ISS) mentioned this in T72098: Crash on startup with 2.82 and Intel HD + Windows.Nov 11 2020, 9:08 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) mentioned this in T83320: Dual monitor on separate graphics card UI freezing when swithing workspace.Dec 15 2020, 8:53 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) merged a task: T83320: Dual monitor on separate graphics card UI freezing when swithing workspace.
Richard Antalik (ISS) added a subscriber: Catalin (cathalyn).
Robert Guetzkow (rjg) mentioned this in T84857: I updated my graphics card driver.And then,it said this:.Jan 19 2021, 10:40 AM
Philipp Oeser (lichtwerk) mentioned this in T83969: When I open blender it closes immediately.Feb 19 2021, 5:02 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) mentioned this in T88918: Blender 2.93 Crash with OpenGL 3.3 error..Jun 8 2021, 11:22 AM
Richard Antalik (ISS) merged a task: T88918: Blender 2.93 Crash with OpenGL 3.3 error..
Richard Antalik (ISS) added a subscriber: Jonathan Pfeiffer (JAPfeiffer).
Glen Moyes (glenmoyes) added a subscriber: Glen Moyes (glenmoyes).Jul 7 2021, 12:33 AM

To add an update on this issue, I got this bug in Blender 2.93 LTS. Plugging all monitors into the same card made it work. However, 2.91 didn't give me this issue (plugging multiple monitors across two 1080s). Same driver version in both tests. Regression between the two Blender versions perhaps?

Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) mentioned this in T94876: Viewport shading crash.Jan 14 2022, 10:26 AM
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) mentioned this in T90710: OpenGL 3.3 error with a RTX 3060 updated.Jan 15 2022, 5:50 PM
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) merged a task: T94462: I can't open the file when I use two 3090 card,can open it with single one.Jan 19 2022, 4:07 AM
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) added subscribers: chengliu (chengll), Harley Acheson (harley).
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) mentioned this in T88473: Blender isn't Opening.Jan 19 2022, 7:11 AM
Harley Acheson (harley) added a revision: D13885: Fix T62651: Win32 Multiple Adapters Warning.Jan 21 2022, 9:07 PM
Glen Moyes (glenmoyes) removed a subscriber: Glen Moyes (glenmoyes).Jan 22 2022, 7:55 PM
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) mentioned this in T85628: OpenGL 3.3 issue with dual AMD GPUs with monitor setup.Jan 24 2022, 5:34 AM
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) merged a task: T85628: OpenGL 3.3 issue with dual AMD GPUs with monitor setup.
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) added subscribers: Grzegorz Wereszko (Prodeous), Pierre Béliveau (Pierre), Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123), Duarte Farrajota Ramos (duarteframos).
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) mentioned this in T93895: Blender crashes and graphics card stop working.Jan 25 2022, 4:27 AM
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) merged a task: T89796: Unsupported graphics card or driver error on separate monitor.Jan 25 2022, 6:43 AM
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Harley Acheson (harley) closed this task as Resolved by committing rBfd1078e1055e: Fix T62651: Win32 Multiple Adapters Warning.Jan 29 2022, 12:20 AM
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Harley Acheson (harley) added a commit: rBfd1078e1055e: Fix T62651: Win32 Multiple Adapters Warning.
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) mentioned this in T96051: I get an error whenever a pop up window is executed on my secondary monitor (which happens to be my graphics tablet)..Mar 2 2022, 5:39 AM
Richard Antalik (ISS) mentioned this in T96151: Slow Blender Startup (Not responding + grey screen) .Mar 4 2022, 12:28 AM
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) mentioned this in T97087: Why "Opengl32.Apr 7 2022, 3:18 PM
Curtis May (akcamay) added a subscriber: Curtis May (akcamay).Apr 7 2022, 3:44 PM

Thank you all; this will help and I will try to hook up my three screens on the same card as I think this is what you are saying.

Umberto Celentano (umbcel) mentioned this in T63013: Dual monitor dual windows blender layout in startup file windows 10 crash 2.79 (OpenGL 3.3 error in 2.8).Fri, Apr 29, 6:25 PM
Pratik Borhade (PratikPB2123) mentioned this in T97971: latency on the last version. impossible to work .Mon, May 9, 8:52 AM