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I hope someone can help me.
This shows up whenever I try to open Minecraft:


Bad video card drivers!
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Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.



--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 3/1/12 10:30 PM

Minecraft: Minecraft 1.2.2
OS: Windows NT (unknown) (x86) version 6.2
Java: 1.6.0_31, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]

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:185)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:230)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:650)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 67f19f3a ----------


I have updated my drivers, and I know my card is supported because it worked before I installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview. What can I do?

A lot of people that have this problem solve it differently. I have the same problem, and I've been lurking the forums for a solution but every computer has a different solution to the same problem from what I can gather.

Someone sent me this. I have not read it, and I'm going to see if it fixes it for me. Having windows 8 might make things more complex for you.
http://www.minecraft...d-driver-error/

Didn't work......

Deja vu?

Didn't see this. Lol. Either way, I'll try anything at this point. My sister has been getting this problem for over 3 months now.

I am having the same problem. TO make a long story short I reformatted my computer. I installed 32 Bit Java and Minecraft worked fine. But when I installed 63 bit Java (which I used before format) the game stopped working, I get the same GL error.

I luckily had backup files of my game before this update. So I tried those and it worked fine with Java 64. Its definetly something with this new update thats crashing it.

It Crashes on my mom and dads laptop too... sucks for my brother.

I get the same thing on my desktop. just try to re install java.