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A little while back I left Ubuntu so that I could switch back to Windows, and try out the neat new Windows 8. But then, when I launched Minecraft, this happened:



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 1/2/13 12:22 PM

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.4.6
Operating System: Windows 8 (x86) version 6.2
Java Version: 1.7.0_10, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 423816840 bytes (404 MB) / 518979584 bytes (494 MB) up to 1037959168 bytes (989 MB)
JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xms512m -Xmx1024m
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
Suspicious classes: No suspicious classes found.
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
LWJGL: 2.4.2
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Texture Pack: Default
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null[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:232)
at asq.a(SourceFile:56)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:515)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 1c0f664b ----------

My computer is a Fujitsu Lifebook A6120, and it was made back when Vista was new. I know that the hardware is fine, it ran Minecraft on Ubuntu just fine, and I know that this device is dependable. This device has lasted me quite a while.

Can anyone help? My alternative is to dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu, but even that has its risks. I just want to be able to play Minecraft again!!!

Had this problem a while back - I fixed it by doing what the message said.

This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.

I tried that. The thing is, I cannot find drivers, and NOTHING is working. I wanted to see if anyone could help... If not, it might just be that the computer is just too old. (Although it did work in Ubuntu fine).

Quote from tlangster

I tried that. The thing is, I cannot find drivers, and NOTHING is working. I wanted to see if anyone could help... If not, it might just be that the computer is just too old. (Although it did work in Ubuntu fine).

Unfortunately, it's difficult to find graphics card drivers for laptops in general, because they use integrated things. Is dual-booting Ubuntu an option for you? If it's difficult for you, look into Wubi.