3D Printing Forum

It's an HP s5220F, older small format desktop machine. It's running the built-in Intel GMA 3100 graphics. 4GB memory, dual core processor.

It's slow, but not so slow as 3d printing.

That makes sense. So, restating, my problem is that recent versions of Cura, including 2.1.3, require a newer version of openGL than earlier versions of Cura. My machine probably does not have the later version of openGL, and I cannot find more updated drivers. So my workaround is to use an older ve...

OK, that makes sense. If that's where you start relying on openGL, it's probably an issue with the drivers and openGL stuff. I'll go tinker there.

Is it significant that 15.04.06 runs but 2.1.3 does not?

More data.
2.1.3 runs on another machine with Win7 64bit, so it's not an obvious Win7 problem.
Installed Cura 15 on the machine. Runs fine. Problem is with machine and 2.1.3.

Had a brainstorm. I saw some python debugging stuff on cura crash notes on the net, and I wondered if I even had a working python on the machine. Nope, no python. Installed python 2.7.?.?, verified that python was there, running, and in the path, and got exactly the same results. Crash at the "...

OK, tried making it OK with anti-virus. No change in operation.

Nope. I'll go check that. Could be.

Windows 7 64bit, home premium. Haven't tried on another computer.

I have searched for an answer on this one, but have not found anything relevant. If the info exists, please point me to it. I have installed Cura 2.1.3 for 64 bit windows on my controller machine, and it crashes at each start of the Cura software. The crash is always immediately after the "Chan...