What is this minecraft error and how can i fix it?

Question

Description: Initializing game

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:244)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)
at ats.O(SourceFile:297)
at ats.d(SourceFile:599)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:101)


A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Stacktrace:
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:244)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)
at ats.O(SourceFile:297)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at ats.d(SourceFile:599)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:101)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.6.2
Operating System: Windows 8 (x86) version 6.2
Java Version: 1.7.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 5774232 bytes (5 MB) / 26808320 bytes (25 MB) up to 518979584 bytes (494 MB)
JVM Flags: 1 total; -Xmx512M
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
Launched Version: 1.6.2
LWJGL: 2.9.0
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Pack: Default
Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null

Answer 1

My directions as follows:

Go into your start menu

type in %appdata%

click your .minecraft folder

open options.txt

look for "advancedOpenGL"

change "true" to "false"

Answer 2

this is caused by your graphics not having accelerated Pixel format graphics.. if your getting this error im supposing you dont have a very nice graphics card.. if you do have one or you dont your best chance for fixing the problem is updating your drivers which would depend on what kind of graphics you have.. wouldnt suppose you are just using build in intel graphics are you?

Answer 3

if your on a laptop, you have trouble. if you are on a comp, get a better graphics card. amd radeon and Nvidia make the best cards.

you cannot fix this without upgrading your card. though, try to first update the graphics card driver.

what card do you use?

Answer 4

Org.lwjgl.lwjglexception

Answer 5

Please share more details regarding the error.If possible a screenshot