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Installed Minecraft Forge on Windows XP, black screen

Posted February 14, 201312 yr

Hi all, first post

I have come across a very common problem which I could not solve, I followed installation instructions on Windows 7 and it worked, but when I tried it on my old computer which has Windows XP, a black screen occurs. I don't know what's the problem I followed the EXACT instructions.

I'll give you a report on the "ForgeModLoader-client-0"

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Forge Mod Loader version 4.7.4.520 for Minecraft 1.4.7 loading

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] All core mods are successfully located

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Discovering coremods

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Found library file argo-2.25.jar present and correct in lib dir

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Found library file guava-12.0.1.jar present and correct in lib dir

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Found library file asm-all-4.0.jar present and correct in lib dir

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Found library file bcprov-jdk15on-147.jar present and correct in lib dir

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Running coremod plugins

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Running coremod plugin FMLCorePlugin

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Found valid fingerprint for Minecraft Forge. Certificate fingerprint de4cf8a3f3bc15635810044c39240bf96804ea7d

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Coremod plugin FMLCorePlugin run successfully

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Running coremod plugin FMLForgePlugin

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Coremod plugin FMLForgePlugin run successfully

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Validating minecraft

2013-02-14 16:58:09 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Minecraft validated, launching...

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] 27 achievements

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] 210 recipes

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Setting user: gimzem, 12345

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] LWJGL Version: 2.4.2

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185)

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(Minecraft.java:382)

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at asq.a(SourceFile:56)

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:744)

2013-02-14 16:58:11 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(Minecraft.java:397)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at asq.a(SourceFile:56)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:744)

2013-02-14 16:58:13 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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February 15, 201312 yr

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I have already updated my drivers, and Minecraft runs smoothly even without Forge. But after I installed Forge it starts to crash

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February 15, 201312 yr

Update LWJGL. There's an article on the Minecraft Wiki on how to do so.

There's an EAQ for a reason. Read it!

"Note that failure to read this will make you look idiotic. You don't want that do you?" -- luacs1998

First rule of bug reports: More information is always better.

Oh, and logs OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!

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February 16, 201312 yr

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Still did not work $:-\$

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February 16, 201312 yr

Open Display Settings, go to the place where you change resolutions and such.

Click the Advanced button, then the Troubleshoot tab that is in the new window opened.

Adjust the slider back until minecraft works.

(note: may cause other games to crash)

Read the EAQ before posting! OR ELSE!

This isn't building better software, its trying to grab a place in the commit list of a highly visible github project.

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February 19, 201312 yr

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Thanks, it worked

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