Why on earth does MuseScore require a graphics driver?
So I have a failing graphics card that I decided would be better off with the drivers uninstalled than having to suffer through incessant crashes. However, it's easy enough to do all kinds of things without graphics drivers and it didn't overall displease me - which is why MuseScore's dependence on a graphics driver was the last thing I was expecting.
Is there a way to get this up and running without a driver?
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Maybe on Linux?
You can download a Mint ISO and try it on DVD. Then decide whether to install it
In reply to Maybe on Linux? You can… by Shoichi
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit.
The bigger question that I don't understand is why a driver is even necessary for a program like MuseScore. Nothing about it is graphics-related.
In reply to I'm using Windows 7 64-bit. … by Gidoza
Not that I know a lot about it but... it' s certainly not a text editor. The symbols of the palettes are ultimately images (not fonts) very often.
(https://linuxmint.com/download.php )
In reply to Not that I know a lot about… by Shoichi
So I got a tip and just tried it...and it works! Here's the answer for anyone who has the same question as I do.
The responder here provides links and instructions (in this case, to move .dll files into the place where MuseScore's bin folder actually is).
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43641455/opengl-without-compatible-…
And the download link is here.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/
And ta-daa...it works!
In reply to So I got a tip and just… by Gidoza
See #285174: MuseScore Crashes Immediately on Startup on Windows and #287283: Version 3 will not open startcenter because OpenGL not supported ...
In reply to Not that I know a lot about… by Shoichi
And even fonts need graphics..., the good old VT100 terminal had exactly one font builtin and couldn not display any other.
In reply to I'm using Windows 7 64-bit. … by Gidoza
Nothing about MuseScore is graphisc related? You can't be serious about this, about everything about MuseScore is graphics related.
MuseScore simply won't work on a plain text terminal, and for everything beyond that you need graphics. It is a WYSIWIG application and as such of course needs graphics and so a graphics controller and the corresponding driver.
So why on earth do you thing MuseScore should not require a graphics driver?
In reply to MuseScore simply won't work… by Jojo-Schmitz
I think this is not a problem with MuseScore and/or the graphic driver itself.
It "smell" like a Windows OS issue which, of course, makes some interference with MuseScore job.
Agreed, Jojo. All ordinary computers need graphics and graphics drivers. Perhaps Gidoza was confused by the fact CPUs these days have integrated graphics, which will work with stock OS (like Windows) drivers and so you don't have to be conscious of them. If you start with a card using mfr drivers, and disable it, an application (MS?) may be confused.