Minecraft gives me this message in the crash report:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Sorry :(
Time: 23/1/15 8:28 PM
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:252) 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 bss.an(SourceFile:526) at bss.ak(SourceFile:355) at bss.a(SourceFile:302) at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
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:252) 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 bss.an(SourceFile:526) at bss.ak(SourceFile:355)
-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace: at bss.a(SourceFile:302) at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
-- System Details --
Details: Minecraft Version: 1.8.1 Operating System: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1 Java Version: 1.8.0_31, Oracle Corporation Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation Memory: 52381136 bytes (49 MB) / 101867520 bytes (97 MB) up to 518979584 bytes (494 MB) JVM Flags: 2 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0 Launched Version: 1.8.1 LWJGL: 2.9.1 OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread. GL Caps: Using VBOs: No Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched. Type: Client (map_client.txt) Resource Packs: [] Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)

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1 Answer

What are your computer specs? If you are using Intel Series 4 chipset or earlier, you may not be able to run Minecraft on your computer. You can also try updating your video drivers. If that still doesn't work, you will either have to stick with Minecraft 1.7.2.

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