Hi, My Laptop is Lenovo ThinkPad W500 and graphic card is ATI V5700, my Houdini menu display is like this: (showed in attachment)

I know the text still can be seen and it's not a big deal, just wonder if anyone know the solution to fix this small problem? Thanks alot.

You can try setting the environment variable HOUDINI_OGL_DISABLE_FBO 1 in the Control Panel/System Advanced Settings, Environment Variables dialog and see if that helps.

Also try upgrading the driver version for your card. I recommend at least Catalyst 10.3.

Thank you!
Its help for me on my Lenovo notebook!

But What this variable mean?

HOUDINI_OGL_DISABLE_FBO disables the use of OpenGL Framebuffer Objects, which is used by Houdini for offscreen rendering and pane redraw acceleration. Admittedly It's a rather large club to squash such a small issue.

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