# eglGetDisplay(EGL\_DEFAULT\_DISPLAY) Fails on Android 15, Causes SurfaceFlinger Crash (Works on Android 14)

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**Category:** PowerVR Insider\
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/eglgetdisplay-egl-default-display-fails-on-android-15-causes-surfaceflinger-crash-works-on-android-14/4205 "2025-07-31T05:41:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRanj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@JRanj](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/JRanj)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/eglgetdisplay-egl-default-display-fails-on-android-15-causes-surfaceflinger-crash-works-on-android-14/4205/1 "2025-07-31T05:41:03Z")

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I’m **migrating a platform from Android 14 to Android 15** using the same kernel (5.10) and GPU vendor driver stack (`libEGL.so`, `libGLESv2.so`, etc.). This stack worked without issues on Android 14.

However, on Android 15, the following EGL initialization fails:

**`EGLDisplay display = eglGetDisplay(EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);`**` `

This call returns `EGL_NO_DISPLAY`, and shortly after, **SurfaceFlinger crashes** , preventing the UI from coming up. Logs show an EGL driver error related to context creation:

`IMGSRV: PVRSRVTimelineCreate[TA]() failed (PVRSRV_ERROR_INVALID_DEVICE) in RGXCreateRender`

Driver: PowerVR GX6650

### Observations:

- The GPU driver (`pvrsrvkm`) is loaded successfully (`lsmod` shows the module).

- RenderEngine is using **SkiaGL (Ganesh backend)** in Android.

- `AOSP` points to the correct driver (`powervr`).

- The same configuration worked without issue on Android 14.

Has anyone successfully reused an Android 14 GPU driver stack on Android 15? If so, were any changes needed in the graphics pipeline (SkiaGL, EGL, RenderEngine, etc.) to get EGL initialization working?

Any insights or suggestions would be highly appreciated. Thank you!

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![AlejandroC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AlejandroC](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/AlejandroC)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/eglgetdisplay-egl-default-display-fails-on-android-15-causes-surfaceflinger-crash-works-on-android-14/4205/2 "2025-08-01T11:20:14Z")

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Hi JRanj,

Thanks for your email and welcome to the PowerVR Developer Forum!

One possible test you could do is test our PowerVR SDK OpenGL ES samples under [Native\_SDK/examples/OpenGLES at master · powervr-graphics/Native\_SDK · GitHub](https://github.com/powervr-graphics/Native_SDK/tree/master/examples/OpenGLES)

Specially the OpenGL ES sample HelloAPI [Native\_SDK/examples/OpenGLES/01\_HelloAPI at master · powervr-graphics/Native\_SDK · GitHub](https://github.com/powervr-graphics/Native_SDK/tree/master/examples/OpenGLES/01_HelloAPI)

Best regards,  
Alejandro

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**Author:** ![JRanj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@JRanj](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/JRanj)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/eglgetdisplay-egl-default-display-fails-on-android-15-causes-surfaceflinger-crash-works-on-android-14/4205/3 "2025-08-04T07:33:02Z")

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Hi @AlejandroC, Thanks for the quick reply.

I’ll try running the `HelloAPI` sample from the PowerVR SDK to see how it behaves on our Android 15 port. However, since the board isn’t fully booting due to the EGL-related crash, I’m unsure how far I’ll be able to proceed with the test.

Thanks and regards,

JRanj