Use the System Info menu option to determine information about your system. This option is especially useful for determining your rendering mode. Sample output follows.
read_mysql_cfg_file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini [('tmp_table_size', '9M'), ('myisam_sort_buffer_size', '18M'), ('table_cache', '256'), ('read_rnd_buffer_size', '256K'), ('port', '3306'), ('max_connections', '100'), ('innodb_buffer_pool_size', '18M'), ('myisam_max_sort_file_size', '100G'), ('sql-mode', '"STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"'), ('basedir', '"C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/"'), ('default-character-set', 'latin1'), ('datadir', '"C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/Data/"'), ('innodb_log_buffer_size', '1M'), ('innodb_log_file_size', '10M'), ('innodb_thread_concurrency', '8'), ('read_buffer_size', '64K'), ('innodb_additional_mem_pool_size', '2M'), ('thread_cache_size', '8'), ('innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit', '1'), ('query_cache_size', '0'), ('sort_buffer_size', '256K'), ('default-storage-engine', 'INNODB'), ('key_buffer_size', '11M')] MySQL Workbench OSS for Windows version 5.2.8 Cairo Version: 1.8.6 Rendering Mode: GDI requested (create a diagram to confirm) OpenGL Driver Version: Not Detected OS: unknown CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz, 1.0 GB RAM Video adapter info: Adapter type: VirtualBox Graphics Adapter Chip Type: VBOX BIOS String: Version 0xB0C2 or later Video Memory: 12288 KB