[vtkusers] Problems with VS 2005 and VTK (vtkrendering.lib)

Markus voigt markus-voigt at gmx.net
Thu Nov 2 12:58:47 EST 2006


Hi folks

sorry for the problem but the solution ist the most smplest of the 
world. It was the Driver of the graphic board which was toooo old.
For now I know how to install and configure VTK.
Thanks for help Problem solved
Markus

Obada Mahdi schrieb:
> Hi Markus,
>
> I have completely missed to ask you what version of VTK you are using,
> sorry.  Note that Ning Ye and me were referring to VTK versions 5.x.
>
> On 11/2/06, Ning Ye <aboycn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I doubt if you have built and install VTK properly.
>
> Actually I tend to believe that Markus did proper installations of
> VTK--so far there has been no information that would indicate that the
> installation per se went wrong, and besides
>
> [running a simple, non-VTK OpenGL test program]
>> I've downloaded the zip file and ran the test1.bat but there was only a
>> white window. nothing moving.
>
> indicates that there might be a problem with OpenGL in general.  It
> would be nice if this could be verified by trying other OpenGL (not
> Direct3D) applications, like demos, benchmarks, games etc.  Maybe your
> graphics driver has a tool for changing OpenGL settings system-wide
> that affect normal OpenGL applications.
>
>> Could my graphic card be the problem?
>
> What kind of graphics board and which drivers do you have?  It might
> help to know, maybe there are known issues.
>
>> Do I have to buy a 400€ expensive
>> graphic card to run a open-source program?
>
> No, you do not (although I do not understand the implication that open
> source software should be able to run on cheap hardware...)  In fact,
> the graphics board on my GNU/Linux box is an old GeForce2 MX with 32MB
> of RAM (yay!), and my notebook I use for testing Windows stuff does
> have something even worse.  Also, you can always install Mesa drivers
> (www.mesa3d.org) and build VTK by linking against the Mesa versions of
> opengl32.lib and glu32.lib (path settings for these libraries are
> among the "advanced values" in CMake).
>
>> On 11/2/06, mam06bhv <mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de >
>> wrote:
>> > That's what I mean in some previous mails. Everyone give me hints but
>> > bnothing is a complete solution.
>
> It is just not that easy.  It is not like there is a magic switch labeled
> "[ ] Make things work" that noone is telling you about ;-)
>
> So far everything seems to point to a problem with your graphics card
> or OpenGL drivers.  As long as even simple OpenGL applications to not
> work on your system, there is IMHO no point in trying to fix things
> related to VTK (although more tests should be conducted to
> substantiate that assumption, that example I quoted might just be
> bad).
>
> For all I know it is not even clear yet whether there is a problem
> with VTK or your system configuration, and if you are seeking for help
> here, we need your assistance in figuring some things about your
> system and eliminating some possibilities.  Even if I had your PC in
> front of me, I would try things just like I have described in my
> previous posting: first confirm that OpenGL works in general, then run
> tests with the VTK-enhanced Tcl interpreter, and so on.  I am afraid
> that I do not have a complete solution, hints for closing in on the
> actual problem is all I can give.  (Perhaps someone with more
> experience can jump in?)
>
> Among the first google hits for "wglCreateContext 1114" is the
> following recent posting from a different mailing list:
>
> https://mail.enthought.com/pipermail/enthought-dev/2006-September/002596.html 
>
>
> It mentions similar problems as you have quoted before
> ("wglCreateContext failed in CreateAWindow(), error: 1114" reported by
> VTK).  I did not find a solution in this thread, but if everything
> else fails, maybe you can contact people from that mailing list for
> help.
>
>
> I do understand your frustration after not being able for several days
> to get a seemingly simple task finished, but I am afraid that hints
> and suggestions is all I can offer.  Try installing some
> OpenGL-enhanced games like "Doom Legacy" or "glxQuake", this way you
> can test the OpenGL-capabilities of your system and relieve some of
> the tension at the same time ;-)
> (My sincere apologies to anyone who is offended by that suggestion.)
>
>
> Regards
>
> Obada
>


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