[Paraview] Help! Paraview keeps crashing out with X Error on Mac Powerbook G4

[Berk Geveci]

I don't think ParaView works on OS X for Intel. I have heard multiple
reports that it does not. I also haven't tested 2.4.3 on the Mac.
Unfortunately, we have been mostly relying on paraview users to send
us patches for Mac. This will probably change in the not-so-far future
but for now, I don't have time to look into the problem. I will keep
the mailing list posted.

-Berk

On 4/20/06, mike jackson <imikejackson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/20/06, Joe Koski <jkoski11 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > on 4/20/06 2:41 AM, Andreas Bollermann at andreas.bollermann at rwth-aachen.de
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > on my Powerbook G4, OS X 10.4.6, the binaries from the website work, but
> > > the last version is very unstable. Anyone still having 2.4.2 binaries?
> > >
> > > The recent stable code doesn't compile on my machine, the CVS code
> > > builds, but last time I tried it crashed shortly after startup.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Andreas
> >
> > Andreas,
> >
> > I have not had any problems with paraview-2.4.3 on my G5 with OS X 10.3.9.
> > Currently, there are also reported build problems for PowerPC Macs with OS X
> > 10.4.6 with the open source products octave and R. Apparently, the same
> > builds work without problems on the new Intel Macs with 10.4.6. I monitor
> > the Apple scitech list, and, while the problems are being reported, there is
> > no word from Apple about the existence of the problem or if it will be fixed
> > soon. I suspect that they are swamped supporting the new Intel platform.
> >
> > Maybe we should ask for the paraview website to add the the 2.4.2 version
> > until the problem is cleared.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike Jackson schrieb:
> > >>    Yep, I have the same problem. I am running OS X 10.4.6 Intel and OS X
> > >> 10.4.6 PPC. Both crash out of X in about that same spot. I at least used
> > >> to be able to run the binaries from Paraview.org, but not any more.
> > >>    Trying to build on OS X 10.4.x will not work either. It will
> > >> successfully compile, but not work. I tried compiling with GCC 4 and GCC
> > >> 3. I tried running PPC binaries on Intel hardware hoping that Rosetta
> > >> would kick in.. Nothing I have tried works.
> > >>    The only know working solution is Paraview 2.2.1 running on OS X
> > >> 10.3.9. That was the last time I had anything working on Mac Hardware.
> > >>
> > >> Good luck.
> > >> Mike Jackson
> > >>
> > >> On Apr 19, 2006, at 1:55 PM, J. Kim Welford wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> My problem is similar to one posted last month in the archives but I
> > >>> can't work out how they came to a solution.
> > >>>
> > >>> After "apparently" managing to successfully compile the code, I ran it
> > >>> and was temporarily pleased to see Paraview's colourful opening screen
> > >>> only to have it crash out with the following message:
> > >>>
> > >>> X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range
> > >>> for operation)
> > >>>   Major opcode of failed request:  150 (GLX)
> > >>>   Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
> > >>>   Value in failed request:  0x22
> > >>>   Serial number of failed request:  1122
> > >>>   Current serial number in output stream:  1123
> > >>>
> > >>> The same thing occurred when I downloaded and ran the Mac binaries.
> > >>> I've been running everything from an x-terminal and my /usr/X11R6/lib
> > >>> directory contains all the libGL and libGLU libraries so I have no
> > >>> idea what it's complaining about.
> > >>>
> > >>> Has anyone else come across this problem?
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks!
> > >>> KIM...
>
> I can report that Paraview version 2.4.3 (Current Stable Version) does
> NOT work on OS X 10.4.6 for Intel. I have a MacBook Pro running 10.4.6
> and while Paraview will compile, it will not run. The splash screen
> shows up but then crashes when OpenGL is called.
>
> Who is reporting that Paraview _is_ working with Intel hardware? I
> would like to find out how they are building it and getting it to
> work.
>
> Are you saying that paraview 2.4.2 does compile and build on OS X
> 10.4.6 for Intel? Then it should be a matter of looking for that tag
> in CVS and doing a Check out and Build.
>
> --
> Mike Jackson
> imikejackson _at_ gee-mail dot com
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