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

[Joe Koski]

on 4/20/06 10:17 AM, mike jackson at 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

Mike,

No, I am reporting that octave and R work on Intel Macs with OS X 10.4.6,
but not on PowerPC Macs with the same OS. Paraview is a different story. The
octave and R problems with the PowerPC Macs are apparently related to
loading .dylibs.

I installed my Mac paraview from the Kitware download binaries, and have not
attempted a build. As I said, the download has worked well so far.

Joe