[Paraview] Graphical rendering: troubleshooting

Hugo Gagnon hugo.gagnon2 at mail.mcgill.ca
Sat Mar 14 06:24:33 EDT 2009 

See below for xdpyinfo's output. I do have glxgears installed, but I don't see any gears, just a black screen.

Hugo.

[hugochief at flash ~]$ xdpyinfo 
name of display:    :0.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    The X.Org Foundation
vendor release number:    10503000
X.Org version: 1.5.3
maximum request size:  16777212 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    7
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
    depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255
focus:  window 0x3e00008, revert to Parent
number of extensions:    28
    BIG-REQUESTS
    Composite
    DAMAGE
    DOUBLE-BUFFER
    DPMS
    Extended-Visual-Information
    GLX
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    RANDR
    RENDER
    SGI-GLX
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    TOG-CUP
    X-Resource
    XC-MISC
    XFIXES
    XFree86-DGA
    XFree86-DRI
    XFree86-Misc
    XFree86-VidModeExtension
    XINERAMA
    XInputExtension
    XKEYBOARD
    XTEST
    XVideo
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1280x800 pixels (286x179 millimeters)
  resolution:    114x114 dots per inch
  depths (7):    24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
  root window id:    0x7c
  depth of root window:    24 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x20
  default number of colormap cells:    256
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 16777215
  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
  largest cursor:    64x64
  current input event mask:    0xfac033
    KeyPressMask             KeyReleaseMask           EnterWindowMask          
    LeaveWindowMask          KeymapStateMask          ExposureMask             
    StructureNotifyMask      SubstructureNotifyMask   SubstructureRedirectMask 
    FocusChangeMask          PropertyChangeMask       ColormapChangeMask       
  number of visuals:    3
  default visual id:  0x21
  visual:
    visual id:    0x21
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x22
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x56
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    32 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits

________________________________________
From: Berk Geveci [berk.geveci at kitware.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:41 PM
To: Hugo Gagnon
Cc: Utkarsh Ayachit; paraview at paraview.org
Subject: Re: [Paraview] Graphical rendering: troubleshooting

What does the output of xdpyinfo look like? Is there a glxgears
installed on your system by any chance?

-berk

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Hugo Gagnon
<hugo.gagnon2 at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> As a matter of fact I believe this is the only OpenGL application I happen to have installed. In fact, now that you bring it, how can I check if my graphic card support OpenGL, or if I have it installed on my computer at all? I am using a built-in video GMA 950 on an Intel macbook. I have no idea how to update graphics drivers too. By now you probably figured out that I have limited Linux knowledge, therefore can you please provide me with command lines to run?
>
> Hugo.
> ________________________________________
> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:57 AM
> To: Hugo Gagnon
> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Graphical rendering: troubleshooting
>
> Do other OpenGL based applications work? Try updating your graphics drivers.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Hugo Gagnon
> <hugo.gagnon2 at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>> Does the main render window show up (with center axes and all)?: It shows up, but I can't see the "center axes and all".
>>
>> Can you create one of the sources in the "Sources" menu and hit "Apply"?: No, nothing appears.
>>
>> Do you see the visualization correctly?: No.
>>
>> Hugo.
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:02 PM
>> To: Hugo Gagnon
>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Graphical rendering: troubleshooting
>>
>> What do you mean by you cannot visualize files? Does the main render
>> window show up (with center axes and all)? Can you create one of the
>> sources in the "Sources" menu and hit "Apply", do you see the
>> visualization correctly?
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Hugo Gagnon
>> <hugo.gagnon2 at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>> I just installed Paraview via Fedora 10 repository. The main window opens
>>> correctly but I cannot visualize input files (in vtk format in my case). Are
>>> there any other graphical-related packages I should install too? I am using
>>> a built-in video GMA 950 on a macbook.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any input,
>>>
>>> Hugo.
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