[Paraview] paraview freezes the laptop with Intel graphics card

[David E DeMarle]

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David E DeMarle
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On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com> wrote:
> Regarding your debug info: if nothing is written in the output file, I
> *really* expect ParaView for not being the cause of the freeze...
>
> 2009/10/30 Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hi,
>> If this is a complete freeze, I think that this is not linked to ParaView.
>> I had this problem on my laptop when running Firefox with more than one tab.
>> However, this freeze was reported for ATI card. But, as far as I know, Intel
>> cards show a series of problem under Linux.
>>
>> Sorry for not being of more help.
>> Jerome
>>
>> 2009/10/30 siqi chen <siqichensc at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I forgot to mention that  the whole computer freezes when this happens.
>>> I tried to write the debug information to a file by using
>>> gdb paraview &> error.txt
>>> , but there is no error report in the file after I reboot. So it must be
>>> that the computer crashes before any error is written to the file.
>>>
>>> What should I do now?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Siqi
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Woooo... If it is possible for you to trace a debug built, it could give
>>>> useful information. However, I precise my question: are you experiencing
>>>> -sometimes- this crash with your files, or it happens also on common files,
>>>> such as the one you can find in ParaViewData?
>>>>
>>>> Waiting for your debug trace ;)
>>>>
>>>> Jerome
>>>>
>>>> 2009/10/30 siqi chen <siqichensc at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Jerome,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the weird part. It doesn't crash at specific files. It seems
>>>>> like a random event.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Siqi
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am running Fedora 11 as well, but with ATI card. Are you
>>>>>> experiencing this problem with *every* vti/vtp files? or only with a few? In
>>>>>> the latter case, the best you can do is to post the concerned files if they
>>>>>> are not too heavy, or to give an url where we can find it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Jerome
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2009/10/30 siqi chen <siqichensc at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am using Paraview 3.7.0 under Fedora 11. But it constantly freezes
>>>>>>> the laptop when try to open files such as .vtp or .vti and I have to
>>>>>>> manually reboot. This is annoying.
>>>>>>> The video card on the laptop is "Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series
>>>>>>> Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Siqi
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