[Paraview] Object rendering problem on Windows 7 with Paraview 5.2

[Cory Quammen]

Hi Bill,

Let's keep the discussion on the mailing list so others can benefit
from and contribute to the conversation.

Ken,

Is the ATI Radeon HD 4200 too old for the OpenGL2 backend? It's circa
2010, I believe. It looks like it can support OpenGL 3.2 with Shader
4.1. I'm wondering if there is maybe a subtle shader compilation issue
on the ATI hardware?

Thanks,
Cory



On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Bill Greene <w.h.greene at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!
>
> The graphics device is an ATI Radeon HD 4200.
>
> Nothing is written to the Paraview "Output Messages" window.
> Is there someplace else I should look?
>
> Bill
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com> wrote:
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> It sounds like the rendering backend isn't fully supported on your
>> graphics card/driver combo. What kind of card is it? Are you getting
>> any error messages?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cory
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Bill Greene <w.h.greene at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have been using Paraview 4 on my windows 7 computer for quite a while
>>> now but wanted to upgrade to Paraview 5.
>>>
>>> Installation appeared to work fine but when I display a model I am seeing
>>> a rendering problem that I don't see in Paraview 4. If Representation=Surface
>>> and Coloring=Solid Color, the object is black regardless of how the
>>> color is defined. If Rep=Surface with Edges, the edges do appear over the
>>> black object. If I select one of the results vectors under Coloring, the
>>> color bar is displayed and looks correct; but the object remains black.
>>>
>>> I know that the graphics card in the computer is somewhat old ( the drivers
>>> are the latest for the device) but have no idea if that is related to
>>> the problem
>>> I'm seeing.
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if others have encountered this problem or if there is
>>> some setting I
>>> can change to avoid it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Bill Greene
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