Wireframe views look like porcupines!

Ken Martin ken.martin at kitware.com
Thu Nov 4 13:47:40 EST 1999


<x-flowed>At 06:35 PM 11/4/99 +0100, Giling, Erwin wrote:
>A curious problem:
>
>If I switch to wireframe mode with the "w" key and interact with the window,
>all my wireframe models start looking like porcupines, as if some outer
>points are going out of bounds. In the sphere bench program, if I turn on
>the stripper, the effect dissapears tough.
>
>I have a 22k jpeg if someone is interested. It looks quite artistic.
>
>This occurs with the 2.4 distribution, also after recompiling from source.
>It could have something to do with the OpenGL drivers? I'm using a TNT2
>based card (Diamond V770), which is reported to have a decent ICD..

This appears to be a bug in the TNT2 drivers. We have seen the same
problem with all TNT2 cards and not with other cards.

- Ken



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