[vtkusers] I need helps and suggestions for runing VTK under IBM ThinkPad T23

[Alan Shih]

I ran this app on the following machines, and none of them have this problem 
you experienced.  But of course, I don't have an IBMT-series notebook.  I 
think this is a problem with IBM T-series, either at the hardware level or 
the S3 driver.

* SONY R505JSP/ 256MB / XP (PIII-850 Notebook, Intel graphics card)
* IBM560X/ 96MB/ WIN2K (P-233 Notebook, but it has NeoMagic graphics card, 
not S3)
* AMD1300, ASUS MB, 256MBDDR, WINXP (Desktop, Nvidia GForce2 MX)
* AMD800, GIGABYTE MB, 256MB, WIN2K (Desktop, ATI graphics card)

It is scary to think of such an advanced machine from IBM would deny VTK to 
function properly.  I am really curious to know if IBM machine or the S3 
graphics card they are using does cause this problem in general with VTK.  
If you have an IBM at hand, maybe you can share your test results with us?

Alan


>From: "TzuYi Yu" <tyyu01 at mail.apol.com.tw>
>To: <vtkusers at public.kitware.com>
>Subject: [vtkusers] I need helps and suggestions for runing VTK under IBM 
>ThinkPad T23
>Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:36:15 +0800
>
>  Dear VTK user group:
>
>    I have implemented a visualization software using vtk + MFC
>  (VC6.0) under window 2000 (with service pack 2 and Direct X
>  8.0).  This notebook is IBM T23 with S3 SuperSavage/IXC.  The
>  Bios and the S3 driver are all updated to the newest version
>  from IBM download page.  The software mainly read in plot3d
>  binary files and plot the solution properties (like the
>  pressure or temperature plot).  I was able to plot the shaded
>  scalar slices when it first showed up. But when I rotate (or move)
>  the object, the gradient of the color was gone.  It became
>  an object with mono color.
>
>  I try the same code with other Desktops and notebooks, this code
>  works perfectly!  I then called IBM on Dec 05 last year, and
>  recently got an answer from "IBM Customer Relations  Management
>  Team" saying that they were able to reproduce the problem,
>  but their answer is to  "turn off the hardware accelerator"
>  to resolve my problem, and they don't guarantee "any third
>  party programs work on their IBM PC".  Since turning off the
>  graphics accelerator slows down all graphics applications, I
>  wonder: Can anyone test my program on your PC to see if you
>  experience the same thing?  Please check
>  http://www.erc.msstate.edu/~tyyu/index.html
>
>  If you were me, what will you do with IBM's answer (this
>    notebook was purchased at the end of September last year)?
>
>(I try this T23 with 128MB RAM, it seems works, but any T23 exceeds
>128MB RAM, the problem just shows.  I also try T20s, it has this
>problem even the RAM below 128MB).
>
>Thanks for all the helps.
>
>
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