[vtkusers] nvidia 1.0-2802 linux drivers + vtk 3.2 CVS

[Robert Belleman]

Hi Charl,

Yes; I'm having exactly the same here. In Vtk 4.x all seems fine.
I didn't dig into this any further, but it seems to be a problem
with the nVidia drivers. Perhaps we should submit a bug report
to them.

-- Rob

[] Robert Belleman         X  Section Computational Science            []
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On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 07:20:04PM +0100, Charl P. Botha wrote:
> Is anyone here using XFree86 4.1 + NVidia 1.0-2802 drivers and a CVS
> checkout of the 3.2 tree?  I'm seeing a reproducible problem with:
> vtk/graphics/examplesCxx/Cone3.cxx
> 
> When this runs, the actor disappears as soon as one starts interacting with
> the render window.  If you move the window, then switch to wireframe mode
> and back to surface mode ('w' and 's') all is well.  Trying this with the
> Mace.cxx example, it seems that the first actor is forgotten, i.e. it only
> renders the cones on the mace, not the sphere itself, until one does the
> move-wire-surface trick.
> 
> I am using VTK 4.0 for my new developments, but I've just updated
> http://cpbotha.net/vtkFlRenderWindowInteractor.html, which supports both 3.2
> and 4.0 now which is how this problem manifested.  Everything works fine
> with 3.2 and the previous version of the NVidia driver.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Best regards,
> Charl
> 
> -- 
> charl p. botha http://cpbotha.net/ http://visualisation.tudelft.nl/
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