[vtkusers] Rendering in a thread causes "Xlib: unexpected async reply"

[Jeff Lee]

Hi,
you could try calling XInitThreads() before making any X calls in your code.
-Jeff

Stefan Bruckner wrote:

> Hi. I'm using vtk 4.0 and Qt 3.0.5 (utilizing Carsten Kuebler's 
> vtk_qt) on a Linux system. I want to perform rendering in a seperate 
> QThread.
> But calling the vtkRenderWindow::Render() method results in "Xlib: 
> unexpected async reply" errors.
>  
> I have found out that this happens because of X's limited 
> multi-threading support ...
> From a google search I have seen, that some other people have 
> experienced this behaviour.
>  
> Is this possible at all? If yes, can anybody give me a hint how to do it?
> Does it work with current nightly-builds from CVS?
>  
> I hope someone can help me with this.
>  
> Thanks,
> Stefan Bruckner
>