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

[Jeff Lee]

Stefan Bruckner wrote:

>In MY code I don't make X calls at all, this is done in Qt and VTK. I
>suppose hat the QThread class does all the plattform-specific stuff,
>such as this call (at least the Qt documentation suggests that) ...
>
I meant that you need to call XInitThreads() before any X call is made 
in your executable.  This could mean modifying vtk_qt a little :).

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>Stefan
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>[mailto:vtkusers-admin at public.kitware.com] Im Auftrag von Jeff Lee
>Gesendet: Freitag, 13. September 2002 21:51
>An: Stefan Bruckner
>Cc: vtkusers at public.kitware.com
>Betreff: Re: [vtkusers] Rendering in a thread causes "Xlib: unexpected
>async reply"
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>Hi,
>you could try calling XInitThreads() before making any X calls in your
>code. -Jeff
>
>Stefan Bruckner wrote:
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>>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
>>
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>>
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