[vtkusers] Problem building VTK 4.0 under Debian Linux

[Brian White]

Hello all,

I'm still trying to figure out why I can't build VTK 4.0 with Python 
wrappers and get it to work.  I installed a RedHat 7.3 system, built VTK 
there, and saw the EXACT same behavior.   Can anyone give me a hand 
here?  I know plenty of people build this all of the time so I must be 
doing something obvious.  Again, the commands I'm trying to run are:

from vtkpython import *

r = vtkPolyDataReader()
r.SetFileName('/usr/local/VTKData/Data/bore.vtk')
r.Update()

d = r.GetOutput()
d.GetCellData()

On the last call i get a segmentation fault.  The last time I tried this 
I let it dump a core file.  Running that core file through gdb generates 
the following output.  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.  This is 
getting a little frustrating. :-}

Brian White
Altarum Institute

(gdb output follows)

bwhite at etg9:~/src/tests$ gdb /usr/bin/python2.1 core
gdb: Symbol `emacs_ctlx_keymap' has different size in shared object, 
consider re-linking
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This GDB was configured as "i386-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)...
Core was generated by `python2.1 test.py'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /lib/libpthread.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libpthread.so.0
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libutil.so.1...(no debugging symbols 
found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libutil.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkCommonPython.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkCommonPython.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpython2.1.so.0.0...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libpython2.1.so.0.0
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkCommon.so...(no debugging 
symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkCommon.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkFilteringPython.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkFilteringPython.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkCommonPython.so...(no 
debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkCommonPython.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkFiltering.so...(no 
debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkFiltering.so
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkIOPython.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkIOPython.so
Reading symbols from /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkpng.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkpng.so
Reading symbols from /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkzlib.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkzlib.so
Reading symbols from /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkjpeg.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkjpeg.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkFilteringPython.so...(no 
debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkFilteringPython.so
Reading symbols from /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkIO.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkIO.so
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkImagingPython.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkImagingPython.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkImaging.so...(no debugging 
symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkImaging.so
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkGraphicsPython.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkGraphicsPython.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkGraphics.so...(no debugging 
symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkGraphics.so
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkRenderingPython.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkRenderingPython.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkGraphicsPython.so...(no 
debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkGraphicsPython.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkImagingPython.so...(no 
debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkImagingPython.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkRendering.so...(no 
debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkRendering.so
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkHybridPython.so...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/vtk/libvtkHybridPython.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkRenderingPython.so...(no 
debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkRenderingPython.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkIOPython.so...(no debugging 
symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkIOPython.so
Reading symbols from 
/home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkHybrid.so...(no debugging 
symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkHybrid.so
#0  0x0808ba89 in PyDict_SetItem ()
(gdb) where
#0  0x0808ba89 in PyDict_SetItem ()
#1  0x0808cd70 in PyDict_SetItemString ()
#2  0x40764fef in vtkPythonAddClassToHash ()
   from /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkCommonPython.so
#3  0x4076532b in vtkPythonGetObjectFromPointer ()
   from /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkCommonPython.so
#4  0x406f25f0 in PyvtkDataSet_GetCellData ()
   from /home/bwhite/src/VTK/python2.1/VTK/bin/libvtkCommonPython.so
#5  0x08058c5a in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords ()
#6  0x080576f9 in PyEval_EvalCode ()
#7  0x08054e39 in PyEval_EvalCode ()
#8  0x0806c993 in PyRun_FileExFlags ()
#9  0x0806c94a in PyRun_FileExFlags ()
#10 0x0806c91e in PyRun_FileExFlags ()
#11 0x0806bd31 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags ()
#12 0x0806b88c in PyRun_AnyFileExFlags ()
#13 0x08051f00 in Py_Main ()
#14 0x080519b4 in main ()
#15 0x400a9a5f in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6