[vtkusers] Loosing VTK display: XFree86 guru needed

[Mathieu Malaterre]

KILLER !!

I removed /usr/X11R6/libGL.* and everythings works fine again.
How in the world did you knew that !!

Anyway thank you so much,
Regards,
mathieu


Jeff Lee wrote:
> I've seen this problem when vtk accidentally links against both static 
> and dynamic libGL.  this can happen if libGL sits in /usr/lib and in 
> /usr/X11R6/lib and if your CMakeCache.txt is pointing at both 
> directories.  if this is true, just make a link in 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so to /usr/lib/libGL.so and relink the libs.  or, 
> it could be something else.
> -Jeff
> 
> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>>     I am using a RedHat 7.3 linux box and I have recently update 
>> XFree86. I would like to know if anybody else is having the same 
>> trouble as I am having.
>>
>>     I can run only *once* each of the Example/Testing VTK program 
>> (such as TimeRenderer, GraphicsCxxTest...). If I want to run more than 
>> once: I need to log off and relog again !
>>
>>     I try usual stuff as --sync but there is no clue. Except with python:
>>
>> $ py wxVTKRenderWindowInteractor.py  --sync
>> Gdk-ERROR **: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
>>   serial 48 error_code 3 request_code 2 minor_code 0
>>
>> If I run it without --sync no BadWindow is raised.
>>
>>     glxgears is ok, I can run it many times.
>>
>> Can anybody give me an hint on what to do in that case...
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>> mathieu
>>
>> Some usefull info
>>
>> $ rpm -qa | grep XFree
>> XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-Xvfb-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-FBDev-3.3.6-44
>> XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-xfs-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-libs-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-twm-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-devel-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-Xnest-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-xdm-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-compat-modules-3.3.6-44
>> XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-font-utils-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-truetype-fonts-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-xf86cfg-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-compat-libs-4.0.3-2
>> XFree86-doc-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts-4.2.1-13.73.3
>> XFree86-tools-4.2.1-13.73.3
>>
>> VTK update from today (CVS)
>>
>>
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