[vtkusers] Building VTK 4.4 on Mac OS X 10.2.6 (SetFrontProcess failed,-606)

[Gordon Kindlmann]

hi,

> 	Try this example :
>
> $vtk VTK/Examples/Tutorial/Step1/Tcl/Cone.tcl

Yes, this example runs, as it requires and accepts no user interaction.  
  This example, however:

   Examples/Tutorial/Step5/Tcl/Cone5.tcl

does not seem to be working, since its purpose seems to be a  
demonstration of the vtkRenderWindowInteractor.  I can't bring the  
resulting window to the foreground, I can't interact with the cone, and  
the only to quit the program is via ^C in the parent shell.  By the  
way, all the examples generate copious warning messages:

   2004-01-14 11:09:52.754 vtk[14393] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object  
0xa30783b0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place -  
just leaking
   2004-01-14 11:09:52.758 vtk[14393] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object  
0xa3078250 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place -  
just leaking

Are these a problem?

I've gotten feedback from another list member pointing out that the  
basic problem with user interaction is that the vtk executable is not a  
properly blessed Mac OS X application, because it doesn't reside in a  
directory ending with ".app", which in turn contains the various  
resources needed to create a proper application. And this has come up  
on the list before:
<http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2002-July/012311.html>

And someone from kitware seemed to have provided something of an answer  
to this:
<http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2002-September/ 
013341.html>

I was able to run these commands (filling the missing "mkdir"s of the  
intermediate directories), and this did indeed create a vtk  
application.  When I ran this ("open vtk.app"), I was able to select  
"Source ..." from the File menu, and I selected the Cone5.tcl example,  
at which point the original window disappeared, and I got a new window  
with the cone.  But this new window could not be interacted with, or  
brought to the foreground.  What is the intended way to run the vtk  
application created by these commands?

So, unfortunately I'm not really any further along.

Please advise on where to go from here,
Gordon



>
> mathieu
>
> Gordon Kindlmann wrote:
>> hi,
>>>> c++        -Wno-deprecated -no-cpp-precomp -fPIC  vtkTkAppInit.o     
>>>> -o /Users/gk/vtk/VTK/bin/vtk  -L. -L/Users/gk/vtk/VTK/bin  
>>>> -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lvtkCommonTCL -lvtkFilteringTCL -lvtkGraphicsTCL  
>>>> -lvtkImagingTCL -lvtkIOTCL -lvtkRenderingTCL -lvtkPatentedTCL  
>>>> -lvtkRendering -lvtkftgl -lvtkfreetype -framework AGL -framework  
>>>> OpenGL -lSM -lICE -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lXext -lX11 -lXext -framework  
>>>> Cocoa -framework Tk -lvtkPatented -lvtkIOTCL -lvtkIO  
>>>> -lvtkDICOMParser -lvtkpng -lvtktiff -lvtkzlib -lvtkjpeg -lvtkexpat  
>>>> -lvtkGraphicsTCL -lvtkGraphics -lvtkImagingTCL -lvtkImaging  
>>>> -lvtkFilteringTCL -lvtkFiltering -lvtkCommonTCL -lvtkCommon  
>>>> -framework AppKit -lpthread -lm -framework Tcl
>>>
>>>
>>> Could you please try adding '-lz' at the end of this line, this  
>>> should force linking to zlib.
>> Yes, it seems to do the trick.  When I suffix this long command with  
>> "-lz" I am able to produce a vtk binary.  Thanks!
>> And now, Act II.
>> When I run this vtk binary, it opens a WISH window which seems to  
>> work a little.  That is, I can type:
>> % button .b -text goodbye -command exit
>> % pack .b
>> which creates my button.  However, I cannot bring this window to the  
>> foreground.  Whenever I click on it, I get:
>> SetFrontProcess failed,-606
>> in the terminal window from which I ran the "vtk" binary.  Web  
>> searches on this error message have not been unambiguously helpful.
>> Please advice on where to go from here.
>> Thanks very much,
>> Gordon
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