[vtkusers] renderwindow is blank, actor does not appear after first time

[Josh Snyder]

I discovered that the same code compiled on another machine linking to 
the same vtk build works fine. ldd reveals that the working build links 
to libGL.so.1, and the non-working doesn't. I think maybe this is a 
video card driver problem, and will mess with that, but would still 
welcome any suggestions if anyone else knows better. Thanks,

Josh

Josh Snyder wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I write a simple application or even run one of the tests, such 
> as Cylinder.tcl, it works fine the first time, and fails subsequent 
> attempts at running it. The renderwindow will appear, but it will be 
> blank (solid black w/ Cylinder.tcl, solid white with my own test 
> applications). The cylinder does not appear, and keypresses and mouse 
> interaction have no noticeable effect, except that the q key quits. 
> This happens every time I try to run it after the first time, until I 
> logout or until some varying amount of time has passed. Usually if I 
> try again after about 10 or 15 minutes, it works once, then fails, but 
> sometimes it seems to require a logout or at least longer than I'm 
> willing to wait.
>
> I have another application that uses vtk, qt, and Carsten Kuebler's 
> vtk_qt package (which uses its own RenderWindow, 
> RenderWindowInteractor, and PolyDataMapper classes). That seems to 
> work fine.
>
> Does anybody have an idea what my problem might be?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh