[vtkusers] VTK, MacOS and X11

[Johnny C. Norris II]

Thanks, I looked at the configuration, but the only difference from what 
  I tried before was that OSMesa was turned on.  I tried again anyway, 
and I still get the undefined references.  :-(

X forwarding is on.  I can pop up xterms, etc.

I've read that you can't run an OpenGL program on a Mac and have it 
display on another computer unless you're logged into the Mac's console. 
  Someone please tell me this isn't true.

Thanks,
John

Jon H Kaspersen wrote:
> Hi Johnny,
> 
> I have a nightly build of VTK+X11 on Mac OS X set up. You can find 
> yesterdays results here 
> http://www.vtk.org/Testing/Dashboard/20050126-0300-Nightly/Dashboard.html
> The site name is G4_Cube_X11_SINTEF
> As you can see around 20 tests fails.
> You'll find the build details by looking at the
> CMakeCache.txt file
> 
> Are you trying to forward a X display from this
> Mac ?
> You might have to check that Xforwarding is ON.
> Look at http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1232.html
> 
> Regards
> Jon
> 
> On Jan 27, 2005, at 12:19 AM, Johnny C. Norris II wrote:
> 
>     Martin Costabel wrote:
> 
>         Johnny C. Norris II wrote:
> 
>             Thanks for the suggestion. I changed the OpenGL settings to:
> 
>             OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.dylib
>             OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.dylib
> 
>             It didn't help, however. I still get exactly the same errors.
> 
>         What is working for me (and for the Fink vtk-py23 package):
>         OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY:STRING="-lGL"
>         OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY:STRING="-lGLU"
>         OPENGL_xmesa_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=/usr/X11R6/include
>         This is for the released version 4.4.0, though, not for the
>         latest from CVS.
> 
> 
>     Thanks, but apparently this doesn't work anymore.
> 
>     Building shared library
>     /Volumes/UberRaid/homes/jnorris/DEBUG/obj/VTK/bin/libvtkftgl.dylib...
>     /usr/bin/libtool: can't locate file for: -l-lGL
>     /usr/bin/libtool: file: -l-lGL is not an object file (not allowed in
>     a library)
>     make[5]: ***
>     [/Volumes/UberRaid/homes/jnorris/DEBUG/obj/VTK/bin/libvtkftgl.dylib]
>     Error 1
> 
>     I also tried this:
>     OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY:STRING="GL"
>     OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY:STRING="GLU"
>     but got basically the same error as above.
> 
>     I also tried:
>     OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY:STRING=/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.dylib
>     OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY:STRING=/usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.dylib
>     (notice the STRING instead of FILEPATH) but I still get the
>     unresolved symbols.
> 
>     John

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John Norris
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