[vtkusers] Problems with VS 2005 and VTK (vtkrendering.lib)

[Markus voigt]

Hi folks

sorry for the problem but the solution ist the most smplest of the 
world. It was the Driver of the graphic board which was toooo old.
For now I know how to install and configure VTK.
Thanks for help Problem solved
Markus

Obada Mahdi schrieb:
> Hi Markus,
>
> I have completely missed to ask you what version of VTK you are using,
> sorry.  Note that Ning Ye and me were referring to VTK versions 5.x.
>
> On 11/2/06, Ning Ye <aboycn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I doubt if you have built and install VTK properly.
>
> Actually I tend to believe that Markus did proper installations of
> VTK--so far there has been no information that would indicate that the
> installation per se went wrong, and besides
>
> [running a simple, non-VTK OpenGL test program]
>> I've downloaded the zip file and ran the test1.bat but there was only a
>> white window. nothing moving.
>
> indicates that there might be a problem with OpenGL in general.  It
> would be nice if this could be verified by trying other OpenGL (not
> Direct3D) applications, like demos, benchmarks, games etc.  Maybe your
> graphics driver has a tool for changing OpenGL settings system-wide
> that affect normal OpenGL applications.
>
>> Could my graphic card be the problem?
>
> What kind of graphics board and which drivers do you have?  It might
> help to know, maybe there are known issues.
>
>> Do I have to buy a 400€ expensive
>> graphic card to run a open-source program?
>
> No, you do not (although I do not understand the implication that open
> source software should be able to run on cheap hardware...)  In fact,
> the graphics board on my GNU/Linux box is an old GeForce2 MX with 32MB
> of RAM (yay!), and my notebook I use for testing Windows stuff does
> have something even worse.  Also, you can always install Mesa drivers
> (www.mesa3d.org) and build VTK by linking against the Mesa versions of
> opengl32.lib and glu32.lib (path settings for these libraries are
> among the "advanced values" in CMake).
>
>> On 11/2/06, mam06bhv <mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de >
>> wrote:
>> > That's what I mean in some previous mails. Everyone give me hints but
>> > bnothing is a complete solution.
>
> It is just not that easy.  It is not like there is a magic switch labeled
> "[ ] Make things work" that noone is telling you about ;-)
>
> So far everything seems to point to a problem with your graphics card
> or OpenGL drivers.  As long as even simple OpenGL applications to not
> work on your system, there is IMHO no point in trying to fix things
> related to VTK (although more tests should be conducted to
> substantiate that assumption, that example I quoted might just be
> bad).
>
> For all I know it is not even clear yet whether there is a problem
> with VTK or your system configuration, and if you are seeking for help
> here, we need your assistance in figuring some things about your
> system and eliminating some possibilities.  Even if I had your PC in
> front of me, I would try things just like I have described in my
> previous posting: first confirm that OpenGL works in general, then run
> tests with the VTK-enhanced Tcl interpreter, and so on.  I am afraid
> that I do not have a complete solution, hints for closing in on the
> actual problem is all I can give.  (Perhaps someone with more
> experience can jump in?)
>
> Among the first google hits for "wglCreateContext 1114" is the
> following recent posting from a different mailing list:
>
> https://mail.enthought.com/pipermail/enthought-dev/2006-September/002596.html 
>
>
> It mentions similar problems as you have quoted before
> ("wglCreateContext failed in CreateAWindow(), error: 1114" reported by
> VTK).  I did not find a solution in this thread, but if everything
> else fails, maybe you can contact people from that mailing list for
> help.
>
>
> I do understand your frustration after not being able for several days
> to get a seemingly simple task finished, but I am afraid that hints
> and suggestions is all I can offer.  Try installing some
> OpenGL-enhanced games like "Doom Legacy" or "glxQuake", this way you
> can test the OpenGL-capabilities of your system and relieve some of
> the tension at the same time ;-)
> (My sincere apologies to anyone who is offended by that suggestion.)
>
>
> Regards
>
> Obada
>


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