[vtkusers] BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) when I try rendering data with vtk

[Andrew Lam]

Ok, I have class, but I'll give it a shot later on and I'll update. Thanks
for the help Dan I appreciate it.


On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Dan Lipsa <dan.lipsa at kitware.com> wrote:

> Yes, I would that rather than trying to fix OpenGL on the virtual box.
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Andrew Lam <werdna.mal222 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok so I just checked and I have openGL version 4.4 on my windows machine
>> and I do have mesa on my virtual box. I've avoided trying to run VTK on my
>> windows, because my classmates have had a lot of difficulties getting it
>> set up. Do you think it'd be best if I just bite the bullet?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Dan Lipsa <dan.lipsa at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Often, OpenGL support in virtual machines is sketchy - I assume you have
>>> mesa (software rendereing) in your virtual box. What OpenGL version do you
>>> have for your windows machine? I would try running VTK directly in Windows.
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Andrew Lam <werdna.mal222 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Dan,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the suggestion. I did as you said and found out that I have
>>>> openGL 3.0. I'm going to update it and then I'll report back. Also I'm not
>>>> too familiar with the term client OS, but my machine is running windows and
>>>> I'm running ubuntu on virtualbox. I ran glxgears and it displayed 3 gears
>>>> spinning.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Andrew Lam <werdna.mal222 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Dan,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the suggestion. I did as you said and found out that I have
>>>>> openGL 3.0. I'm going to update it and then I'll report back. Also I'm not
>>>>> too familiar with the term client OS, but my machine is running windows and
>>>>> I'm running ubuntu on virtualbox. I ran glxgears and it displayed 3 gears
>>>>> spinning.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Dan Lipsa <dan.lipsa at kitware.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Andrew,
>>>>>> Make sure your virtual machine supports OpenGL. Is Ubuntu your client
>>>>>> OS?
>>>>>> If so, try
>>>>>>
>>>>>> glxgears
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This should display the spinning gears.
>>>>>> Also look at the output from
>>>>>>
>>>>>> glxinfo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This shows you the version of OpenGL supported. Should be greater
>>>>>> than 3.2 for recent verisons of VTK using OpenGL2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Andrew Lam <werdna.mal222 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm currently trying to follow this tutorial for my class.
>>>>>>> https://pyscience.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/volume-ren
>>>>>>> dering-with-python-and-vtk/ I followed the instructions and my code
>>>>>>> matches up, but when I try to run it I get the following error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range
>>>>>>> for operation)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Major opcode of failed request: 154 (GLX)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Value in failed request: 0x0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Serial number of failed request: 15
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Current serial number in output stream: 20
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've looked through other posts that have similar messages and they
>>>>>>> don't seem to be quite the same. Oh I'm also running Ubuntu 16.04 on a
>>>>>>> virtual machine. Please let me know of any suggestions you might have or
>>>>>>> any additional information you'd need to help resolve this issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As suggested by Antimony I uploaded my code to github, here
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://github.com/alam38/lab6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe the relevant section is section involving the mapper. As
>>>>>>> you can see from the commented section I switched from vtk's
>>>>>>> vtkVolumeRayCastMapper to vtk's smartmapper as a suggestion from my teacher
>>>>>>> in the case that the issue stemmed from the mapper placing too much strain
>>>>>>> on my computer. The other similar questions all seem to point towards an
>>>>>>> issue with nvidia's drivers, but I updated my drivers and there's still an
>>>>>>> issue. That still didn't solve it and I'm not sure what else I could try.
>>>>>>> I've also posted to stackoverflow, but I'm not getting much a response
>>>>>>> there. I will update this with any new information I uncover there is
>>>>>>> people do start to chime in.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>>>
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