[Paraview] Graphical rendering: troubleshooting

[Berk Geveci]

What does the output of xdpyinfo look like? Is there a glxgears
installed on your system by any chance?

-berk

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Hugo Gagnon
<hugo.gagnon2 at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> As a matter of fact I believe this is the only OpenGL application I happen to have installed. In fact, now that you bring it, how can I check if my graphic card support OpenGL, or if I have it installed on my computer at all? I am using a built-in video GMA 950 on an Intel macbook. I have no idea how to update graphics drivers too. By now you probably figured out that I have limited Linux knowledge, therefore can you please provide me with command lines to run?
>
> Hugo.
> ________________________________________
> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:57 AM
> To: Hugo Gagnon
> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Graphical rendering: troubleshooting
>
> Do other OpenGL based applications work? Try updating your graphics drivers.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Hugo Gagnon
> <hugo.gagnon2 at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>> Does the main render window show up (with center axes and all)?: It shows up, but I can't see the "center axes and all".
>>
>> Can you create one of the sources in the "Sources" menu and hit "Apply"?: No, nothing appears.
>>
>> Do you see the visualization correctly?: No.
>>
>> Hugo.
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:02 PM
>> To: Hugo Gagnon
>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Graphical rendering: troubleshooting
>>
>> What do you mean by you cannot visualize files? Does the main render
>> window show up (with center axes and all)? Can you create one of the
>> sources in the "Sources" menu and hit "Apply", do you see the
>> visualization correctly?
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Hugo Gagnon
>> <hugo.gagnon2 at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>> I just installed Paraview via Fedora 10 repository. The main window opens
>>> correctly but I cannot visualize input files (in vtk format in my case). Are
>>> there any other graphical-related packages I should install too? I am using
>>> a built-in video GMA 950 on a macbook.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any input,
>>>
>>> Hugo.
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