Thanks for the suggestions! I downloaded the drivers directly from ATI instead of letting Windows do the update and that appears to have fixed the problem I was seeing in Paraview 5.2.
Thanks again for the help! Bill On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Ken Martin <ken.mar...@kitware.com> wrote: > That card should be fine. I have seen this type of bug before and updating > the driver has fixed it. Specifically updating the driver to the latest from > ATI (sometimes computer vendors stop updating their copies). Another way to > check what the problem is, is to stick a polydata normals filter in the > pipeline and then see if it works. > > Thanks > Ken > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quam...@kitware.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi Bill, >> >> Let's keep the discussion on the mailing list so others can benefit >> from and contribute to the conversation. >> >> Ken, >> >> Is the ATI Radeon HD 4200 too old for the OpenGL2 backend? It's circa >> 2010, I believe. It looks like it can support OpenGL 3.2 with Shader >> 4.1. I'm wondering if there is maybe a subtle shader compilation issue >> on the ATI hardware? >> >> Thanks, >> Cory >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Bill Greene <w.h.gre...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! >> > >> > The graphics device is an ATI Radeon HD 4200. >> > >> > Nothing is written to the Paraview "Output Messages" window. >> > Is there someplace else I should look? >> > >> > Bill >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Cory Quammen >> > <cory.quam...@kitware.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Bill, >> >> >> >> It sounds like the rendering backend isn't fully supported on your >> >> graphics card/driver combo. What kind of card is it? Are you getting >> >> any error messages? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Cory >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Bill Greene <w.h.gre...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>> I have been using Paraview 4 on my windows 7 computer for quite a >> >>> while >> >>> now but wanted to upgrade to Paraview 5. >> >>> >> >>> Installation appeared to work fine but when I display a model I am >> >>> seeing >> >>> a rendering problem that I don't see in Paraview 4. If >> >>> Representation=Surface >> >>> and Coloring=Solid Color, the object is black regardless of how the >> >>> color is defined. If Rep=Surface with Edges, the edges do appear over >> >>> the >> >>> black object. If I select one of the results vectors under Coloring, >> >>> the >> >>> color bar is displayed and looks correct; but the object remains >> >>> black. >> >>> >> >>> I know that the graphics card in the computer is somewhat old ( the >> >>> drivers >> >>> are the latest for the device) but have no idea if that is related to >> >>> the problem >> >>> I'm seeing. >> >>> >> >>> I'm wondering if others have encountered this problem or if there is >> >>> some setting I >> >>> can change to avoid it. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> >> >>> Bill Greene >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >>> >> >>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> >>> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >>> >> >>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> >>> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >>> >> >>> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >> >>> >> >>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> >>> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Cory Quammen >> >> Staff R&D Engineer >> >> Kitware, Inc. >> >> >> >> -- >> Cory Quammen >> Staff R&D Engineer >> Kitware, Inc. > > > > > -- > Ken Martin PhD > Chairman & CFO > Kitware Inc. > 28 Corporate Drive > Clifton Park NY 12065 > 518 371 3971 > > This communication, including all attachments, contains confidential and > legally privileged information, and it is intended only for the use of the > addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are > not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any > action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you > received this communication in error please notify us immediately and > destroy the original message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
