Re: [Paraview] -EXT-Re: Paraview display issue on Windows

2018-05-14 Thread Utkarsh Ayachit
I  suspect all these issues relate to QOpenGLWidget related changes to
ParaView. We are working on a update to rework that change, it would be
worth trying out the nightly binaries once those changes get merged in.

FYI the work is happening here:
https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge_requests/2117

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:10 PM Kratz, Robert <robert.kr...@ga.com> wrote:

> Hello,

> Have the same problems here, 5.2 works fine, 5.5 not.



> The proposed remedies don’t work on my machine.



> I have windows 7, NVIDIA Quadro K2200 with latest drivers.



> Matlab was never installed; in my path I cannot find any reference to Qt
(?)



> Best regards,

> Robert





> From: ParaView [mailto:paraview-boun...@public.kitware.com] On Behalf Of
Cory Quammen
> Sent: 14 May, 2018 07:50
> To: 朱君玺 <markzhumi1...@gmail.com>
> Cc: paraview@public.kitware.com
> Subject: -EXT-Re: [Paraview] Paraview display issue on Windows



> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 1:52 PM Zhu Junxi <markzhumi1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Cory,



> I tried a bunch of different versions and found out that those with Qt5
does not work while those with Qt4 looks fine (i.e., v5.3 and above does
not work, the latest version that works is v5.2.0 with Qt4). It seems that
it has something to do with the Qt5. I am wondering if other users are
experiencing similar issues with Qt5?



> Thanks for checking all the versions. We have run into some issues with
Qt5, but I had thought we worked through most of them. This is the first
we've encountered with completely transparent render windows and
translucent UI, hence I was wondering if there was something unique on your
system that modified the graphics environment.



> As for add-ons, do you have a list of specific add-ons that you are
particularly suspicious of? My desktop has a bunch of software installed
but they are either work-related (e.g., Matlab) or seemingly harmless
(e.g., steam). BTW, I don't have Nahimic sound driver, which I saw other
people reporting messing up with Qt.



> Unfortunately, I do not. We have steam installed on some systems that run
ParaView just fine, so I would be surprised if that were the cause. You
could always try removing steam and seeing if ParaView versions 5.2+ work,
but that may be more than you want to do.



> You mentioned you have Matlab installed. I believe Matlab ships with Qt
and it may have put its Qt location in your system PATH environment
variable. Try removing (or modifying) your system PATH environment variable
so that ParaView won't find Matlab's Qt instead of the Qt version ParaView
ships with. Some folks have run into this problem in the past and modifying
the PATH was the solution.



> Thanks,

> Cory





> Best,

> Junxi



> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 8:36 PM Cory Quammen <cory.quam...@kitware.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:40 AM Zhu Junxi <markzhumi1...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Cory,



> Thank you for such a quick reply. I checked the OpenGL entries and it is
indeed using the NVIDIA video card. The OpenGL renderer is listed as
GeForce GTX1080/PCIe/SSE2. I search online and although people say my
i7-6700k processor has a built-in 530 graphics card, I do not see it in the
device manager somehow..



> Okay, thanks for checking. We have encountered a number of issues with
Intel graphics in the last year or so, but driver updates have mainly
resolved most of them. That doesn't seem to be the concern here, though.



> I have also tried the NVIDIA control panel. I did not find the High
performance NVIDIA processer you mentioned in the global settings, but I
did change the OpenGL renderer to GTX1080.



> That should ensure you are using the GTX1080, but it looks like ParaView
already was using it.



> However, Paraview still cannot display correctly after applying the
changes (so does the 3D Slicer). I am wondering if you need any system logs
to diagnose this issue and I would be happy to provide them.



> I can't think of any system logs that would help. But there are a couple
things you could try.



> 1). Install an older version of ParaView and see if that works. If it
does, that will help us narrow down possible reasons for the transparency
you are using. ParaView 4.4 would be a good one to try:
https://www.paraview.org/download/



> 2). Do you have any add-ons to Windows installed that modify the window
system in some way? If so, try disabling or uninstalling those.



> Thanks, and sorry for the trouble.



> Cory





> Best,

> Junxi



> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:22 AM Cory Quammen <cory.quam...@kitware.com>
wrote:

> Junxi,



> Does your system also have an Intel video chip that it may be using? If
so, ParaView may not be using your NVIDIA driver. You can check by going to
the Help -> About ParaView menu item. What do the Open GL entries say?

Re: [Paraview] -EXT-Re: Paraview display issue on Windows

2018-05-14 Thread Kratz, Robert
Hello,
Have the same problems here, 5.2 works fine, 5.5 not.

The proposed remedies don’t work on my machine.

I have windows 7, NVIDIA Quadro K2200 with latest drivers.

Matlab was never installed; in my path I cannot find any reference to Qt (?)

Best regards,
Robert


From: ParaView [mailto:paraview-boun...@public.kitware.com] On Behalf Of Cory 
Quammen
Sent: 14 May, 2018 07:50
To: 朱君玺 <markzhumi1...@gmail.com>
Cc: paraview@public.kitware.com
Subject: -EXT-Re: [Paraview] Paraview display issue on Windows

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 1:52 PM Zhu Junxi 
<markzhumi1...@gmail.com<mailto:markzhumi1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello Cory,

I tried a bunch of different versions and found out that those with Qt5 does 
not work while those with Qt4 looks fine (i.e., v5.3 and above does not work, 
the latest version that works is v5.2.0 with Qt4). It seems that it has 
something to do with the Qt5. I am wondering if other users are experiencing 
similar issues with Qt5?

Thanks for checking all the versions. We have run into some issues with Qt5, 
but I had thought we worked through most of them. This is the first we've 
encountered with completely transparent render windows and translucent UI, 
hence I was wondering if there was something unique on your system that 
modified the graphics environment.

As for add-ons, do you have a list of specific add-ons that you are 
particularly suspicious of? My desktop has a bunch of software installed but 
they are either work-related (e.g., Matlab) or seemingly harmless (e.g., 
steam). BTW, I don't have Nahimic sound driver, which I saw other people 
reporting messing up with Qt.

Unfortunately, I do not. We have steam installed on some systems that run 
ParaView just fine, so I would be surprised if that were the cause. You could 
always try removing steam and seeing if ParaView versions 5.2+ work, but that 
may be more than you want to do.

You mentioned you have Matlab installed. I believe Matlab ships with Qt and it 
may have put its Qt location in your system PATH environment variable. Try 
removing (or modifying) your system PATH environment variable so that ParaView 
won't find Matlab's Qt instead of the Qt version ParaView ships with. Some 
folks have run into this problem in the past and modifying the PATH was the 
solution.

Thanks,
Cory


Best,
Junxi

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 8:36 PM Cory Quammen 
<cory.quam...@kitware.com<mailto:cory.quam...@kitware.com>> wrote:
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:40 AM Zhu Junxi 
<markzhumi1...@gmail.com<mailto:markzhumi1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello Cory,

Thank you for such a quick reply. I checked the OpenGL entries and it is indeed 
using the NVIDIA video card. The OpenGL renderer is listed as GeForce 
GTX1080/PCIe/SSE2. I search online and although people say my i7-6700k 
processor has a built-in 530 graphics card, I do not see it in the device 
manager somehow..

Okay, thanks for checking. We have encountered a number of issues with Intel 
graphics in the last year or so, but driver updates have mainly resolved most 
of them. That doesn't seem to be the concern here, though.

I have also tried the NVIDIA control panel. I did not find the High performance 
NVIDIA processer you mentioned in the global settings, but I did change the 
OpenGL renderer to GTX1080.

That should ensure you are using the GTX1080, but it looks like ParaView 
already was using it.

However, Paraview still cannot display correctly after applying the changes (so 
does the 3D Slicer). I am wondering if you need any system logs to diagnose 
this issue and I would be happy to provide them.

I can't think of any system logs that would help. But there are a couple things 
you could try.

1). Install an older version of ParaView and see if that works. If it does, 
that will help us narrow down possible reasons for the transparency you are 
using. ParaView 4.4 would be a good one to try: 
https://www.paraview.org/download/

2). Do you have any add-ons to Windows installed that modify the window system 
in some way? If so, try disabling or uninstalling those.

Thanks, and sorry for the trouble.

Cory


Best,
Junxi

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:22 AM Cory Quammen 
<cory.quam...@kitware.com<mailto:cory.quam...@kitware.com>> wrote:
Junxi,

Does your system also have an Intel video chip that it may be using? If so, 
ParaView may not be using your NVIDIA driver. You can check by going to the 
Help -> About ParaView menu item. What do the Open GL entries say?

To ensure ParaView is using your NVIDIA card, you can try going to the NVIDIA 
control panel. Under 3D Settings in the panel on the left, click on "Manage 3D 
settings". On the right side, click on the "Global Settings" tab. Make sure 
"High-performance NVIDIA processor" is selected. Apply the changes, then run 
ParaView again to see if the problem is resolved.

Hope that helps,
Cory

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:38 AM Zhu Junxi 
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