[Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython/vtk/OpenGL problem

[Bob Ippolito]

On Feb 7, 2005, at 7:53, Torsten Sadowski wrote:

> does anyone have an idea how to debug a (probably) OpenGL problem on 
> Mac
> OSX? I have the latest wxPython with working PyOpenGL (which is 
> probably
> not used) and VTK 4.4. When I try to run anything which would give me 
> a 3D
> output, like pythonw wxVTKRenderWindow.py, I get nothing. I would 
> suspect
> something with Apples triple buffering but where is the best point to
> start looking?

Most of the time OpenGL contexts are only double buffered.  This sounds 
like a bug or incompatibility in VTK or wx.  You could try calling 
glFinish() at the end of the render loop, but I don't have VTK 
installed here so I can't look to see what's wrong with it.

-bob