Re: [Visualpython-users] I could use some help with python-visual package on Ubuntu 10.10

Usually what this kind of problem indicates is the need to update the
graphics driver.

Bruce Sherwood

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Shaun Campbell (RIT Student)
<st...@ri...> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've installed the python-visual package on Ubuntu 10.10 (pretty much fresh
> install, all updated). Everything works fine (no errors, zooming, rotating,
> etc.), except that objects are just black and 2D "holes". Sometimes the
> whole windows is just black (I've set the scene background to white to
> verify that there are actually objects), but I can still see output from
> some of the examples in the terminal window. I thought that this happened
> for every object, but it turns out that some things do render fine (i.e
> randombox.py works, except for the outer wireframe box that the others are
> rendered in, gyro.py I can see for a sec and then everything goes black). It
> seems really intermittent, but I would like to know some places to start to
> debug whats going on, as of right now I am not getting any error output. I
> would appreciate any help or suggestions of where to look.
> Ubuntu 10.10
> Lenovo X201
> python-visual_1%3a5.12-1.1_amd64.deb
> I have tried to install from source, but I couldn't get it up and running. I
> figured that this is working, minus the rendering issues, so it would be
> quicker to troubleshoot this.
> Thanks,
> Shaun
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