Sorry, apparently my message did not go through the other day. I was saying exactly what you figured out.
Basically you have a card that does not support GLSL>=1.2. It just means that the pointsprite plugin will never work on your machine. Yes, a solution is to get a better card. An nVidia GeForce>=6 should support it. PS: Please keep the discussion on the list. Regards. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Madhura Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Francois, > > Since the shader version is lower than the required 1.2, I was wondering if > this can be fixed at all, or should I move to a machine with a better > graphics card? > > --Madhura > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Madhura Phadke <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Francois, >> I followed your instructions, and the report has the following lines: >> Renderer: Intel 965/963 Graphics Media Accelerator >> Vendor: Intel >> Memory: 0 MB >> Version: 2.0.0 - Build 8.15.10.1825 >> Shading language version: 1.10 - Intel Build 8.15.10.1825 >> Thanks, >> --Madhura >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Francois Bertel >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Madhura, >>> >>> A quick review of the file >>> ParaView/Plugins/PointSprite/Rendering/Resources/Shaders/Quadrics_vs.glsl >>> shows it is missing a statement #version 120 at the beginning as >>> transpose() is defined for GLSL>=1.20. >>> >>> It does not mean it will fix your issue because your card has to >>> support GLSL>=1.20. What is your card? what version of GLSL does it >>> support? >>> >>> To answer this question, as your are on Windows, download, install and >>> run glview (latest is 3.22): >>> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ#Windows >>> >>> In the main panel, you will see something like: >>> >>> OpenGL version 3.2 see details >>> >>> Click on "see details" >>> >>> You will see a second panel, the second part is called "Report" >>> One of the first few lines of this report will be about the GLSL >>> version, for example: >>> >>> "Shading Language version: 1.50" >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Madhura Phadke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Paraview Version: 3.8.0 >>> > Plugin: pointSprite plugin >>> > OS: Windows 7, 32 bit. >>> > I recently started using paraview, and whenever I try to use >>> > PointSprite >>> > plugin with Sphere mode [I use a point source with 500 points, and >>> > change >>> > point sprite mode to 'Sphere'] , I get the error "In >>> > ..\..\..\src\VTK\Rendering\vtkShaderProgram2.cxx, line >>> > 450 vtkShaderProgram2 >>> > (0BF67D38): a shader failed to compile". >>> > The error log that got generated can be viewed >>> > >>> > from http://cid-bf4825315fd31e46.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?resid=BF4825315FD31E46!151&Bpub=SDX.Docs&Bsrc=GetSharingLink. >>> > I found a similar issue in the September 2009 mailing list archive >>> > >>> > [http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2009-September/013883.html]. However, >>> > it was pointed that the bug has been fixed in version 3.8, the version >>> > I am >>> > using. >>> > It would be great help if someone could point out if I am doing >>> > anything >>> > wrong, or if its an issue, how I could fix this. >>> > Thanks, >>> > Madhura Phadke >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > 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 >>> > >>> > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>> > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> François Bertel, PhD | Kitware Inc. Suite 204 >>> 1 (518) 371 3971 x113 | 28 Corporate Drive >>> | Clifton Park NY 12065, USA >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> > > -- François Bertel, PhD | Kitware Inc. Suite 204 1 (518) 371 3971 x113 | 28 Corporate Drive | Clifton Park NY 12065, USA _______________________________________________ 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 Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
