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

[Shaun C. (R. Student) <st...@ri...>]

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