POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : Kpovmodeller in Ubuntu 8.10 : Re: Kpovmodeller in Ubuntu 8.10 Server Time
18 May 2024 14:23:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Kpovmodeller in Ubuntu 8.10  
From: gregjohn
Date: 18 Nov 2008 22:50:00
Message: <web.49238c763ba1d44634d207310@news.povray.org>
Bryan Heit <bry### [at] warthaug_nospamcom> wrote:
> I've been trying to get kpovmodeller to work in the newest version of
> ubuntu.  Everything works fine except the wireframe feature, which just
> appears as black boxes.  I've found the same error reported in a few
> other forums, but no answers as to what is causing it.
>
> I don't think its a openGL issue, as inactivating openGL rendering
> doesn't fix the problems.  Likewise, as far as I can tell the KDE
> libraries are installed properly so I don't think that's an issue either.
>
> Anyone know if there is a way to fix this, or alternatively, know of a
> forum where there may be more then 1 or 2 kpovmodeller users around?
>
> Thanx
>
> Bryan

There's a known nvidia graphics driver bug in 8.10. I couldn't find the bug that
describes the problem at launchpad-- the one I subscribed to seems to have
disappeared, but here's one that describes a similar prob:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/286424


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