Jenifer, In the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, within the section titled Section "Module", make sure this line exists:
Load "glx" You might need to have your administrator perform this change, as it requires root access. You will have to restart your X server after making this change (Ctrl-Bksp). Nick On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 15:51 -0500, Juranek, Jenifer wrote: > Hi Nick, > This is the first time I have tried to use the qdec feature, so I am unable > to report whether new problem to v405 or not. > > I am running from the terminal window on the RHEL5 box (not across VPN or SSH > or VNC). > > Thanks for any help you can provide, > Jenifer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Schmansky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wed 7/23/2008 3:47 PM > To: Juranek, Jenifer > Cc: Freesurfer Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] qdec ERROR: Rendering vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow > > Jenifer, > > Is this new to v405, or have prior versions also had this problem? > > Are you running directly from the terminal? Or over an ssh or vnc > connection? If over vnc, from what kind of machine? > > Nick > > > On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 11:14 -0500, Juranek, Jenifer wrote: > > Hi, > > Running Freesurfer v405 on RHEL5. Tried to launch qdec from the command > > prompt. While the splash screen did appear with the inflated brain surface, > > the qdec interface did not appear (even after 10min). When I tried to > > CTRL-C the terminal window, the following error message appeared: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] subjects]$ qdec & > > ERROR: In > > /usr/pubsw/packages/vtk/5.0.4/src/VTK/Rendering/vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, > > line 219 > > vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x7e06290): Could not find a decent visual > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] subjects]$ ps -ef | grep qdec > > jjuranek 32682 32579 0 10:45 pts/11 00:00:00 /bin/tcsh -ef > > /usr/local/freesurfer/bin/qdec > > jjuranek 32687 32682 0 10:45 pts/11 00:00:00 qdec.bin > > jjuranek 32763 9505 0 11:13 pts/1 00:00:00 grep qdec > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] subjects]$ kill -1 32687 > > > > Any ideas how to fix? > > > > Thanks, > > Jenifer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freesurfer mailing list > > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer