Public bug reported: enthought tvtk (and thus also mayavi2) fails to generate figures properly under compiz. This is resolved by running an alternative Window manager (tested with fluxbox and metacity)
tested on: Hardy Release: 8.04 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64 python-enthought-traits, python-enthought-traits-ui, python-vtk, python-numpy, python-wxgtk2.6, and mayavi2 installed from repos an example script (run under " ipython -wthread ") ________________________________________________________________ import numpy from numpy import sqrt,abs,r_ #generate data dx,dy = 1.8,1.05 V = lambda x,y: 0.3**2/200.*sqrt((x-1)**2+y**2)*sqrt((x+1)**2+y**2)/abs(y) x = r_[-dx:dx:200j] y = r_[-dy:dy:200j] #generate surface from enthought.tvtk.tools import mlab s = mlab.SurfRegular(x, y, V) #simpler use: fig = mlab.figure() fig.add(s) ______________________________________________________________ ** Affects: enthought-traits (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- enthought tvtk failure under compiz https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/243901 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs