From: Scott A. Friedman (friedman++at++ucla.edu)
Date: 05/21/2002 16:50:51
Ah, I see now. That would be a good comment for the man page I think!
Thanks Radomir,
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Radomir Mech" <rmech++at++engr.sgi.com>
To: "Scott A. Friedman" <friedman++at++ucla.edu>
Cc: <info-performer++at++sgi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [info-performer] pfGeoState::getAttr link error!
> Regarding your issues with transparency, perfly does not ask for a visual with
> alpha buffer. On IR msalpha is sufficent for blending semi-transparent object,
> but ibr objects need alpha channel. To set it up in perfly, use command line
> option -9.
>
> Radomir
>
> "Scott A. Friedman" wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Sure enough, that fixed it - almost had a heart attack there. That code has been
> > working for years now!
> >
> > I suppose that my follow-on message was being caused by the same issue since it went
> > away after reinstalling
> > the dev.headers again.
> >
> > Hey Allan, I have another one for you while I got you. We have been working with the
> > Archvision people and
> > have a bunch of their nice cd's of trees and people. However, when we use the loader
> > there is no
> > transparency. Is there some magic that is not in the man pages that uses the mask
> > image in the rpc file so
> > the jpg image has transparency when converted to a texture?
> >
> > Thanks for the work-around,
> > Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allan Schaffer" <allan++at++sgi.com>
> To: "Scott A. Friedman" <friedman++at++ucla.edu>
> Cc: <info-performer++at++sgi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [info-performer] pfGeoState::getAttr link error!
>
>
> > Hi Scott,
> >
> > This is probably from the IRIX 6.5.16 upgrade. The Performer 2.5
> > performer_dev links in /usr/lib*/libpf*.so get clobbered by the upgrade
> > process, for rather arcane reasons, and we haven't found a decent way to
> > prevent it. After the upgrade, the dev links are made to erroneously
> > point at the Performer 2.2 versions, so you'll see problems such as
> > unresolved symbols vs. the Performer 2.5 headers.
> >
> > The fix is to reload performer_dev.sw.hdr from your Performer 2.5 CD;
> > this will redo all the links properly.
> >
> > Allan
> >
> >
> > Scott A. Friedman wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Trying to link pfGetState::getAttr( ) gives
> > >
> > > Unresolved text symbol "pfGeoState::getAttr( unsigned long long ) const
> > >
> > > Performer 2.5 using 2.5.1 runtimes on IRIX 6.5.16m / 32 and 64bit libraries installed
> > >
> > > Any suggestions? Or is this a bug?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Scott Friedman
> > > Urban Simulation Team at UCLA
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Allan Schaffer allan++at++sgi.com
> > Engr. Manager, Core Rendering 1-650-933-2160
> > Silicon Graphics http://www.sgi.com
> >
> >
>
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