jamesf
August 8, 2025, 12:08pm
1
I am running a C++ app that uses VTK compiled with VTK_OPENGL_HAS_EGL=ON inside a docker container with nvidia container runtime.
This was working fine with a previous build (git hash 55b8be80a79daa81e57b4e229671c8b1cdcaab1b), but when I update to VTK 9.5.0 (git hash 13acb1a5dd0ad7f7635f2511f44e599733643d06) my application segfaults:
Stacktrace:
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `./myapp'.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7feab487b000 (LWP 27))]
(gdb) bt 10
#0 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#1 0x00007feabbf5f181 in vtkEGLRenderWindow::SetDeviceAsDisplay(int) ()
from /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.5.so.1
#2 0x00007feabbf60031 in vtkEGLRenderWindow::ResizeWindow(int, int) ()
from /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.5.so.1
#3 0x00007feabbf6011a in vtkEGLRenderWindow::WindowInitialize() ()
from /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.5.so.1
#4 0x00007feabbe9d84f in vtkOpenGLRenderWindow::Start() ()
from /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.5.so.1
#5 0x00007feabb1ff9d5 in vtkRenderWindow::Render() ()
from /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingCore-9.5.so.1
#6 0x00007feabbea31ff in vtkOpenGLRenderWindow::Render() ()
from /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.5.so.1
#7 0x000055be4eff0eb5 in VtkRenderPipeline::Render(std::shared_ptr<PipelineRun>) ()
jaswantp
August 8, 2025, 1:07pm
3
13acb1a5dd0ad7f7635f2511f44e599733643d06 corresponds to v9.4.2, sure you’re on v9.5.0?
In any case, would it be possible for you to build VTK with debug info? The best thing to do is set a breakpoint at vtkEGLRenderWindow::SetDeviceAsDisplay, step into the function and execute it line by line to figure out where it crashed. Would also be nice to see the list output of info shared in gdb.
I believe people had VTK 9.5.0 successfully use EGL from docker containers with nvidia-container runtime.
jamesf
August 8, 2025, 1:15pm
4
Yes apologies, I meant 9.5.0 (e70c856bd9122ad759921c61d86a153e0311e20d).
I did also try 9.4.2 to see if I could bisect the issue but ran into some build errors with nlohmann::json, I think because my app pulled in a different version of it from vcpkg.
info shared:
From To Syms Read Shared Object Library
0x00007feabe9fbd20 0x00007feabea04e39 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabe96cac0 0x00007feabe9c9476 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingVolumeOpenGL2-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabd71f3a0 0x00007feabe5ab164 Yes /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libonnxruntime.so.1
0x00007feabd6731c0 0x00007feabd673638 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenGL.so.0
0x00007feabd62c700 0x00007feabd646371 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX.so.0
0x00007feabcf38c20 0x00007feabd4ab345 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libopencv_dnn.so.412
0x00007feabc095500 0x00007feabcbecb5c Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libopencv_core.so.412
0x00007feabbd51790 0x00007feabbf688f7 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabbc5a2e0 0x00007feabbc7b8ef Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkglad-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabbbcbf60 0x00007feabbbe9f69 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkInteractionStyle-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabb5a60e0 0x00007feabb9b5f19 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingVolume-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabb3d23b0 0x00007feabb542ef2 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkIOImage-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabb2f67a0 0x00007feabb30abc9 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingFreeType-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabb0f8000 0x00007feabb2727f4 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingCore-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabb030cc0 0x00007feabb0410bb Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkCommonColor-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabad24220 0x00007feabaff26c9 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkImagingCore-9.5.so.1
0x00007feabac2ed60 0x00007feabaca6679 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-9.5.so.1
0x00007feaba6d8270 0x00007feabaac0923 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkCommonDataModel-9.5.so.1
0x00007feaba5647a0 0x00007feaba58f854 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkCommonTransforms-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab90814b0 0x00007feaba0e6c09 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkCommonCore-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab8d76c60 0x00007feab8dae50c Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtksys-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab8b8c5c0 0x00007feab8ccbce2 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
0x00007feab8a0e420 0x00007feab8a8c3a6 Yes /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6
0x00007feab89d4780 0x00007feab89f7745 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
0x00007feab87e6800 0x00007feab896dcb9 Yes /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
0x00007feabea25000 0x00007feabea4f195 Yes /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
0x00007feab87a1560 0x00007feab87b4246 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkgl2ps-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab8780540 0x00007feab8796b82 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkCommonMath-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab87328a0 0x00007feab876a879 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkImagingMath-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab8183160 0x00007feab862d972 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkFiltersGeneral-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab7607e20 0x00007feab7f398d9 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkFiltersCore-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab75107e0 0x00007feab751e68e Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkCommonSystem-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab719a030 0x00007feab73a76d9 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkCommonMisc-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab701b2c0 0x00007feab701d42f Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLdispatch.so.0
0x00007feab6eb7100 0x00007feab6f45fde Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
0x00007feab5474fc0 0x00007feab6c40ca7 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgproc.so.412
0x00007feab53c9260 0x00007feab53dac40 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1
0x00007feab53bf9c0 0x00007feab53c2629 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingHyperTreeGrid-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab53abdc0 0x00007feab53b324e Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkRenderingUI-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab52f2dc0 0x00007feab5378c49 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkFiltersSources-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab529bb80 0x00007feab52af89e Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkDICOMParser-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab520ac20 0x00007feab527a12d Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkmetaio-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab51a7410 0x00007feab51dbb5f Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkpng-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab5112550 0x00007feab5169479 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtktiff-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab50ed720 0x00007feab50ffb5c Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkzlib-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab50b8770 0x00007feab50dfe19 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkpugixml-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab5094a20 0x00007feab50a3f32 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtktoken-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab5007de0 0x00007feab5062827 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkjpeg-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4f4ae20 0x00007feab4fd7c1d Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkfreetype-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4f203a0 0x00007feab4f30879 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkCommonComputationalGeometry-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4da7610 0x00007feab4ec890f Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkFiltersGeometry-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4d632a0 0x00007feab4d6e1e4 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkdoubleconversion-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4d51d10 0x00007feab4d5ae52 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkloguru-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4d46260 0x00007feab4d496ae Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkkissfft-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4d18690 0x00007feab4d38264 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkFiltersVerdict-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4ce5b10 0x00007feab4cff828 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkfmt-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4b516a0 0x00007feab4c7adeb Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkFiltersReduction-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4adb660 0x00007feab4aedebe Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1
0x00007feab4a05320 0x00007feab4a972f9 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkFiltersHybrid-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab496c100 0x00007feab49ba905 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkFiltersHyperTree-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab490e600 0x00007feab4939001 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkverdict-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4906360 0x00007feab4907042 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6
0x00007feab48ff1a0 0x00007feab4900a89 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6
0x00007feab48b8ce0 0x00007feab48f3ed9 Yes (*) /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libvtkImagingSources-9.5.so.1
0x00007feab4899de0 0x00007feab48a44f6 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0
0x00007feab4888160 0x00007feab4890a7a Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmd.so.0
0x00007feaaefc5e80 0x00007feaafe5b124 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda.so.1
0x00007feab4867040 0x00007feab4867105 Yes /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
0x00007feab4862040 0x00007feab4862105 Yes /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
0x00007feab485d080 0x00007feab485d2b1 Yes /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1
0x00007feab4687040 0x00007feab468711f Yes /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libonnxruntime_providers_shared.so
0x00007fea825c77d0 0x00007fea83497752 Yes /opt/myapp_lib/usr/local/lib/libonnxruntime_providers_cuda.so
0x00007fea50c5a9c0 0x00007fea58818ed2 Yes (*) /usr/local/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/lib/libcublasLt.so.12
0x00007fea49a31360 0x00007fea49faa212 Yes (*) /usr/local/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/lib/libcublas.so.12
0x00007fea37c27630 0x00007fea380f7c2a Yes (*) /usr/local/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/lib/libcufft.so.11
0x00007feaa060dfb0 0x00007feaa068e614 Yes (*) /usr/local/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/lib/libcudart.so.12
0x00007feaa0204230 0x00007feaa021448e Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn.so.9
0x00007fea2f264fa0 0x00007fea2f4eaf62 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_graph.so.9.10.2
0x00007fe9fa220b10 0x00007fe9fa4a5622 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_ops.so.9.10.2
0x00007fe9cb3141e0 0x00007fe9ce248b02 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_engines_precompiled.so.9.10.2
0x00007fe9c72303f0 0x00007fe9c74a7947 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_heuristic.so.9.10.2
0x00007fea2d639430 0x00007fea2dd29622 Yes (*) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_engines_runtime_compiled.so.9.10.2
I’ll see if I can get a build done with debug symbols.
jaswantp
August 8, 2025, 1:20pm
5
Interesting, all I see is GLX and no references to libEGL in that output. I suspect gladLoadEGL fails. Here’s a couple of things you can try on a release build that might fix the crash:
Call interactor->Initialize() before the first Render call. I’ve seen it crash in some cases if Render is called before interactor is initialized. It happened on a NERSC cluster for @Sebastien_Jourdain
If that fails, try to set the environment variable VTK_DEFAULT_EGL_DEVICE_INDEX to 1 or 2, or higher.
jamesf
August 8, 2025, 1:40pm
6
I tried setting VTK_DEFAULT_EGL_DEVICE_INDEX to 1, 2 and 5 and it made no difference.
I’m not using the interactor as it’s a headless application.
jaswantp
August 8, 2025, 2:00pm
7
okay. let us know what the debug build shows.
jaswantp
August 8, 2025, 2:37pm
8
did some investigating and i can reproduce.
I tried on a basic ubuntu image and can reproduce the segfault with nvidia container. (docker run -it --rm --runtime=nvidia --gpus all -v$PWD:/work ubuntu). Installing libegl1 with apt fixed the issue for me. It seems needed for vendor neutral GL dispatch.
jamesf
August 8, 2025, 2:54pm
9
I already have libegl1 installed. I’m using nvcr.io/nvidia/tensorrt:25.06-py3 as a base image with the following packages installed:
RUN apt-get update && \
apt-get install -y \
libopengl0 \
libxi6 \
ffmpeg \
libsm6 \
libxext6 \
libegl1 \
libglvnd0 \
libgl1 \
libglx0 \
libegl1 \
libgles2
jaswantp
August 8, 2025, 3:07pm
10
Thanks. I can reproduce the segfault if I use vtkEGLRenderWindow directly in my code. Does your code do that?
Please use the factory class vtkRenderWindow instead and let me know if that works.
jamesf
August 8, 2025, 4:57pm
11
Thanks Jaswant, that seems to have done the trick
