Ubuntu 8.04 igs stp

HI,
I have the following problem.
I'm trying to open in Salome2008 some files saved from a windows version of SolidWorks2008. My system is Ubuntu 8.04.
I tried both igs and stp with the same result: Salome hangs and the only thing to do is to cut the current to the pc (ctl-alt-F1 has no effect, alt-F2 has no effect, esc has no effect, ctl-alt-del has no effect ...).

What is happening ? The post install program gives all positive results ...

I tried to convert to "lf" eof format, no success.

I tried to open the files wit VariCad, they open fine. I saved them with another name (always stp format), still nothing.

I installed and used the program as administrator, nothing changed.
I installed the program in a folder in my home (not in /opt/), nothing changed.
I tried to open the files in VariCad, save in its format, open again, save in .stp, Salome still doesn't open it (and hangs, with all the system).

I really don't know what to do more ....

JP

OK, I'm going to try immediately ... thanks !!

Ideed most probably it is your graphics driver.

You could kill the salome session from a ssh session made with another computer.

Also what I experienced is when using the step file from solidworks the meshing faild. When the stp fiel first was loaded ip ProE wildfire 3 and exported as step file I got beter results. Thit could indicate that the stp exporter of solidworks gives different results as the one from ProE

Johnny

Ok, it was the graphic card driver.

I have a Radeon Mobility X700 and the default driver gave this problem.
I installed the driver supported by Ubuntu community (xorg-driver-fglrx/), but it also gave some problem of visualization.
I finally installed the xorg-driver-fglrx-envy and it works fine !

Thanks a lot for your help

JP