[Paraview] Batch, X and MPI

[Kent Eschenberg]

I'd like to run pvbatch on a system that doesn't have an X server. It seems like this should work since the CMake flags were set to use Mesa.

However, pvbatch fails in vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx with the message "bad X server".

On that same system pvserver works just fine, with either compositing or with rendering at the client.

Should pvbatch be even looking for an X server? If not then could someone suggest a few CMake settings to adjust?

On a releated note ...

Can pvbatch run in parallel? I've made 2 sets of PV binaries, with and without MPI. pvbatch is present in the bin directory in both cases.

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System: HP/Compaq/DEC Tru64; a great many Alpha processors
ParaView: 2.4.4 compiled from source

A few values from CMakeCache.txt (non-mpi version):

OSMESA_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/lib/libOSMesa.so
VTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA:BOOL=ON
VTK_USE_MANGLED_MESA:BOOL=OFF


Thanks!

Kent
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center