[Paraview] PV2.6 Crashes

Wed Feb 7 11:16:11 EST 2007

I fixed problem #1 below. It will be in the next patch. If you are building
your own binaries, the fix is in the CVS 2.6 branch. I did not experience
problem #2. I will try to reproduce it today. Did anyone run into a similar
problem?

On 2/1/07, Randall Hand <randall.hand at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm using the released PV2.6 and seeing some strange crashes.
>
> I'm using the Windows Version you guys compiled for the pvclient, and
> running the PVServer on a linux Cluster.  I compiled the server myself with
> OSMesa ( 6.4.2) & MPI (OpenMPI 1.1.1-1)support, and i'm running it on
> multiple processors (the number doesn't matter).  When I compiled it, I
> seeded CMake with the following cache:
> BUILD_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL=OFF
> BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF
> BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON
> BUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF
>
> CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
> CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/usr/local/ofed/mpi/gcc/openmpi-1.1.1-1/bin/mpicxx
>
> CMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/usr/local/ofed/mpi/gcc/openmpi-1.1.1-1
> /bin/mpicc
> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/viz/home/rhand/local/pv-2.4
> //Path to a file.
> MPI_INCLUDE_PATH:PATH=/usr/local/ofed/mpi/gcc/openmpi-1.1.1-1 /include
> MPI_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/local/ofed/mpi/gcc/openmpi-1.1.1-1
> /lib64/libmpi.so
> OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=/viz/home/rhand/local/include
> OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/viz/home/rhand/local/lib/libVTKMesaGL.so
> OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/viz/home/rhand/local/lib/libVTKMesaGLU.so
> OPENGL_xmesa_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=/viz/home/rhand/local/include
> OSMESA_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=/viz/home/rhand/local/include
> OSMESA_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/viz/home/rhand/local/lib/libOSVTKMesa.so
>
> VTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA:BOOL=ON
>
> VTK_USE_64BIT_IDS:BOOL=ON
> VTK_USE_MPI:BOOL=ON
>
> VTK_USE_RPATH:BOOL=OFF
>
>
> Problem #1:
> If I load an ImageData dataset (VTI) and then attempt to use the Clip
> filter on it, it crashes every time.  Also, I get no ghost cells so when I
> extract an isosurface the process boundaries are clearly visible.  I place
> the Clip Filter at roughly 45-degrees (eyeballed, not much precision) so
> that it gives me the lower-left half of the data, and when it crashes I get
> a trace like the following:
>
> Connected to client
> Process id: 0 >> ERROR: In /viz/home/rhand/src/pv- 2.6/comp/PV/VTK/Rendering/vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx,
> line 497
> vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x5362f50): bad X server connection.
> DISPLAY=Process id: 0 >> ERROR: In /viz/home/rhand/src/pv- 2.6/comp/PV/VTK/Rendering/vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx,
> line 319
> Signal:11 info.si_errno:0(Success) si_code:1(SEGV_MAPERR)
> Failing at addr:0x10
> [0] func:/usr/local/ofed/mpi/gcc/openmpi-1.1.1-1/lib64/libopal.so.0
> [0x2a9bf15dd5]
> [1] func:/lib64/tls/libpthread.so.0 [0x3dd910c430]
> [2] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN22vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow13CreateAWindowEv+0x216)
> [0x2a984e13f6]
> [3] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN22vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow16WindowInitializeEv+0x12)
> [0x2a984e21d2]
> [4] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN22vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow5StartEv+0xd)
> [0x2a984e249d]
> [5] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN15vtkRenderWindow14DoStereoRenderEv+0x10)
> [0x2a98452160]
> [6] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN15vtkRenderWindow10DoFDRenderEv+0x36b)
> [0x2a984520fb]
> [7] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN15vtkRenderWindow10DoAARenderEv+0x46b)
> [0x2a98451d3b]
> [8] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN15vtkRenderWindow6RenderEv+0x149)
> [0x2a98451439]
> [9] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN22vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow6RenderEv+0x1c)
> [0x2a984e437c]
> [10] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN25vtkOpenGLExtensionManager20ReadOpenGLExtensionsEv+0xc0)
> [0x2a984ab450]
> [11] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkRendering.so.pv2.6(_ZN25vtkOpenGLExtensionManager6UpdateEv+0x52)
> [0x2a984aac12]
> [12] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVServerCommon.so(_ZN32vtkPVOpenGLExtensionsInformation14CopyFromObjectEP9vtkObject+0xf9)
> [0x2a955b0bf9]
> [13] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVServerCommon.so(_ZN17vtkSelfConnection17GatherInformationEjP16vtkPVInformation17vtkClientServerID+0x83)
> [0x2a955dc163]
> [14] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVServerCommon.so(_ZN20vtkMPISelfConnection17GatherInformationEjP16vtkPVInformation17vtkClientServerID+0x64)
> [0x2a9559e684]
> [15] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVServerCommon.so(_ZN19vtkClientConnection15SendInformationER21vtkClientServerStream+0x1d5)
> [0x2a9558ff65]
> [16] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVServerCommon.so(_Z39vtkClientConnectionGatherInformationRMIPvS_ii+0x48)
> [0x2a955900b8]
> [17] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkParallel.so.pv2.6(_ZN25vtkMultiProcessController10ProcessRMIEiPvii+0x9e)
> [0x2a9707ef6e]
> [18] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkParallel.so.pv2.6(_ZN25vtkMultiProcessController11ProcessRMIsEii+0xa0)
> [0x2a9707f3b0]
> [19] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVServerCommon.so(_ZN19vtkRemoteConnection20ProcessCommunicationEv+0x14)
> [0x2a955d9fb4]
> [20] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVServerCommon.so(_ZN33vtkProcessModuleConnectionManager18MonitorConnectionsEm+0x2d9)
> [0x2a955d81d9]
> [21] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVServerCommon.so(_ZN16vtkProcessModule11StartServerEm+0x76)
> [0x2a955cb676]
> [22] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVServerCommon.so(_ZN16vtkProcessModule5StartEiPPc+0x24d)
> [0x2a955ce8cd]
> [23] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/libvtkPVFilters.so(_ZN9vtkPVMain3RunEP12vtkPVOptions+0x7b)
> [0x2a95857b7b]
> [24] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/pvserver-real(main+0xc2)
> [0x402482]
> [25] func:/lib64/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdb) [0x3dd881c3fb]
> [26] func:/viz/home/rhand/local/pv2.6/lib/paraview-2.6/pvserver-real(__gxx_personality_v0+0x5a)
> [0x40232a]
> *** End of error message ***
>
> If I load the same ImageData Dataset & apply the D3 filter, then attempt
> to use the Clip filter, it works.  I have alot of rendering artifacts (I
> think due to the Structured->Unstructured conversion) and it takes ALOT of
> memory, but it works.
>
> Problem #2:
> I find myself having to toggle the "Immediate Mode" option after pretty
> much every filter to maintain performance.  It seems to be dropping back to
> slower (safer?) methods every time I make a significant rendering change,
> and if I simply toggle the Immediate Mode  On & then back off, my
> performance improves 10-fold.  Anyone else experiencing this?
> --
> ----------------------------------------
> Randall Hand
> Visualization Scientist
> ERDC MSRC-ITL
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