[Paraview] InitializeTcl failed/no $DISPLAY environment
variableerrors (paraview on intel mac)
Jared Hawkins
Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu
Wed Feb 28 18:41:25 EST 2007
to all,
ok, so everything is working fine now. this is probably an embarrassing
mistake (due to my inexperience with unix).
i didnt realize that paraview needed to be run from the x11 terminal. i
had been trying to launch it from the normal terminal window.
once i realized this very stupid mistake, everything works great!!
thanks for all the suggestions that were sent
-jared
clinton at elemtech.com wrote:
> You have an X server right?
>
> Clint
>
> On Wednesday 28 February 2007 4:24 pm, Jared Hawkins wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> thanks for the advice. unfortunately, none of the changes work.
>>
>> still get the error that i cant connect to whatever i set my display as
>>
>> frustrating but hopefully im getting somewhere
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> -jared
>>
>> Gregory, David C CIV NSWCDD, G24 wrote:
>>
>>> I've run into similar behavior before. try setting display to
>>> localhost:0.0 or yourPublicIP:0.0 or yourHostName:0.0
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> *From:* paraview-bounces+david.c.gregory=navy.mil at paraview.org
>>> [mailto:paraview-bounces+david.c.gregory=navy.mil at paraview.org]
>>> *On Behalf Of *Jared Hawkins
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:41 PM
>>> *To:* Paul Adams; paraview at paraview.org
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] InitializeTcl failed/no $DISPLAY
>>> environment variableerrors (paraview on intel mac)
>>>
>>> Paul,
>>>
>>> My fault for not being more specific. I am using an intel mac
>>> (10.4.8), using a bash shell and the computer is local.
>>>
>>> It looks like i hadnt set my DISPLAY env. variable. When i typed in
>>>
>>> / echo $DISPLAY/
>>>
>>> i was given an empty line (guessing that this wasnt set already).
>>> I went ahead an then set the variable to the local dispaly
>>> /
>>> export DISPLAY=:0.0
>>>
>>> /Then, i tried again to launch paraview. This time, i was greeted
>>> with a new error message.
>>>
>>> /Paraview error: InitializeTcl failed
>>> Tk_Init error: this isn't a Tk applicationcouldn't connect to
>>> display ":0.0"
>>>
>>> /(i left /applicationcouldn't /as one word, since this is how the
>>> error was displayed).
>>>
>>> More info (compiled from previous posts). I have tried running
>>> paraview (2.6) from the precompiled binary. I get the same
>>> message. I have also tried running paraview (2.6) on a powerpc
>>> (using the powerpc precompiled binary). Again, same error messages.
>>>
>>> Any more ideas?
>>>
>>> -jared
>>>
>>> Paul Adams wrote:
>>>
>>>> O.K. I did not know if you had truncated the error message or
>>>> not. Sometimes I do that to make it easier to read. So let's
>>>> try the simple thing first: Have you set your DISPLAY environment
>>>> variable? Making the assumption that you are new to Linux, try
>>>> the following two commands. The first prints out the value of
>>>> the DISPLAY environment variable. The second sets the DISPLAY
>>>> environment variable to the local display.
>>>>
>>>> echo $DISPLAY
>>>> export DISPLAY=:0.0
>>>>
>>>> Depending on the computer you are using (I assumed it was Linux),
>>>> what shell you are using (I assumed sh or bash), and whether or
>>>> not the computer is local or remote, it may or may not work. Let
>>>> me know the whether my assumptions were correct or not and I can
>>>> help you more.
>>>>
>>>> Paul Adams
>>>> http://wiki.vizworld.com/index.php/ParaView
>>>> <http://wiki.vizworld.com/index.php/ParaView>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/28/07, *Jared Hawkins* <Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu
>>>> <mailto:Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Paul,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reply. The error message i am getting is only:
>>>>
>>>> ParaView error: InitializeTcl failed
>>>> TK_Init error: no display name and no $DISPLAY
>>>> environment variable
>>>>
>>>> There is no mention of the tcl_library. Should i try to set
>>>> that variable anyway??? How do i go about doing this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for any help
>>>>
>>>> -Jared
>>>>
>>>> Paul Adams wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is this the problem that you are seeing when t//rying to run
>>>>> ParaView?
>>>>>
>>>>> / $ paraview
>>>>> // //ParaView error: InitializeTcl failed
>>>>> // //Tcl_Init error: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the
>>>>> following directories:
>>>>> // // /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4 /u/lib/tcl8.4 /lib/tcl8.4
>>>>> /u/library /library /tcl8.4.5/library /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4/
>>>>>
>>>>> If so, then the *TCL_LIBRARY* environment variable needs to
>>>>> be set.
>>>>>
>>>>> / $ export TCL_LIBRARY=/path_to_tcl_library/tcl8.4/
>>>>>
>>>>> /Paul Adams
>>>>> http://wiki.vizworld.com/index.php/ParaView
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/28/07, *Jared Hawkins* < Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu
>>>>> <mailto:Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> hey again,
>>>>>
>>>>> so, to follow up on my previous email, i have also tried
>>>>> to build paraview directly from the source code
>>>>> (following the wiki's instructions and making the
>>>>> necessary adjustments to ccmake options such as adding
>>>>> WI,-search_paths_first to the listed linkers)
>>>>>
>>>>> the make of the program appears to work fine
>>>>>
>>>>> afterwards, i try to run ./paraview (from the /bin
>>>>> directory) and i get the same error messages as when i
>>>>> was trying to run the pre-compiled binaries:
>>>>>
>>>>> ParaView error: InitializeTcl failed
>>>>> TK_Init error: no display name and no $DISPLAY
>>>>> environment variable
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> very frustrating.....i could use some help!!
>>>>>
>>>>> -jared
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Subject:
>>>>>> [Paraview] InitializeTcl failed/no $DISPLAY environment
>>>>>> variable errors (paraview on intel mac)
>>>>>> From:
>>>>>> Jared Hawkins <Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu>
>>>>>> <mailto:Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu>
>>>>>> Date:
>>>>>> Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:26:15 -0500
>>>>>> To:
>>>>>> paraview at paraview.org <mailto:paraview at paraview.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To:
>>>>>> paraview at paraview.org <mailto:paraview at paraview.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hi. im trying to run ParaView 2.6 on an intel mac pro
>>>>>> running 10.4. im VERY new to a unix environment, so
>>>>>> please bear with me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> after downloading the paraview 2.6 intel precompiled
>>>>>> binaries, i attempt to launch paraview from the console
>>>>>> (using ./paraview in the /bin directory).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i immediately get this message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ParaView error: InitializeTcl failed
>>>>>> TK_Init error: no display name and no $DISPLAY
>>>>>> environment variable
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i have tried running paraview on a powerpc g4 and i got
>>>>>> the exact same error message, so im pretty sure its
>>>>>> something really stupid that im messing up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> any suggestions???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>> jared
>>>>>>
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