[Paraview] problem getting pvserver to load plugin; possible connected error message (fixed)

[Christine Corbett Moran]

Ah, sorry I parsed your email wrong. I will have to look again to see
if I get a reverse error.... I will let you know.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
<corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
> Yes, that is one of the errors. The errors I get are (as I listed in
> my original email)
>>> > Client error:
>>> > ERROR: In /BUILD/ParaView3/Servers/Common/vtkClientConnection.cxx, line
>>> > 414
>>> > vtkClientConnection (0x1a20700): Could not create information object.
>>> >
>>> > Server error:
>>> > ERROR: In
>>> >
>>> > /Users/noname1/Documents/Research/Projects/viz/Paraview/ParaView-3.7/ParaView-3.7_src/Servers/Common/vtkServerConnection.cxx,
>>> > line 345
>>> > vtkServerConnection (0x15949e70): Server failed to gather information.
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>> Are there any error messages on the server side when you get that
>> error "failed to gather information" on the client?
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
>> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>>> My issue was solved by putting the client and server plugins into the
>>> same plugin, then loading on both client and server. I had previously
>>> given them two different names, which was the root of the problem even
>>> if I tried loading both my client and my server plugin on both the
>>> client and the server.
>>>
>>> I still get the 'vtkServerConnection (0x15949e70): Server failed to
>>> gather information.' error message on starting up the server, or
>>> loading a file, which is annoying but seems to be innocuous. At some
>>> point soon I'll look into it and post when I have fixed the problem.
>>>
>>> Christine
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
>>> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>>>> No, no crash, and I can still use the connection as normal. Only I am unable
>>>> to load the plugin.
>>>>
>>>> Christine
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
>>>> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> After you get the error message when you try to load the plugin on the
>>>>> remote side, has the server disconnected/crashed or something on those
>>>>> lines?
>>>>>
>>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Christine Corbett Moran
>>>>> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>>>>> > I have created a plugin which functions on my client machine (when the
>>>>> > GUI
>>>>> > is run on the client) as well as on my server machine (when the GUI is
>>>>> > run
>>>>> > on the server machine), but not if I run the GUI on the client and
>>>>> > connect
>>>>> > to the server machine running pvserver (I am currently for the exercise
>>>>> > running a single instance, nothing fancy). I have the PV_PLUGIN_PATH
>>>>> > environment variable in my .bash_profile set correctly to point to the
>>>>> > directory which contains my plugin on the server, as is evinced by the
>>>>> > fact
>>>>> > that when I run the GUI on the server machine it automatically loads my
>>>>> > plugin.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On the client, if I go to manage plugins while connected to the server,
>>>>> > there is a small green/greyed out dot displayed on the remote plugin
>>>>> > side,
>>>>> > along with the text "Not Loaded". All other fields on the remote plugin
>>>>> > side
>>>>> > are empty. The local plugin side continues to display something to the
>>>>> > effect of "Loaded but must be loaded on server". If I try to manually
>>>>> > load
>>>>> > the server plugin remotely from the client GUI, it displays and error
>>>>> > box,
>>>>> > which is completely empty except for the "OK" button, and the following
>>>>> > text
>>>>> > on the client and server sides, respectively:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Client error:
>>>>> > ERROR: In /BUILD/ParaView3/Servers/Common/vtkClientConnection.cxx, line
>>>>> > 414
>>>>> > vtkClientConnection (0x1a20700): Could not create information object.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Server error:
>>>>> > ERROR: In
>>>>> >
>>>>> > /Users/noname1/Documents/Research/Projects/viz/Paraview/ParaView-3.7/ParaView-3.7_src/Servers/Common/vtkServerConnection.cxx,
>>>>> > line 345
>>>>> > vtkServerConnection (0x15949e70): Server failed to gather information.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > As a side note, since setting up my ParaView server, when I connect with
>>>>> > my
>>>>> > client I get these error messages at the startup, but it hasn't in any
>>>>> > way
>>>>> > thusfar effected my ability to load, analyze and render on the server so
>>>>> > I
>>>>> > assumed they were innocuous; now it seems they may not be. Has anyone
>>>>> > seen
>>>>> > these errors before or run into similar problems setting up pvserver
>>>>> > with
>>>>> > plugins?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>> > Christine
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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