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=== crontab on MacOS ===
==GPU Filters for VTK==
* Example
crontab -e
00 20 * * * ctest -S myScript.cmake > myScript.log 2>&1


* Problem:
===Streamline Visualization===
When I create a cronjob with
[[Image:TestTubeActorStreamLines.jpg]]
crontab -e
===Streamline Visualization with arrows===
I get the error message:
[[Image:TestArrowTubeActor.png]]
crontab: temp file must be edited in place
===Streamline Visualization with texture===
 
[[Image:TestTextureTubeActor.png]]
* Solution:
===Streamline Visualization with varying radius===
Use the 'nobackup' option in VI:
[[Image:TestStreamLinesVaryingRadius.png]]
:set nobackup
:set nowritebackup
crontab: installing new crontab
 
=== Install X11 on MacOS ===
To install ParaView-2.4.4, you need to install X11.
* Insert 'Mac OS X Install Disc 1'
* Scroll down to 'Optional Installs'
* Click 'Continue', 'Continue', 'Accept'
* Select 'Applications', click on the arrow in front of Applications
* Select 'X11'
* Click 'Upgrade', enter your password, click 'Ok'
 
=== Setup CMake for ICC ===
To configure a project to use the Intel compiler icc,
set CC and CXX *before* you run cmake.
Type is the terminal:
 
  CFLAGS= CXXFLAGS=
  CC=/opt/intel_cc_81/bin/icc
  CXX=/opt/intel_cc_81/bin/icpc
 
Then run cmake or ccmake.
 
=== Headers for Cross-platform Projects ===
 
  #include <stdio.h>  // for sscanf
 
=== Install Qt OpenSource for VCExpress (VS2005) ===
* Install VCExpress AND Platform SDK
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/download/
* Using Windows Unzip, extract qt-win-opensource-src-4.2.2.zip and acs-4.2.2-patch1.zip to c:/qt/qt-win-opensource-src-4.2.2
http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Obtaining_GPL'ed_Qt_for_Windows
* Edit C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat
* Add path to Platform SDK bin, include and lib:
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Bin
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Lib
* Launch Cygwin.exe, and apply the following patch
  patch -p1 -i qtwin_patch\msvc_bcc32_42.patch
* Launch Start > All Programs > Visual C++ Express Edition > Visual Studio Tools > Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt
* cd ..; cd qt; cd qt-win-opensource-src-4.2.2
* Configure Qt and answer yes to all questions
qconfigure.bat msvc2005
* Configure ParaView3 using CMake; Compile using MSVC2005
 
===Install Qt OpenSource for Mac===
* Build for Debug
cp -r qt-mac-opensource-4.2.2 ~/qt-4.2.2-debug
cd ~/qt-4.2.2-debug
./configure -debug -prefix /usr/local/qt-4.2.2-debug
yes
make
sudo make install
* Build for Release
cp -r qt-mac-opensource-4.2.2 ~/qt-4.2.2-release
cd ~/qt-4.2.2-release
./configure -prefix /usr/local/qt-4.2.2-release
yes
make
sudo make install
 
===Change shell in Debian===
chsh
type your password
logout and login again.
set up the .zshrc file.
in your .zshrc, add:
CXX=/usr/bin/g++
CC=/usr/bin/gcc
 
===Associate hostname with IP address for SSH===
* Dynamic way:
Add in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
  send host-name "<your_host_name>";
* Static way: (not as good)
Add IP address and hostname in /etc/hosts (Linux) or
C:/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/etc/hosts (Cygwin):
      102.54.94.97    rhino.acme.com          # source server
      38.25.63.10    x.acme.com              # x client host
* On Debian, install openssh-server
 
===SSH without password===
Add to .ssh/config   
  Host <remote_host_name>
    User <your_user_name_on_remote_host>
===Debian Setup===
Check http://wiki.debian.org/
boot: expert
Primary network interface: eth0: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100
DHCP
single partition
Install the kernel linux-image-2.6-686
Debian mirror: France - fr.debian.org
Use non-free software
Choose software to install:
Desktop environment
Web server
SQL server (forgot to do that one!)
Standard system
 
If you install Debian in standard mode,
add edit
/etc/apt/sources.list
http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free deb
 
===BuGLe setup on Debian===
* Install NVIDIA drivers: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
* Install packages libgtkglext1-dev and nvidia-glx-dev
mkdir ~/.bugle
cp ~/bugle-0.0.20070217/doc/examples/filters ~/.bugle
 
Run bugle:
BUGLE_CHAIN=trace LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libbugle.so glxgears
Look at /tmp/bugle.log
 
Debugger from command line and debugger with GUI:
gldb glxgears
gldb-gui glxgears
 
===VI setup===
Install package vi-gtk
Edit your ~/.vimrc
colorscheme torte
Create a plugin directory if it does not exist:
mkdir ~/.vim
mkdir ~/.vim/plugin
Download the a.vim into the plugin directory
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=31
Restart gvim.
 
===VI Convert tabs to spaces (copied from http://www.gammon.com.au/smaug/vi.htm)===
Type a VI command using ':set'
Set tabs to every 2 characters  :set ts=2
Convert tabs to spaces in future :set et
Do not expand tabs                 :set noet
Fix existing tabs (convert to spaces) :%retab
Show tabs visually, and end-of-lines :set list
Do not show tabs and end-of-lines :set nolist
Or add those commands to your ~/.vimrc
set textwidth=78  "wrap lines longer than this length
set tabstop=2    "tabs stops every 2 characters
set shiftwidth=2  "size of a tab
set expandtab    "tabs to spaces
 
===Building CMake on Debian===
Install curses
apt-get install curses5-dev
 
===Debian package for dos2unix===
apt-get install tofrodos
 
===Build VTK for Release===
To create an executable that contains all the libraries,
so you don't need to ship the dlls with it:
CMake options:
Build Static
Replace /MD with /MT
VC Express options:
Build Release
 
===Mount on Linux using Samba===
1. Create mount points .
mkdir /mnt/nas2 /mnt/ruwenda /mnt/nas3
 
2.
add the following lines to your /etc/fstab file :
//kitwarenas2/Share /mnt/nas2    smbfs  defaults,guest,rw    0      0
//ruwenda/E        /mnt/ruwenda smbfs  defaults,guest,rw    0      0
//kitwarenas3:/Share /mnt/nas3 nfs    rw,user,exec,noauto        0      0
 
3. Mount each of them as
mount /mnt/nas2
 
===Restore Wiki page===
History > Compare versions > Undo > Save page
 
===Build VTK with Offscreen Rendering on Linux===
OSMesa (Off Screen Mesa) is a library that does rendering and does not need a graphics context.
You can use it on a server that does not have a graphics card or any graphics capability.
To use VTK with OffScreen Rendering on Linux, you need to compile VTK with the OSMesa option on.
Configure VTK using CMake.
Hit 't' for Advanced Options
Turn VTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA ON
Hit 'c' to configure again.
Set path to include dir and library:
OSMESA_INCLUDE_DIR
OSMESA_LIBRARY
Turn VTK_USE_OFFSCREEN ON if you want offscreen by default.
 
If you built Mesa from source and link to it, your dependencies should be ok.
If you installed the OSMesa packages for Debian and did not build VTK from scratch,
your dependencies might be messed up.
Then once you have configured your CMakeLists.txt,
check that this CMakeLists.txt variable is set to zero, and then type make:
VTK_USE_GLX_GET_PROC_ADDRESS_ARB:INTERNAL=0
 
On Debian, I installed:
libosmesa6
libosmesa6-dev
 
To check if Mesa was installed correctly, you can type in a terminal:
 
$ glxinfo | grep renderer
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa X11
 
It should return the line above.
In case you get the Nvidia drivers for example, then Mesa was not installed correctly.
To get info about OpenGL libraries used by a VTK 6.0 build, you can use the test LoadOpenGLExtensions.
 
When you run your VTK code with Mesa, you can turn offscreen rendering on in your application:
RenderWindow->OffScreenRenderingOn();
and no render window will pop up.
 
To generate screenshots, use:
vtkWindowToImageFilter.
 
==Install Nvidia drivers for Debian Testing 2.6.21==
apt-get install gcc linux-libc-dev x-dev libxt-dev mesa-utils
 
The Linux Nvidia drivers from www.nvidia.com *fails* for Debian Testing 2.6.21: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run
I got ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
Then I follow this: http://grizach.sc18.info/nvpatch/
apt-get install libc-dev linux-headers-$(uname -r)
CTRL-ALT-F1
login: root
killall gdm
sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run -k $(uname -r)
Please read the following LICENSE... Accept
No precompiled kernel...? Yes
No matching precompiled kernel...? Yes
 
==glxinfo and glxgears packages==
apt-get install mesa-utils
 
==Change runlevel on Debian==
My system has to start on runlevel 3.
vim /etc/inittab
# The default runlevel
id:3:initdefault:

Revision as of 15:00, 29 August 2007

GPU Filters for VTK

Streamline Visualization

TestTubeActorStreamLines.jpg

Streamline Visualization with arrows

TestArrowTubeActor.png

Streamline Visualization with texture

TestTextureTubeActor.png

Streamline Visualization with varying radius

TestStreamLinesVaryingRadius.png