[Paraview-developers] pvpython and force_offscreen_rendering on OS X

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

I misspoke. Not pvpython, the option is only available for pvserver,
pvbatch and not pvpython.

No, XQuartz is not it. If you're logged in, you have access to the Cocoa server.

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:58 PM, Sgouros, Thomas
<thomas_sgouros at brown.edu> wrote:
> $ /Applications/ParaView-5.4.1.app/Contents/bin/pvpython
> --force-offscreen-rendering
> Got unknown argument: --force-offscreen-rendering
>
> What does "access to Cocoa" mean in this context? How would I go about
> giving it that access? All I could think of was to run the XQuartz server at
> the same time, but I don't see any way to tell pvpython to look there.
>
> Thank you,
>
>  -Tom
>
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>> You can use `--force-offscreen-rendering` flag for standard ParaView
>> builds on OsX when using pvpython/pvserver etc. It simply implies that
>> there'll be no windows popped up for these command line executables.
>> Note, ParaView still needs access to Cocoa to create OpenGL contexts
>> for rendering.
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:02 PM, Sgouros, Thomas
>> <thomas_sgouros at brown.edu> wrote:
>> > Hello:
>> >
>> > The documentation seems ambiguous on the point, can anyone confirm for
>> > me
>> > how to get a version of pvpython that runs on OS X and supports the
>> > --force-offscreen-rendering option?
>> >
>> > My reading seems to imply that I will have to compile from the source,
>> > but
>> > I've been trying and failing to understand how to make the super-build
>> > process work. If someone can confirm for me that this is the way
>> > forward,
>> > I'd appreciate it.
>> >
>> > Also, when using the paraview-superbuild, when I try to install, I get
>> > this:
>> >
>> > CMake Error at
>> > /../paraview-superbuild/projects/apple/paraview.bundle.cmake:8
>> > (message):
>> >
>> >   Creating the Apple package without the GUI is not supported.
>> >
>> > To which superbuild option does this refer?
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> >  -Tom
>> >
>> >
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