[Paraview] Client/server on SGI

[Moreland, Kenneth]

The server opens up windows wherever you have your DISPLAY environment
variable set to.  Set it to localhost:0 if you want each process in your
server to display locally.

-Ken 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paraview-bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org 
> [mailto:paraview-bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org] On 
> Behalf Of Vines, John (Civ, ARL/CISD)
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 4:26 AM
> To: Amy Squillacote; paraview at paraview.org
> Subject: RE: [Paraview] Client/server on SGI
> 
> Amy/All,
>   When I start a Paraview client session, on the same machine 
> running the server(mpirun -np 10 pvserver), and force 
> compositing ( by moving the silder to 0 in the GUI ) multiple 
> render windows appear on my desktop.  I'm not sure what I've missed?
>  
> Thanks very much for the help,
>  
> John
> 
> 	-----Original Message----- 
> 	From: Amy Squillacote [mailto:amy.squillacote at kitware.com] 
> 	Sent: Thu 12/8/2005 4:15 PM 
> 	To: Vines, John (Civ, ARL/CISD); paraview at paraview.org 
> 	Cc: 
> 	Subject: Re: [Paraview] Client/server on SGI
> 	
> 	
> 	Hi John,
> 	
> 	You are only required to use the .pvx file if you are 
> running ParaView in a CAVE or if you are running in client / 
> data server / render server mode.  To start the client on the 
> same machine as your pvserver, just open a new shell, and run 
> the pvclient executable.  If it's all on the same machine, 
> you shouldn't even need to specify the server host to the 
> client.  So, you should do the following.
> 	
> 	mpirun -np 10 pvserver
> 	pvclient
> 	
> 	Are there specific command-line options you're trying 
> to use?  Do you have other specific questions about starting ParaView?
> 	
> 	- Amy
> 	
> 	At 04:04 PM 12/8/2005, Vines, John  (Civ, ARL/CISD) wrote:
> 	
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> 		All, 
> 		        I have recently compiled the CVS 
> version of Paraview and need to run in client server mode on 
> an SGI.  I'm getting lost in the command line configuration, 
> ".pvx" files etc.
> 		
> 		        The SGI has 16 processors so I want to 
> start the server up using 10 processors - "mpirun -np 10 
> pvserver".  I'm not sure how to start the client running on 
> the same machine, what command line arguments do I need?
> 		
> 		Thanks in advance for any help, 
> 		
> 		John Vines 
> 		Army Research Laboratory 
> 		Computational Sciences and Engineering Branch 
> 		Scientific Visualization Team 
> 		410-278-9150/1643 
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