[Paraview] Paraview Client/Server

[Randall Hand]

Well, modifying the PVX file such as you've described doesn't seem to work.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<pvx>
  <Option Name="reverse-connection" Value="meteor.erdc.hpc.mil" />
  <Process Type="client">
    <Machine Name="meteor.erdc.hpc.mil" />
  </Process>
  <Process Type="render-server" />
  <Process Type="data-server">
    <Machine Name="prism.erdc.hpc.mil" />
  </Process>
</pvx>

I get the same identical error about connecting to localhost when I start
pvdataserver .  As for the command line, as I stated in the email that does
work, aside from wanting to do the rendering where the DAtaserver is.  So
again, how do I get the Dataserver on Prism, but Rendering & Client on
Meteor?

Just an observation, but a "strings * | grep render-server" comes up with
nothing (aside from the command-line arguments) on the linux packages
distributed via the website, but the compilation that I did on our Irix
shows a "render-server" line right around the "client" and "data-server"
lines, right next to a vtkPVOptionsXMLParser.  Is the render-server somehow
disabled in that release?  I'm currently attempting to compile it myself on
the linux system.

On 1/10/06, Amy Squillacote <amy.squillacote at kitware.com> wrote:
>
> At 12:18 PM 1/10/2006, Randall Hand wrote:
>
> So I've dumbed mine situation down to a simpler case, just to try & get
> this to work. I want to run a Data Server on an SGI Irix (named Prism) and
> do all the rendering & client on a linux machine (named Meteor).
>
> From the command line, if I do
>   On Irix: pvdataserver -rc --client-host=meteor
>   On Linux: pvclient -rc --data-server-host=prism
>
> It starts, but the Irix machine wants to do the rendering, which fails
> because I don't have an X display  (I'm just SSH'ed in remotely).
>
> Using a PVX file like so (named "dual.pvx"):
> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
> <pvx>
>   <Option Name="reverse-connection" />
>   <Process Type="client">
>     <Machine Name="meteor.erdc.hpc.mil " />
>   </Process>
>   <Process Type="data-server">
>     <Machine Name="prism.erdc.hpc.mil " />
>   </Process>
> </pvx>
>
> And then doing the following:
>   On Linux: pvclient dual.pvx
>   On Irix: pvserver dual.pvx or pvdataserver dual.pvx
>
> The client starts just fine on Linux, and goes into the waiting state
> (because of the Reverse Connection).  But the server always fails with the
> following error:
> [11:14:32am]% pvserver dual.pvx
> Connect to localhost:11111
> ERROR: In /viz/home/rhand/src/paraview-2.4.2/VTK/Parallel/vtkSocketCommunicator.cxx,
> line 521
> vtkSocketCommunicator (1622f3a8): Can not connect to localhost on port
> 11111
>
>
> ERROR: In /viz/home/rhand/src/paraview-2.4.2/Servers/Common/vtkPVClientServerModule.cxx,
> line 573
> vtkPVClientServerModule (161f4330): Server error: Could not connect to the
> client. localhost 11111
>
> ERROR: In /viz/home/rhand/src/paraview-2.4.2/Servers/Common/vtkPVClientServerModule.cxx,
> line 583
> vtkPVClientServerModule (161f4330): No GUIHelper set, can not exit
> application
>
>
> The default host (--client-host, in this case) is localhost. You either
> need to specify --client-host=*client_host_name* on the server command
> line or add it to the .pvx file: <Option Name="reverse-connection" Value=*
> client_host_name*/>.
>
> I have no idea why it's trying to connect to localhost.  I get the same
> error whether I use pvserver or pvdataserver.
>
> --
> Randall Hand
> Visualization Scientist,
> ERDC-MSRC Vicksburg, MS
> Homepage: http://www.yeraze.com
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--
Randall Hand
Visualization Scientist,
ERDC-MSRC Vicksburg, MS
Homepage: http://www.yeraze.com
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