[Paraview] InitializeTcl failed/no $DISPLAY environment variable errors (paraview on intel mac)

[Jared Hawkins]

Paul,

My fault for not being more specific.  I am using an intel mac (10.4.8), 
using a bash shell and the computer is local.

It looks like i hadnt set my DISPLAY env. variable.  When i typed in

/    echo $DISPLAY/

i was given an empty line (guessing that this wasnt set already).  I 
went ahead an then set the variable to the local dispaly
/   
    export DISPLAY=:0.0

/Then, i tried again to launch paraview.  This time, i was greeted with 
a new error message.

    /Paraview error: InitializeTcl failed
    Tk_Init error: this isn't a Tk applicationcouldn't connect to 
display ":0.0"

/(i left /applicationcouldn't /as one word, since this is how the error 
was displayed). 

More info (compiled from previous posts).  I have tried running paraview 
(2.6) from the precompiled binary.  I get the same message.  I have also 
tried running paraview (2.6) on a powerpc (using the powerpc precompiled 
binary).  Again, same error messages.

Any more ideas? 

-jared

Paul Adams wrote:
> O.K.  I did not know if you had truncated the error message or not.  
> Sometimes I do that to make it easier to read.  So let's try the 
> simple thing first: Have you set your DISPLAY environment variable?  
> Making the assumption that you are new to Linux, try the following two 
> commands.  The first prints out the value of the DISPLAY environment 
> variable.  The second sets the DISPLAY environment variable to the 
> local display. 
>
>      echo $DISPLAY
>      export DISPLAY=:0.0
>
> Depending on the computer you are using (I assumed it was Linux), what 
> shell you are using (I assumed sh or bash), and whether or not the 
> computer is local or remote, it may or may not work.  Let me know the 
> whether my assumptions were correct or not and I can help you more.
>
> Paul Adams
> http://wiki.vizworld.com/index.php/ParaView 
> <http://wiki.vizworld.com/index.php/ParaView>
>
> On 2/28/07, *Jared Hawkins* <Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu 
> <mailto:Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Paul,
>
>     Thanks for the reply.  The error message i am getting is only:
>
>         ParaView error: InitializeTcl failed
>         TK_Init error: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment
>     variable
>
>     There is no mention of the tcl_library.  Should i try to set that
>     variable anyway???  How do i go about doing this?
>
>     Thanks again for any help
>
>     -Jared
>
>
>     Paul Adams wrote:
>>     Is this the problem that you are seeing when t//rying to run
>>     ParaView?
>>
>>     /     $ paraview
>>     //     // ParaView error: InitializeTcl failed
>>     //     // Tcl_Init error: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the
>>     following directories:
>>     //     //     /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4 /u/lib/tcl8.4 /lib/tcl8.4
>>     /u/library /library /tcl8.4.5/library /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4/
>>
>>     If so, then the *TCL_LIBRARY* environment variable needs to be set. 
>>
>>     /     $ export TCL_LIBRARY=/path_to_tcl_library/tcl8.4/
>>
>>     /Paul Adams
>>     http://wiki.vizworld.com/index.php/ParaView
>>
>>     On 2/28/07, *Jared Hawkins* < Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu
>>     <mailto:Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>         hey again,
>>
>>         so, to follow up on my previous email, i have also tried to
>>         build paraview directly from the source code (following the
>>         wiki's instructions and making the necessary adjustments to
>>         ccmake options such as adding WI,-search_paths_first to the
>>         listed linkers)
>>
>>         the make of the program appears to work fine
>>
>>         afterwards, i try to run ./paraview (from the /bin directory)
>>         and i get the same error messages as when i was trying to run
>>         the pre-compiled binaries:
>>
>>             ParaView error: InitializeTcl failed
>>             TK_Init error: no display name and no $DISPLAY
>>         environment variable
>>
>>
>>         very frustrating.....i could use some help!!
>>
>>         -jared
>>
>>
>>>         Subject:
>>>         [Paraview] InitializeTcl failed/no $DISPLAY environment
>>>         variable errors (paraview on intel mac)
>>>         From:
>>>         Jared Hawkins <Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu>
>>>         <mailto:Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu>
>>>         Date:
>>>         Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:26:15 -0500
>>>         To:
>>>         paraview at paraview.org <mailto:paraview at paraview.org>
>>>
>>>         To:
>>>         paraview at paraview.org <mailto:paraview at paraview.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>         to all,
>>>
>>>         hi.  im trying to run ParaView 2.6 on an intel mac pro
>>>         running 10.4.  im VERY new to a unix environment, so please
>>>         bear with me.
>>>
>>>         after downloading the paraview 2.6 intel precompiled
>>>         binaries, i attempt to launch paraview from the console
>>>         (using ./paraview in the /bin directory).
>>>
>>>         i immediately get this message:
>>>
>>>            ParaView error: InitializeTcl failed
>>>            TK_Init error: no display name and no $DISPLAY
>>>         environment variable
>>>
>>>         i have tried running paraview on a powerpc g4 and i got the
>>>         exact same error message, so im pretty sure its something
>>>         really stupid that im messing up.
>>>
>>>         any suggestions???
>>>
>>>         thanks,
>>>         jared
>>>
>>>
>>>
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