[Paraview] InitializeTcl failed/no $DISPLAY environment
variableerrors (paraview on intel mac)
Jared Hawkins
Jared.Hawkins at tufts.edu
Wed Feb 28 18:24:21 EST 2007
David,
thanks for the advice. unfortunately, none of the changes work.
still get the error that i cant connect to whatever i set my display as
frustrating but hopefully im getting somewhere
thanks!
-jared
Gregory, David C CIV NSWCDD, G24 wrote:
> I've run into similar behavior before. try setting display to
> localhost:0.0 or yourPublicIP:0.0 or yourHostName:0.0
>
> -David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* paraview-bounces+david.c.gregory=navy.mil at paraview.org
> [mailto:paraview-bounces+david.c.gregory=navy.mil at paraview.org]
> *On Behalf Of *Jared Hawkins
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:41 PM
> *To:* Paul Adams; paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] InitializeTcl failed/no $DISPLAY
> environment variableerrors (paraview on intel mac)
>
> 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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