[Paraview] Bug 0006714: pvbatch requires X server

[Kent Eschenberg]

Yes, and have verfied what is being used with "ldd pvbatch". Note that the Wiki reference you provide is about setting up a server, not batch.

pvbatch does not support the option "--use-offscreen-rendering" and should not need that option when the cmake option "use offscreen rendering" has been set.

Thanks!
Kent

Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
> Have you linked to the OSMesa library?  Once you do that, you should no longer need an X server.  See the Wiki.
> 
>   http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Setting_up_a_ParaView_Server#OSMesa_support
> 
> -Ken
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org]
>> On Behalf Of Kent Eschenberg
>> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:51 AM
>> To: ParaView
>> Subject: [Paraview] Bug 0006714: pvbatch requires X server
>>
>> pvbatch cannot be run on a node unless that node has an X server. This
>> makes it impossible to run a batch job on 99.99% of the parallel systems
>> because most nodes don't have an X server.
>>
>> The CVS version updated around 4/1/2008 12:10pm was used. It was linked to
>> Mesa 7.0.1 and all of the GL-releated items point to Mesa. Also the "use
>> offscreen rendering" option was set. The CMakeCache.txt file has been
>> uploaded.
>>
>> A Python program run by pvbatch works fine on one node, the one on which I
>> have logged in to the parallel system, because it has access to an X
>> server. However, the program crashes when using more than one node because
>> the others don't have an X server.
>>
>> P.S. I hope I am wrong and that I have merely done something stupid.
>> Please let me know if there is a way to make this work.
>>
>> Kent
>> Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center