[Paraview] Bug 0006714: pvbatch requires X server

[Moreland, Kenneth]

Ah.  I didn't realize that pvbatch did not support --use-offscreen-rendering.

-Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Eschenberg [mailto:eschenbe at psc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:45 PM
> To: Moreland, Kenneth
> Cc: ParaView
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Bug 0006714: pvbatch requires X server
>
> 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