[Paraview] bug in ParaView 3.4.0 server

[Berk Geveci]

Can you send us the CMakeCache.txt file from your build?
On the server, can you run
> pvserver --ldd
and send us the output? If pvserver --ldd fails, try
> ldd pvserver

-berk

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 3:46 AM, Stephen Wornom
<stephen.wornom at sophia.inria.fr> wrote:
> I am trying to visualize a data set with 500,000 vertices using pv 3.4.0
> without success.
>
> 1-step 1: I start the server with this script
> --------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> #PBS -N "Paraview_32"
> #PBS -l "nodes=16:nef:ppn=2"
> #PBS -l "walltime=4:00:00"
> cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR
> server=`hostname`
>
> ulimit -s unlimited
>
> echo "The server is listening on host $server "
> #/usr/local/bin/mpiexec2 /usr/local/paraview/bin/pvserver
> --use-offscreen-rendering
>
> mpiexec --comm=mpich2 /home/install/paraview-340/bin/pvserver
> --use-offscreen-rendering
>
> step 2: I identify which processor is listening on host
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> step 3: I open pv 3.4.0 on the client, enter the server name and host
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The files are read correctly on the client and the outline of the mesh can
> be seen on the client screen. When I try to visualize a solution field
> (points, wireframe, surface) I get the following error.
>
> ERROR: In /tmp/ParaView-3.4.0/Servers/Common/vtkServerConnection.cxx,
> line 67
> vtkServerConnection (0x5df84f0): Server Connection Closed!
>
> step 4: when I do on the server
> ------------------------------------------
> ls -al /tmp/ParaView-3.4.0/Servers/Common/vtkServerConnection.cxx
> I get
> cannot access /tmp/ParaView-3.4.0/Servers/Common/vtkServerConnection.cxx: No
> such file or directory
>
> step 5: If I copy all the vtu,...etc files to the client and open pv
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 3.4.0, we can visualize the same data with no
> problems (the paraview server on the server is not used).
>
> Can anyone help resolved the problem. I can send all the files to anyone who
> will help resolve the problem.
> Thanks,
> Stephen
> p.s.
> The above works correctly with a small mesh (43,000 vertices) using 8-procs.
> The above was with a mesh (500,000 vertices)using 32-processors.
>
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