[Paraview] Unable to render Paraview 3D view on the cluster

[Moreland, Kenneth]

No.  The ParaView server can still use the graphics cards to accelerate rendering.  ParaView will then read the images back from the card and deliver them to the client (or write them to an animation file in certain modes).

-Ken

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From: David Farrell [mailto:d-farrell2 at northwestern.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:58 AM
To: Moreland, Kenneth
Cc: Cally; paraview at paraview.org
Subject: Re: [Paraview] Unable to render Paraview 3D view on the cluster

I am curious, as I have thought of doing something similar - if the nodes *only* have graphics cards (no monitor), does one still need to use OSMesa?

Dave


On Feb 27, 2008, at 7:31 AM, Moreland, Kenneth wrote:


The attachment didn't come through.

>From your email about whether you have graphics hardware on each node of your graphics cluster.  If the answer is no, then you should compile with OSMesa.

-Ken

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From: paraview-bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org<mailto:paraview-bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org> [mailto:paraview-bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Cally
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:46 AM
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Subject: [Paraview] Unable to render Paraview 3D view on the cluster

Hi

I managed to install ParaView on the cluster at my lab, the cluster runs on Linux. And there were no errors, I compiled with MPI, python but I didnt use Mesa, I read on the wiki pages that its not necessary to install mesa if graphics hardware exists. Anyway, my cluster does not have any graphic hardware, but I am using my pc ( run on windows and has graphic hardware) to connect I use putty and xming. I can render the paraview and it appears but what I can't see is .. the sources thing like cone, arrow, 3D text, when I choose and click apply, it loads but nothing appears, paraview does not hang and it works fine, but I can't see anything appearing in the 3D view. I have attached a screenshot together with this mail.
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David E. Farrell

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Northwestern University

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