[Paraview] Client-Server Fails on Altix

[Kent Eschenberg]

Fixed, mostly. When client and server are built from the exact same source (from CVS) it works when the client uses 32-bit IDs and when the server uses either 32-bit or 64-bit IDs.

Unfortunately, it seems that our users must now switch their clients to the same CVS version as the server on the Altix. For example, the 3.2.1 client fails with this message:

===
Handshake failed. You are probably using mismatching versions of client and server.
===

Could someone involved with this part of ParaView comment, in general, on using a client with a server of a different version?

Kent
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Berk Geveci wrote:
> To be on the safe side, I would try:
> 
> * Client/server built from the exact same source
> * Both set to the same VTK_USE_64BIT_ID (I recommend off)
> 
> -berk
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Kent Eschenberg <eschenbe at psc.edu> wrote:
>> The client is 32-bit and the server is 64-bit, with VTK_USE_64BIT_ID off and
>> on, respectively.
>>
>> However ... I've had no problem using this same client system and pvserver
>> on another 64-bit system with VTK_USE_64BIT_ID on.
>>
>> The client and server that work together run CentOS. The other server with
>> the new problem runs SUSE. All use PV CVS but downloaded at slightly
>> different times.
>>
>> Suggestions welcome!
>> Kent
>> Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
>>
>> Berk Geveci wrote:
>>> Are you running the client on the same machine? By any chance, do the
>>> client and server have different VTK_USE_64BIT_IDS set?
>>>
>>> -berk
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Kent Eschenberg <eschenbe at psc.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>> The interactive version of PV works fine but when using pvserver (1 or 4
>>>> processes) all attempts to add to the display (e.g., a source of box or
>>>> sphere) only yields this message:
>>>>
>>>> ERROR: In .../ParaView3/Servers/Common/vtkPVDataInformation.cxx, line 971
>>>> vtkPVDataInformation (0x9e93040): Error parsing data set type.
>>>>
>>>> I also get the now-expected warnings about being unable to connect to an
>>>> X
>>>> server.
>>>>
>>>> System: SGI Altix 4700, Itanium2 ia64
>>>> OS: enhanced version of SuSE
>>>> Compiler: g++ 4.1.2
>>>> Cmake: 2.6.0
>>>> ParaView: from CVS around June 13
>>>> Qt: 4.3.5
>>>> Mesa: 7.0.1
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?