[Paraview] using pvbatch without X server

[Berk Geveci]

You will need:

* Mesa
* cvs paraview compile with OS mesa support
* use --use-offscreen-rendering flag to pvbatch

-berk

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Marzio Sala <marzio.sala at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using ParaView, latest stable release 3.2.1, compiled on suse 64 bits.
> I wrote a python script with pvbatch to produce some images, and all works
> fine with the X server. (And the python interface is really nice and easy to
> use!)
> Then, I compiled ParaView using MESA, since I'd like to use pvbatch without
> the X server. Unfortunately, pvbatch crashes while saving the image as
> JPEG.
> There was something on the mailing
> list: http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2008-April/007590.html, but
> it is not clear to me what to expect: is the bug fixed, or I am doing
> something wrong? Is it possible to use pvbatch with MESA and without an X
> server?
> Thanks for your help,
> -Marzio
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