[Paraview] using pvbatch without X server

Berk Geveci berk.geveci at kitware.com
Wed May 28 11:32:18 EDT 2008


If I am not mistaken, we just fixed an issue with
--use-offscreen-rendering not being recognized by pvbatch.

-berk

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov> wrote:
> Is OSMesa working with pvbatch in 3.2.1?  I thought we just fixed that.
>
> -Ken
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org]
>> On Behalf Of Berk Geveci
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:40 PM
>> To: Marzio Sala
>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] using pvbatch without X server
>>
>> 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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