[Paraview] python/VTK errors in Paraview

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

When you creating the readers using python shell from the GUI (not
pvpython or pvbatch), it's recommended that you set the FileName in
the constructor itself. So try:

> reader = LegacyVTKReader(FileNames="foo.vtk")

Utkarsh

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Karl Battams<karlbattams at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using the latest CVS build of Paraview (on Ubuntu) and am getting some
> errors when I try to do python scripting from the Python shell.  I start
> ParaView and bring up the python shell, and type the simple command:
>
>>>> reader=LegacyVTKReader()
> As soon as I enter this command, the error console pops up saying:
>
> ERROR: In
> /home/battams/Builds/Paraview3/ParaView3/VTK/Filtering/vtkExecutive.cxx,
> line 757
>
> vtkCompositeDataPipeline (0x253f0b0): Algorithm
> vtkFileSeriesReader(0x2560aa0) returned failure for request: vtkInformation
> (0xd1e190)
>
> Debug: Off
>
> Modified Time: 197255
>
> Reference Count: 1
>
> Registered Events: (none)
>
> Request: REQUEST_DATA_OBJECT
>
> ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
>
> FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
>
> It has a similar error for vtkPDataSetReader.  It then has the lines:
>
> ERROR: In
> /home/battams/Builds/Paraview3/ParaView3/Servers/Common/vtkSelfConnection.cxx,
> line 147
> vtkSelfConnection (0x14ef4f0): Failed to locate object with ID: 154
>
> ERROR: In
> /home/battams/Builds/Paraview3/ParaView3/Servers/ServerManager/vtkSMOutputPort.cxx,
> line 293
>
> vtkSMOutputPort (0x152f200): Missing data information.
>
> And then some more output like the top part.
>
> Now what seems odd to me is that it is complaining about errors in my build
> directory, but I installed Paraview to /usr/local.  But the same error
> persists, even if I actually remove the build directory before running
> paraview.  But perhaps I'm misunderstanding something.  Regardless, I get
> the above errors when python scripting.  Any ideas?
>
> Also, in my CMakeOutput.log file I see the message:
>
> Determining if glXGetProcAddressARB exists in GL/glx.h FALSE
>
> ...leading to an error...
>
> /home/battams/Builds/Paraview3/ParaView3/VTK/Rendering/CheckglXGetProcAddressARB.cxx:
> In function 'int main(int, char**)':
> /home/battams/Builds/Paraview3/ParaView3/VTK/Rendering/CheckglXGetProcAddressARB.cxx:33:
> error: 'glXGetProcAddressARB' was not declared in this scope
> make[1]: ***
> [CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/CheckglXGetProcAddressARB.cxx.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/battams/Builds/paraview-bin/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
> make: *** [cmTryCompileExec/fast] Error 2
>
> Is this related?  Or an entirely different problem?  (or not a problem at
> all?)
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~~Karl
>
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