[Paraview] Problems using Paraview 3.6.1 on a linux cluster

[Berk Geveci]

Your X is going over ssh back to the machine you connected from. If X
is running on the server, try setting DISPLAY to :0 (making sure that
xauth stuff is setup properly) and run again.

Also, this page may be useful:
http://paraview.org/Wiki/Setting_up_a_ParaView_Server

-berk

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:24 AM, alfacentauri2 at inwind.it
<alfacentauri2 at inwind.it> wrote:
>> It sounds like X is not running? Or DISPLAY is not set?
>
> X is running and DISPLAY variable is = localhost:11.0
> Is it ok?
>
> Perhaps do we need to install some debian package with apt-get?
> For example we realized that without "libqt4-gui" package many tests failed...
>
> We attach the log
>
> We're waiting for your help :-)
> Thanks again
>
>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:38 AM, alfacentauri2 at inwind.it
>> <alfacentauri2 at inwind.it> wrote:
>> >> Hi Paolo,
>> >>
>> >> >> If you did a make install, did you compile with VTK_USE_RPATH ON or OFF?
>> >> >
>> >> > VTK_USE_RPATH = OFF (default, I believe)
>> >> >
>> >> >> This probably has something to do with not having rpath and not
>> >> >> setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
>> >> >
>> >> > How LD_LIBRARY_PATH has to be set? On each node?
>> >>
>> >> Try to extend LD_LIBRARY_PATH on each node (prior to invoking one of the
>> >> paraview binaries) with
>> >>
>> >> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/utente/ParaView/ParaView-bin/bin/pvserver:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
>> >> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>> >
>> > Now the percentage of passed test has increased from 8% to about 31%, but we still have other errors such as:
>> >
>> > Qt: Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed
>> >
>> > and many segmentation fault, for instance:
>> >
>> > 81 - TestClipHyperOctree (SEGFAULT)
>> >
>> > the log is:
>> >
>> >
>> > 81/475 Testing: TestClipHyperOctree
>> > 81/475 Test: TestClipHyperOctree
>> > Command: "/home/utente/ParaView/ParaView-bin/bin/GraphicsCxxTests" "TestClipHyperOctree"
>> > Directory: /home/utente/ParaView/ParaView-bin/VTK/Graphics/Testing/Cxx
>> > "TestClipHyperOctree" start time: Oct 09 10:04 CEST
>> > Output:
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------
>> > update source3d...
>> > source updated3d
>> > source3d time=0.0258 s
>> > update clipper3d...
>> > clipper3d updated
>> > clipper3d time=0.817477 s
>> > update surface3d...
>> > surface3d updated
>> > update source2d...
>> > source updated2d
>> > source2d time=0.000706196 s
>> > update clipper2d...
>> > clipper2d updated
>> > clipper2d time=0.00412607 s
>> > update surface2d...
>> > surface2d updated
>> > update source1d...
>> > source updated1d
>> > source1d time=0.000261068 s
>> > update clipper1d...
>> > clipper1d updated
>> > clipper1d time=0.00228786 s
>> > update surface1d...
>> > surface1d updated
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------
>> > "TestClipHyperOctree" end time: Oct 09 10:04 CEST
>> > "TestClipHyperOctree" time elapsed: 00:00:02
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > You can see the file in attach.
>> >
>> >
>> > Also, we still have the problem when we use the pvserver on our cluster and connect from a client (we wrote you yesterday, on 8th October 2009)
>> >
>> > We hope you'll help us.
>> > Thank you very much again!
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Karl
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
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