[Paraview] problem getting pvserver to load plugin; possible connected error message (fixed)

[Christine Corbett Moran]

Yes, that is one of the errors. The errors I get are (as I listed in
my original email)
>> > Client error:
>> > ERROR: In /BUILD/ParaView3/Servers/Common/vtkClientConnection.cxx, line
>> > 414
>> > vtkClientConnection (0x1a20700): Could not create information object.
>> >
>> > Server error:
>> > ERROR: In
>> >
>> > /Users/noname1/Documents/Research/Projects/viz/Paraview/ParaView-3.7/ParaView-3.7_src/Servers/Common/vtkServerConnection.cxx,
>> > line 345
>> > vtkServerConnection (0x15949e70): Server failed to gather information.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
<utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> Are there any error messages on the server side when you get that
> error "failed to gather information" on the client?
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>> My issue was solved by putting the client and server plugins into the
>> same plugin, then loading on both client and server. I had previously
>> given them two different names, which was the root of the problem even
>> if I tried loading both my client and my server plugin on both the
>> client and the server.
>>
>> I still get the 'vtkServerConnection (0x15949e70): Server failed to
>> gather information.' error message on starting up the server, or
>> loading a file, which is annoying but seems to be innocuous. At some
>> point soon I'll look into it and post when I have fixed the problem.
>>
>> Christine
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
>> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>>> No, no crash, and I can still use the connection as normal. Only I am unable
>>> to load the plugin.
>>>
>>> Christine
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
>>> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> After you get the error message when you try to load the plugin on the
>>>> remote side, has the server disconnected/crashed or something on those
>>>> lines?
>>>>
>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Christine Corbett Moran
>>>> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>>>> > I have created a plugin which functions on my client machine (when the
>>>> > GUI
>>>> > is run on the client) as well as on my server machine (when the GUI is
>>>> > run
>>>> > on the server machine), but not if I run the GUI on the client and
>>>> > connect
>>>> > to the server machine running pvserver (I am currently for the exercise
>>>> > running a single instance, nothing fancy). I have the PV_PLUGIN_PATH
>>>> > environment variable in my .bash_profile set correctly to point to the
>>>> > directory which contains my plugin on the server, as is evinced by the
>>>> > fact
>>>> > that when I run the GUI on the server machine it automatically loads my
>>>> > plugin.
>>>> >
>>>> > On the client, if I go to manage plugins while connected to the server,
>>>> > there is a small green/greyed out dot displayed on the remote plugin
>>>> > side,
>>>> > along with the text "Not Loaded". All other fields on the remote plugin
>>>> > side
>>>> > are empty. The local plugin side continues to display something to the
>>>> > effect of "Loaded but must be loaded on server". If I try to manually
>>>> > load
>>>> > the server plugin remotely from the client GUI, it displays and error
>>>> > box,
>>>> > which is completely empty except for the "OK" button, and the following
>>>> > text
>>>> > on the client and server sides, respectively:
>>>> >
>>>> > Client error:
>>>> > ERROR: In /BUILD/ParaView3/Servers/Common/vtkClientConnection.cxx, line
>>>> > 414
>>>> > vtkClientConnection (0x1a20700): Could not create information object.
>>>> >
>>>> > Server error:
>>>> > ERROR: In
>>>> >
>>>> > /Users/noname1/Documents/Research/Projects/viz/Paraview/ParaView-3.7/ParaView-3.7_src/Servers/Common/vtkServerConnection.cxx,
>>>> > line 345
>>>> > vtkServerConnection (0x15949e70): Server failed to gather information.
>>>> >
>>>> > As a side note, since setting up my ParaView server, when I connect with
>>>> > my
>>>> > client I get these error messages at the startup, but it hasn't in any
>>>> > way
>>>> > thusfar effected my ability to load, analyze and render on the server so
>>>> > I
>>>> > assumed they were innocuous; now it seems they may not be. Has anyone
>>>> > seen
>>>> > these errors before or run into similar problems setting up pvserver
>>>> > with
>>>> > plugins?
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Christine
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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