[Paraview] running in parallel on OS X

Dan Lussier dan.lussier at sjc.ox.ac.uk
Sun Aug 15 17:48:16 EDT 2010


Hello,

I have a question about running in parallel on OS X.  I have built the  
CVS version of Paraview with MPI such that it can run in parallel.  I  
am  looking to run it across the CPUs local to my Mac Pro workstation  
but also want them to share the GPU.

Here is my system config:

Mac Pro
2 x quad core Xeon
1 x ATI graphics card

In the documentation the recommendation is to use --use-offscreen- 
rendering -display flags however when I do a pvserver - h I do not  
even see a -display option and --use-offscreen-rendering is labeled as  
only applicable to software or mangled Mesa rendering on UNIX.

I am looking to achieve maximum overall speed (rendering + filters) on  
OS X what options if any should I use for my command to initiate the  
pvservers ?

Many thanks.



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