[Paraview] Disabling OpenGL window pop-up

Tue Nov 23 04:59:06 EST 2010

Well, I also had the same thought and at the time Utkarsh did say it was a
quick fix for the issue. 

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Adriano Gagliardi MEng PhD
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bastil2001 at yahoo.de [mailto:Bastil2001 at yahoo.de] 
Sent: 22 November 2010 21:39
To: agagliardi at ara.co.uk
Cc: utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com; paraview at paraview.org
Subject: Re: [Paraview] Disabling OpenGL window pop-up

Hi Adriano,

no I have no problems. However, I see the code that opens up the window is
still in the git so I think it is useful for something more than blocking
ones display, isn't it?

Regards Bastian

Am 22.11.2010 11:26, schrieb Adriano Gagliardi:
> Hi Bastian,
>
> Have you encountered any problems with using the supplied patch (if 
> you are using it, that is)? It's been almost a year since I applied it 
> and we have been using it here without any obvious problems that could 
> be attributed to it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adriano
>
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> Adriano Gagliardi MEng PhD
> Business Sector Leader
> Computational Aerodynamics
> Aircraft Research Association Ltd.
> Manton Lane
> Bedford
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org 
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> On Behalf Of BastiL2001
> Sent: 20 November 2010 15:59
> To: utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> Subject: [Paraview] Disabling OpenGL window pop-up
>
> Dear Utkarsh,
>
> I am just wondering what disanvantages the disabling of the window 
> popup has?
> Since it still is in the current git code I guess the code that is 
> commended by this fix has some use?
>
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Bastian
>
>
> Utkarsh,
>
> I've now been able to test out the new patch and it is working fine. 
> To be honest, this is all that is required as it removes the annoyance 
> of having numerous pop-up windows cluttering your desktop anytime you 
> try to run ParaView in parallel.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Adriano
>
>
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> Adriano Gagliardi MEng PhD
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> Computational Aerodynamics
> Aircraft Research Association Ltd.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com 
> <http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview>]
>
> Sent: 07 December 2009 18:01
> To: agagliardi at ara.co.uk
> <http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview>
> Cc: ParaView
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Disabling OpenGL window pop-up
>
> I believe you are talking about the server-side render window that pops
up.
>
> I am attaching a experimental patch to get you started. It works only 
> on Linux. All I am doing it not mapping the window. Now when you run 
> server with offscreen:
>
> pvserver --use-offscreen-rendering
>
> and connect to it from ParaView client, you should no longer see any 
> server-side windows when remote rendering.
>
> Of course the patch is more of a hack, but it should give you a 
> starting point.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Adriano Gagliardi <agagliardi at 
> ara.co.uk <http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview>>
> wrote:
>> /
> />/ Does anyone know how to disable the pop-up window for opengl />/ 
> rendering? If it isn't possible via the interactive interface, could 
> />/ someone give me pointers as to where in the source code this is 
> />/ called? It's something I'd really like to get rid of without 
> having to use /software-based rendering.
>> /
> />/ Cheers,
> />/
> />/ Adriano
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