[Paraview] How could I start X for renderserver remotely?

[Paul McIntosh]

You need to install X Server Packages on the nodes as OpenGL needs a Window
context to run in.
 
I just run pvserver without any window manager using xinit to invoke the X
Server. The following commands work for me...

1) Run a single instance (X Server shuts down when complete) xinit
<fullpath>/pvserver 

2) Run multiple instances (X Server shuts down when complete) xinit
<fullpath>/mpirun -np 16 ./pvserver

3) Run multiple instances across multiple GPUs (X Server shuts down when
complete) xinit <fullpath>/mpirun -bynode -np 8 ./pvserver -display :0.0 :
-np 8 ./pvserver -display :0.1

The <fullpath> is important, just passing "pvserver" to xinit won't work.

Note the following reading helped me:

Setting up a ParaView Server
http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Setting_up_a_ParaView_Server

Step by step guide for the installation and configuration of a cluster to
run ParaView
http://www.iac.es/sieinvens/siepedia/pmwiki.php?n=HOWTOs.ParaviewInACluster
 
Cheers,

Paul
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Sent: Sunday, 19 September 2010 1:15 AM
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Subject: [Paraview] How could I start X for renderserver remotely?


Hi All:
   I have compiled and installed the ParaView 3.8 on a remote cluster, but
the renderserver could not start up since each cluster node didn't run X.
Each node equipted a GPU for scientific computation(run CUDA program). I
have installed video driver on each node. Is there a resolution for starting
up X on each node remotely for running renderserver? May be use ssh or
something？
   thanks a lot:)


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