[Paraview] Amazon EC2 Cluster + Paraview

[Matthew Dillon]

Hmm, I was greeted with a few warnings when generating the cmake build
files:

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 WARNING: Target "vtkRendering" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkRendering" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkVolumeRendering" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "icet" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "icet_mpi" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "icet_mpi" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "icet_strategies" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "icet_strategies" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkPVFilters" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkPVFiltersCS" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkPVFiltersPython" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkPVFiltersPythonD" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "ServersFiltersPrintSelf" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "TestExtractHistogram" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "TestExtractScatterPlot" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "TestMPI" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkPVServerManager" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkPVServerManagerPython" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkPVServerManagerPythonD" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkSMExtractDocumentation-real" requests linking to
directory "/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.
 CMake is dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "ServerManagerStateLoader" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "ServersServerManagerPrintSelf" requests linking to
directory "/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.
 CMake is dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "TestComparativeAnimationCueProxy" requests linking to
directory "/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.
 CMake is dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "pvbatch-real" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "pvpython-real" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "vtkPVPython" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "pvdataserver-real" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "pvrenderserver-real" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "pvserver-real" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "Moments" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "PrismServerPlugin" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "PointSprite_Plugin" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "pvblot" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "SLACTools" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "H5PartReader" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "AnalyzeReader" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "AnalyzeWriter" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "NIfTIReader" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.
 WARNING: Target "NIfTIWriter" requests linking to directory
"/home/ubuntu/osmesa/lib".  Targets may link only to libraries.  CMake is
dropping the item.

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 /home/ubuntu/osmesa/ is the directory that the osmesa files were built
to...


On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Matthew Dillon <mrdillon at alaska.edu> wrote:

> Can I still do volume rendering with osmesa, or is this a gpu thing?
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Matthew Dillon <mrdillon at alaska.edu>wrote:
>
>> Pat,
>> Alrighty, I will make sure to do that. I think the best option is to do a
>> pure osmesa build (it sounds like its simpler at the end of the day...) but
>> I am certainly up for recommendations otherwise. Thanks
>>  Matt
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:37 PM, pat marion <pat.marion at kitware.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Also, when compiling set VTK_USE_X to OFF.  An ldd on your binary should
>>> show no X11 library dependencies either.  When compiled without X, you dont
>>> need to specify any --use-offscreen-rendering flag to pvserver.  It is
>>> possible to compile with X and libGL and OSMesa, but it sounds like you are
>>> trying to create a pure osmesa build?
>>>
>>> Pat
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:31 PM, pat marion <pat.marion at kitware.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try MesaLib-7.6.1.tar.gz
>>>>
>>>> Make sure you configure with --driver osmesa.  The result should be a
>>>> libOSMesa and libGLU, no libGL.  Paraview should link only with libOSMesa,
>>>> no to libGL.  When you're done build paraview, an ldd on the binary should
>>>> reveal no dependencies on libGL, only libOSMesa.
>>>>
>>>> Pat
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Matthew Dillon <mrdillon at alaska.edu>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you, I have been using that section as a guideline for getting
>>>>> this thing set up. Perhaps someone on the list has a recommendation for a
>>>>> known version of mesa that works with PV 3.8/3.10?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Robert Maynard <
>>>>> robert.maynard at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Matthew,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The ParaView Users Guide has a section on setting up offscreen
>>>>>> rendering using OSMesa which you can read at:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Parallel_Rendering#Offscreen_software_rendering_via_OSMesa
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Matthew Dillon <mrdillon at alaska.edu>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If there are no suggestions in terms of Amazon machines, perhaps some
>>>>>>> info somewhere regarding offscreen rendering for a headless paraview server?
>>>>>>> I have searched through the mail archives to the best of my ability, and
>>>>>>> followed the instructions on the server build wiki, and I am just not quite
>>>>>>> able to get PV to build correctly. Sorry to keep pestering.
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> M
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Matthew Dillon <mrdillon at alaska.edu
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just curious if anyone has any experience setting up a Paraview
>>>>>>>> server on Amazon's EC2 platform. I have compiled VTK a few times in the
>>>>>>>> past, but I am spinning my wheels trying to square away offscreen rendering
>>>>>>>> and parallel processing. I know this doesn't necessarily need to relate to
>>>>>>>> EC2, but I am wondering if someone has some pre-made images floating around,
>>>>>>>> or some tips. Thanks.
>>>>>>>> M Dillon
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Robert Maynard
>>>>>>
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