[Paraview] 3.14 pvsc enumeration issues

Mon Mar 5 14:35:41 EST 2012

Hi,

I think we can fix this by modifying the PointSprite plugin to check to see
if the VisIt Bridge is enabled and to conditional building the conflicting
classes only when the Bridge is disabled or we can name mangle the VisIt
classes that the PointSprite plugin is building.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Burlen Loring <bloring at lbl.gov> wrote:

> Sorry, misread your reply, sounds like you would prefer to keep
> visit-bridge on. But will you disabled point-sprite in the binary release?
> I noticed that when the client has it but server does not it causes a crash.
>
>
> On 03/05/2012 11:11 AM, Burlen Loring wrote:
>
>> So are you disabling VisIt bridge in the binary release? If not would it
>> still lead to a crash if the binary has VB on, and the server has VB off?
>>
>> On 03/05/2012 11:21 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I believe we ran into that as well. Short of re-factoring the
>>> PointSpritePlugin, the work around for now is to disable the
>>> point-sprite plugin when using visit-bridge and static builds.
>>>
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Burlen Loring<bloring at lbl.gov>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Utkarsh,
>>>>
>>>> By the way, not a huge issue but I also had a problem with static builds
>>>> when trying to enable the visit bridge. The visit bridge and the Point
>>>> Sprite Pluign both had copies of some of the same code.
>>>> http://paraview.org/Bug/view.**php?id=12972<http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=12972>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Burlen
>>>>
>>>> On 03/05/2012 10:12 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Burlen,
>>>>>
>>>>> To give you an update, we have decided to put out a patch release
>>>>> within the next week or so that should include the fix for this bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Burlen Loring<bloring at lbl.gov>
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That seems to have fixed the problem, thanks Utkarsh!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 02/29/2012 03:43 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Burlen,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Attached is a patch. Can you please verify if that solves the issue?
>>>>>>> Seems to working now in my tests.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
>>>>>>> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>      wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Burlen,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I haven't tried reproducing the problem, but looking at the code,
>>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>>> pretty obvious why it could fail. I'll work on a fix soon. I think
>>>>>>>> this and few other state file backwards compatibility related issues
>>>>>>>> that been reported may warrant a quick patch release. But I'll check
>>>>>>>> with the team once I get back next week and give everyone an update.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Burlen Loring<bloring at lbl.gov>
>>>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Rick,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> yes things are fine in 3.12 it's only with 3.14 that I'm having
>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>> issue.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Burlen
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 02/29/2012 10:52 AM, Angelini, Richard C CIV (US) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Burlen - I've been testing with 3.12, not 3.14 ... did things work
>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>> in 3.12 and they are now broken in 3.14?
>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________**__
>>>>>>>>>> Rick Angelini
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> USArmy Research Laboratory
>>>>>>>>>> Computational Sciences Division/Computing Architectures Branch
>>>>>>>>>> HPC Architectures Development Team
>>>>>>>>>> ARL/DSRC (DoD Shared Resource Center)  Data Analysis&
>>>>>>>>>>  Assessment
>>>>>>>>>>  Center
>>>>>>>>>> Phone:  410-278-6266
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________**__________
>>>>>>>>>> From: Burlen Loring [bloring at lbl.gov]
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:29 PM
>>>>>>>>>> To: Angelini, Richard C CIV (US)
>>>>>>>>>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] 3.14 pvsc enumeration issues
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Rick,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Good, maybe it's something specific to my configuration although I
>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>> have any idea what it could be off hand. Just to be sure: do you
>>>>>>>>>> mean
>>>>>>>>>> that you haven't had noticed problems or that you've positively
>>>>>>>>>> verified
>>>>>>>>>> that after using the enum once you could change the value?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>>>>> Burlen
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 02/29/2012 10:31 AM, Angelini, Richard C CIV (US) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What platform is the client running on?   We make extensive use
>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>> pvsc
>>>>>>>>>>> and enumerations and have not seen this  (mis)behavior on our
>>>>>>>>>>> Mac/Linux
>>>>>>>>>>> client workstations......
>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________**__
>>>>>>>>>>> Rick Angelini
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> USArmy Research Laboratory
>>>>>>>>>>> Computational Sciences Division/Computing Architectures Branch
>>>>>>>>>>> HPC Architectures Development Team
>>>>>>>>>>> ARL/DSRC (DoD Shared Resource Center)  Data Analysis&
>>>>>>>>>>> Assessment
>>>>>>>>>>>  Center
>>>>>>>>>>> Phone:  410-278-6266
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________**__________
>>>>>>>>>>> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org [
>>>>>>>>>>> paraview-bounces at paraview.org**]
>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>> behalf of Burlen Loring [bloring at lbl.gov]
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:58 PM
>>>>>>>>>>> To: paraview at paraview.org
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [Paraview] 3.14 pvsc enumeration issues
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've encountered bugs with pvsc enumerations in version 3.14.0. I
>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>> the attached pvsc that makes use of a couple of enumerations.
>>>>>>>>>>> After
>>>>>>>>>>> connecting once w/ this pvsc, neither of the enums save the
>>>>>>>>>>> user's
>>>>>>>>>>> choice in the GUI the next time the server is used. However they
>>>>>>>>>>> seem
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> remember the user's last choice internally and always uses that
>>>>>>>>>>> instead
>>>>>>>>>>> of what the user has selected in the GUI. Neither setting
>>>>>>>>>>> save=false
>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>> removing the default attribute helps. I filed the bug report
>>>>>>>>>>> here.
>>>>>>>>>>> http://paraview.org/Bug/view.**php?id=12969<http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=12969>If it's confirmed would
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> bug be fixed in another 3.14 release? or should I simply remove
>>>>>>>>>>> enumerations from our pvsc's for 3.14?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Burlen
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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