[Paraview] Why is pvbatch displaying images?

Thu Mar 7 21:47:22 EST 2013

But I dont see any such files in my paraview directory.

2013/3/7 Patrick Begou <Patrick.Begou at hmg.inpg.fr>

>  I'm not using system libGLU but the one provided by OSMesa when I build
> this library. Look at the TAG:
>
> OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY = /share/apps/paraView-server-3.98.1/lib/libGLU.so
>
> when building paraview. Did you try this one ?
>
> Patrick
>
>
> Pradeep Jha wrote:
>
> Thanks Patrick and David. I set everything as you guys said except one
> thing. I could not find the libGLU.so on the computer. When I did:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>  [k00603 at fe01p09 ~]$locate libGLU
> /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1
> /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1.3.060501
> /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1
> /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1.3.060501
> ----------------------------------------------------
> so I set the "OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY" environment to "/usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1".
> After this when I run the "make" command, I am getting the following error:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [ 87%] Built target vtkRenderingMatplotlibCS
> [ 88%] Built target vtkPVServerManagerRenderingCS
> [ 89%] Built target vtkRenderingLODCS
> [ 90%] Built target vtkPVServerManagerDefaultCS
> Linking CXX shared library ../../../lib/
> libvtkPVServerManagerApplication-pv3.98.so
> CMakeFiles/vtkPVServerManagerApplication.dir/vtkInitializationHelper.cxx.o:
> In function `PARAVIEW_CSSTREAMS_INITIALIZE(vtkClientServerInterpreter*)':
> vtkInitializationHelper.cxx:(.text+0x355): undefined reference to
> `vtkFiltersParallelMPICS_Initialize'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[2]: *** [lib/libvtkPVServerManagerApplication-pv3.98.so.1] Error 1
> make[1]: ***
> [ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/CMakeFiles/vtkPVServerManagerApplication.dir/all]
> Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>   ----------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>  Any ideas what am I doing wrong?
>
>
>
> 2013/3/7 Patrick Begou <Patrick.Begou at hmg.inpg.fr>
>
>>  May be my (very) short experience with pvserver and OSMesa can help...
>> I've just build a config without any error messages.
>> I've  downloaded Mesa-7.11.2 and ParaView-3.98.1 sources. (see
>> "[Paraview] Using paraview with pvserver" thread on this list)
>>
>> 1) build of Mesa-7.11.2 with:
>> ./configure --with-driver=osmesa --prefix=/share/apps/paraView-server-3.98.1
>> make
>> make install
>>
>> 2) build paraview with:
>> mkdir ParaView-3.98.1-build
>> cd ParaView-3.98.1-build
>> ccmake28 -D PARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI:BOOL=OFF -D VTK_USE_X:BOOL=OFF -D
>> VTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA:BOOL=ON /home/makerpm/PARAVIEW/ParaView-3.98.1-source
>>
>> and set
>>  PARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI = OFF
>>  OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR = /share/apps/paraView-server-3.98.1/include
>>  OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY =
>>  OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY = /share/apps/paraView-server-3.98.1/lib/libGLU.so
>>  VTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA = ON
>>  OSMESA_INCLUDE_DIR = /share/apps/paraView-server-3.98.1/include
>>  OSMESA_LIBRARY = /share/apps/paraView-server-3.98.1/lib/libOSMesa.so
>>  VTK_USE_X = OFF
>>  PARAVIEW_USE_MPI=ON
>>
>> make
>> make install
>>
>> It is important to set OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY empty.
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>>
>> Pradeep Jha wrote:
>>
>> just wondering, when I was making OSMesa, it gave me the following
>> message during "configure":
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>  Project MESSAGE: Disabling video due the lack of GLib/Gio/GStreamer
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>  is it ok? Or do I need to do something about it?
>>
>>
>> 2013/3/6 David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
>>
>>> See the cmake config settings for pure offscreen rendering configuration
>>> of pvserver in:
>>>
>>> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Parallel_Rendering#Offscreen_Software_Rendering_via_OSMesa
>>>
>>>  David E DeMarle
>>>   Kitware, Inc.
>>> R&D Engineer
>>> 21 Corporate Drive
>>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>>> Phone: 518-881-4909
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Pradeep Jha <
>>> pradeep at ccs.engg.nagoya-u.ac.jp> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  I installed PV with OSMesa on a linux supercomputer. When I am
>>>> running "pvbatch --use-offscreen-rendering script_file.py", I get the
>>>> following error:
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>   [fe02s01:15756] *** Process received signal ***
>>>> [fe02s01:15756] Signal: Segmentation fault (11)
>>>> [fe02s01:15756] Signal code:  (128)
>>>> [fe02s01:15756] Failing at address: (nil)
>>>> [fe02s01:15756] [ 0] /lib64/libpthread.so.0 [0x357320eca0]
>>>> [fe02s01:15756] [ 1]
>>>> /home/hp120242/k00603/local/HH-1298/usr/lib64/libGL.so.1(glGetString+0xe)
>>>> [0x2b747e417cee]
>>>> [fe02s01:15756] *** End of error message ***
>>>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>  What is going wrong? Is there any problem with the installation of my
>>>> Paraview with OSMesa support? This pvbatch works fine without
>>>> --use-offscreen-rendering option when I "ssh" with the "-X" option.
>>>>
>>>>  Thank you,
>>>> Pradeep
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/1/31 Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com>
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, you don't need OSMesa when there is graphics hardware support. In
>>>>> that case though it will still pop up a render window to create screen
>>>>> shots. OSMesa can still be used even if you have graphics hardware support
>>>>> and is currently the only way to get around having a window to render into.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Pradeep Jha <
>>>>> pradeep at ccs.engg.nagoya-u.ac.jp> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> From the online resources I gathered that we need OSMesa only when
>>>>>> there is no graphics hardware on the system. Ok, so I guess I need to
>>>>>> install OSMesa and then compile Paraview again with OSMesa support?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Please confirm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2013/1/30 Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Pradeep,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you don't want the window to pop up you'll need to use offscreen
>>>>>>> rendering with OSMesa. WriteAnimation() needs to create a window in order
>>>>>>> to generate the image. It is the same with WriteImage().
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Pradeep Jha <
>>>>>>> pradeep at ccs.engg.nagoya-u.ac.jp> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I made my first PV python script using "Start Trace" and "End
>>>>>>>> Trace". Now I am trying to run this script using pvbatch hoping it will
>>>>>>>> execute everything on the command line and not display any graphics. I
>>>>>>>> deleted the Render() statement which was at the end of the python script
>>>>>>>> generated by Trace (file attached with this email). But still it keeps
>>>>>>>> generating the image window and fails when I ssh without X option.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I have attached the script file. I am executing pvbatch by the
>>>>>>>> command
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  $pvbatch export_movie.py
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Why is this happening?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Thank you,
>>>>>>>> Pradeep
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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