[Paraview] [Help!] Paraview GUI does not start (closes automatically)

[David E DeMarle]

Glad you got it working.

And yes it is true that ParaView does not yet support Python 3.


David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Joe <chaoyuan at yahoo.com> wrote:

> David,
>
>   The problem is now solved. It appears that ParaView does not work with
> Python 3? Is this true?
>
>   While I tried calling ParaView from Maltab, I got error message like
> this:
>      File "C:\Python34\Lib\site.py", line 176
>             file = sys.stderr)
>                   ^
>      SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
>   which according to a post on Stack Overflow, indicates an error
> occurring when trying to run Python 3 script using Python 2 interpreter.
>
>   I then removed Python path from PATH variable and also removed
> PYTHONPATH variable and ParaView was working again.
>
>   So is it true that ParaView is not compatible with Python 3?
>
> Joe
>
>
>   On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 2:04 PM, Joe <chaoyuan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for the response, David.
>
> What you suggested did change the symptom a bit. After I remove the ini
> file, I was able to see the Paraview logo appear after I execute it, which
> I did not see prior to the removal.
>
> However, the window still doesn't show up. Is there anything else I can
> do?
>
> Joe
>
>
>   On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:34 PM, David E DeMarle <
> dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>
>
> Try removing your paraview settings.
> On windows this should be at:
> %APPDATA%\ParaView\ParaView4.2.0.ini
>
> Elsewhere it is at:
> ~/.config/Paraview/ParaView4.2.0.ini
>
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
> 21 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-881-4909
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Joe via ParaView <paraview at paraview.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>   I started using Paraview (4.2.0) about a couple months ago and it was
> working normally. I don't know exactly when this problem begin because I
> don't use Paraview everyday but now when I double click on Paraview.exe, no
> window pops up anymore. Using process monitor, I could see that
> Paraview.exe does a few things on my computer but I couldn't figure out
> what went wrong.
>
>    I'm running Paraview 4.2.0 64-bit on Windows 7 Ultimate. I scanned my
> computer for virus and malware and got rid of whatever they found. But the
> problem remains.
>
>    I don't know if this is relevant but I installed Qt 5.3.2 some time
> ago. I tried removing Qt and installed Paraview again but it didn't help. I
> also tried removing my antivirus program and installed Paraview again. It
> also did not help.
>
>   Has anyone run into this problem before? Any thoughts on how this
> problem can be solved or how I can troubleshoot this?
>
> Joe
>
>
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