[Paraview] Paraview v5.0.0-rc2 with OpenGL2 backend failing to start in parallel

Fri Dec 18 08:30:34 EST 2015

Dear all!

I recompiled Paraview-v5.0.0-rc2 from scratch using OpenMPI v1.6.5 and GCC v4.7.2 on my workstation.
The QT & Python versions are the default system versions and are resp. 4.8.4 & 2.7.3.

After successful compilation and installation, I start 8 parallel pvserver instances with:
mpirun -np 8  pvserver -sp=7436

Then, I start paraview and connect to the server running on the same machine. After connection is established, paraview fails with a segmentation fault.

Waiting for client...
Connection URL: cs://ws334:7436
Accepting connection(s): ws334:7436
Client connected.
ERROR: In /cfdcode/opensuse12/opt/ParaView/SRC/paraview-5.0.0-rc2/VTK/Parallel/Core/vtkSocketCommunicator.cxx, line 809
vtkSocketCommunicator (0x2b7a600): Could not receive tag. 1

ERROR: In /cfdcode/opensuse12/opt/ParaView/SRC/paraview-5.0.0-rc2/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572
vtkClientSocket (0x293e940): Socket error in call to send. Broken pipe.

ERROR: In /cfdcode/opensuse12/opt/ParaView/SRC/paraview-5.0.0-rc2/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572
vtkClientSocket (0x293e940): Socket error in call to send. Broken pipe.
[...]
ERROR: In /cfdcode/opensuse12/opt/ParaView/SRC/paraview-5.0.0-rc2/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572
vtkClientSocket (0x293e940): Socket error in call to send. Broken pipe.

ERROR: In /cfdcode/opensuse12/opt/ParaView/SRC/paraview-5.0.0-rc2/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572
vtkClientSocket (0x293e940): Socket error in call to send. Broken pipe.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
mpirun noticed that process rank 0 with PID 13964 on node ws334 exited on signal 11 (Segmentation fault).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have included hereafter how Paraview was compiled:
cmake $sourceDir \
         -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON\
         -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF\
         -DBUILD_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL=ON\
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release\
         -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_CATALYST:BOOL=ON\
         -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_VTK_MODULES_AS_NEEDED:BOOL=TRUE\
         -DPARAVIEW_USE_MPI:BOOL=ON\
         -DPARAVIEW_USE_UNIFIED_BINDINGS:BOOL=ON\
         -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_WEB:BOOL=ON\
         -DVTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA:BOOL=OFF\
         -DPARAVIEW_BUILD_PLUGIN_SurfaceLIC:BOOL=TRUE\
         -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_VTK_MODULES_AS_NEEDED:BOOL=TRUE\
         -DVTK_USE_OFFSCREEN:BOOL=OFF\
         -DVTK_USE_X:BOOL=ON\
         -DVTK_USE_QT=ON\
         -DVTK_USE_DISPLAY=ON\
         -DVTK_USE_GUI_SUPPORT:BOOL=ON\
         -DPARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI:BOOL=ON\
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$installDir\
         -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON:BOOL=ON\
         -DPYTHON_ENABLE_MODULE_MPIPython:BOOL=ON\
         -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/qmake\
         -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/python2\
         -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR:FILEPATH=/usr/include/python2.7\
         -DPYTHON_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so\
         -DPYTHON_UTIL_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/lib64/libutil.so\
         -DVTK_RENDERING_BACKEND:STRING=OpenGL2\
         -DModule_vtkRenderingLICOpenGL2:BOOL=ON

I must have missed something since I guess that Paraview using parallel servers should run, even when there is only one GPU available. Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Frank Albina
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