[Paraview] Error while launching Paraview (and Paraview Web) in Window 10

Thu Dec 29 23:53:33 EST 2016

(Reposting for a larger audience)

Hi Ken,

When we start paraview web we noted two things:

1. In the Visualizer, the Files tab is not showing any files. Please refer
to the attached screenshot (paraview_home.jpg)
2. There is an error showing up at the browser console
(paraview_console_error.jpg, paraview_console_error2.jpg)

The paraview startup messages are also given for your reference
(paraview_log.jpg)

Cheers & Best Wishes,
Debopam
-------------------------------
Cell: +91 98304 10041

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Debopam Ghoshal <debopamg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> We finally got a machine where Paraview 5.2 MPI is running without any
> issues. However, when we start paraview web we noted two things:
>
> 1. In the Visualizer, the Files tab is not showing any files. Please refer
> to the attached screenshot (paraview_home.jpg)
> 2. There is an error showing up at the browser console
> (paraview_console_error.jpg, paraview_console_error2.jpg)
>
> The paraview startup messages are also given for your reference
> (paraview_log.jpg)
>
>
> Cheers & Best Wishes,
> Debopam
> -------------------------------
> Cell: +91 98304 10041
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Ken Martin <ken.martin at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> ParaView with the old OpenGL backend should work on any windows machine.
>> It may be slow and some of the advanced techniques may not work but the
>> basics will all work.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 5:57 AM, Debopam Ghoshal <debopamg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes Ken, you are right. This is an older machine. So, will it be
>>> possible to use ParaView (with the old OpenGL backend) on this machine? Or
>>> we need to get a machine with better configuration to run ParaView?
>>>
>>> Additionally, will it be possible to run ParaView (and ParaViewWeb) on a
>>> Windows 10 guest running in VirtualBox on a MacOS host?
>>>
>>> Cheers & Best Wishes,
>>> Debopam
>>> -------------------------------
>>> Cell: +91 98304 10041
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Ken Martin <ken.martin at kitware.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So if I am reading this correctly the machine has a rv516 GPU which was
>>>> released in 2007. That GPU does not support anything beyond OpenGL 2.0
>>>> which means you would need to use the old OpenGL backend with VTK/ParaView.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gpureview.com/ati-rv516-chip-135.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Debopam Ghoshal <debopamg at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ken,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a standard desktop PC running Window 10 Professional Edition.
>>>>> If there is something I need to install on this machine, please let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers & Best Wishes,
>>>>> Debopam
>>>>> -------------------------------
>>>>> Cell: +91 98304 10041
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Ken Martin <ken.martin at kitware.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this a server maybe? It seems like the system lacks any OpenGL
>>>>>> support beyond the default Microsoft implementation which is circa OpenGL
>>>>>> 1.4 I believe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Debopam Ghoshal <debopamg at gmail.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Ken,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I ran the command: vtkRenderingOpenGL2CxxTests.exe
>>>>>>> TestAppleBug there was an error. A screenshot of the error is attached for
>>>>>>> your reference. Please let me know if you require any other details.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers & Best Wishes,
>>>>>>> Debopam
>>>>>>> -------------------------------
>>>>>>> Cell: +91 98304 10041
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Ken Martin <ken.martin at kitware.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is a new version of the executable, can you try it?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 1:42 AM, Debopam Ghoshal <debopamg at gmail.com
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Cory and Ken,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot for your prompt response.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Below are the details you asked:
>>>>>>>>> 1. display-props.png - screenshot of:  Settings -> System ->
>>>>>>>>> Display -> Advanced display settings -> Display adapter properties
>>>>>>>>> 2. vtkrendering.png - screenshot of the error which came up when I
>>>>>>>>> ran: vtkRenderingOpenGL2CxxTests.exe TestAppleBug
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers & Best Wishes,
>>>>>>>>> Debopam
>>>>>>>>> -------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Ken Martin <
>>>>>>>>> ken.martin at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can you try running the following executable (rename .foo to
>>>>>>>>>> .exe) from a cmd shell as
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> vtkRenderingOpenGL2CxxTests.exe TestAppleBug
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and see if it crashes, and send the output is produces
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>> Ken
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Cory Quammen <
>>>>>>>>>> cory.quammen at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Depobam,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for trying out the other ParaView versions. I suspect
>>>>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>>>>> might be a problem with the new OpenGL backend on your system as
>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>> has changed between ParaView 4 and 5. What kind of graphics card
>>>>>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>>>>> you have on your system. You can get some of the display
>>>>>>>>>>> properties by
>>>>>>>>>>> going to
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Settings -> System -> Display -> Advanced display settings ->
>>>>>>>>>>> Display
>>>>>>>>>>> adapter properties
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ken,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Are there any things Depobam can do on his Windows 10 system to
>>>>>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>>>>>> diagnose whether the OpenGL2 backend is causing the crash he is
>>>>>>>>>>> seeing
>>>>>>>>>>> in ParaView?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Cory
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 2:51 AM, Debopam Ghoshal <
>>>>>>>>>>> debopamg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > Hi Cory,
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > I tried to run Paraview 5.1.2, but it gives the same error.
>>>>>>>>>>> However, I was
>>>>>>>>>>> > able to run Paraview 4.1 successfully on Window 10.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > But ParaviewWeb failed to run as it seems that version 4.1
>>>>>>>>>>> does not have the
>>>>>>>>>>> > python script used for running ParaviewWeb.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > Cheers & Best Wishes,
>>>>>>>>>>> > Debopam
>>>>>>>>>>> > -------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>> > Cell: +91 98304 10041
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Sebastien Jourdain
>>>>>>>>>>> > <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >> Cory you need to provide an absolute path as argument
>>>>>>>>>>> "c:\.....".
>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >> But the issue seems to be on ParaView itself. The (Qt)
>>>>>>>>>>> executable crash at
>>>>>>>>>>> >> startup on there machine, regardless of their goal to use
>>>>>>>>>>> ParaViewWeb down
>>>>>>>>>>> >> the road.
>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >> Seb
>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Cory Quammen <
>>>>>>>>>>> cory.quammen at kitware.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> Correction: I could run ParaViewWeb on Windows 10, but I
>>>>>>>>>>> couldn't load
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> data through the web client. I didn't get pvpython.exe to
>>>>>>>>>>> crash,
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> though.
>>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Cory Quammen <
>>>>>>>>>>> cory.quammen at kitware.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > Debopam,
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > I just tried what you ran on Windows 10 and it ran fine
>>>>>>>>>>> for me. One
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > thing I had to fix, which I doubt is the cause of your
>>>>>>>>>>> crash, is the
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > data argument is actually just --data and not --data-dir.
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > We've had some other reports of 5.2 crashing on start up
>>>>>>>>>>> on Windows.
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > Did 5.1 run fine for you?
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > I wonder if you could try installing ParaView 4.4 from
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > http://www.paraview.org/download/ to see if it runs. If
>>>>>>>>>>> it does, that
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > gives me a clue on where to look.
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > Cory
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Debopam Ghoshal <
>>>>>>>>>>> debopamg at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> I followed the instructions given here, but I am getting
>>>>>>>>>>> the following
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> error:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Paraview Installation Directory:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> C:\ParaView-5.2.0-Qt4-OpenGL2-Windows-64bit
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Command:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> .\bin\pvpython.exe \
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> "C:\ParaView-5.2.0-Qt4-OpenGL2
>>>>>>>>>>> -Windows-64bit\share\paraview-5.2\web\visualizer\server\pvw-
>>>>>>>>>>> visualizer.py"
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> \
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>   --content
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> "C:\ParaView-5.2.0-Qt4-OpenGL2
>>>>>>>>>>> -Windows-64bit\share\paraview-5.2\web\visualizer\www\"
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> \
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>   --data-dir "C:\ParaView-5.2.0-Qt4-OpenGL2-Windows-64bit\data\"
>>>>>>>>>>> \
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>   --port 8080
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Output:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Console: 2016-12-02 10:09:51+0530 [-] Log opened.
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Error Window screenshot attached (PVW-Error.png)
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Other Details:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> OS: Windows 10 Professional
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> RAM: 8GB
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> A screenshot of the system properties is attached for
>>>>>>>>>>> your reference
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> (Window10-SystemProps.png)
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Similar error occurred when I launched the Paraview
>>>>>>>>>>> desktop
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> application
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> (ParaviewError.png).
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Cheers & Best Wishes,
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> Debopam
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >> -------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>
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>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > --
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > Cory Quammen
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > Staff R&D Engineer
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> > Kitware, Inc.
>>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> Cory Quammen
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>>>>>>>>>> >>> Kitware, Inc.
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>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Cory Quammen
>>>>>>>>>>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>>>>>>>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>>> Chairman & CFO
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