[Paraview] ParaView 5 Crashes on macOS (Sierra)

Tue Apr 4 12:15:12 EDT 2017

Not sure if it is a general Gmsh reader, but there is a merge request
pending that claims to introduce a reader.

https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge_requests/1453

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
wrote:

> Zach,
>
> Thanks for trying it out! I'm glad to hear it is fixed.
>
> To my knowledge, ParaView does not read Gmsh files directly. Apparently,
> you can save out VTK files from Gmsh that can be read into ParaView:
>
> https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-meshing-open/
> 139538-rendering-gmsh-files-paraview.html
>
> Cory
>
> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Zach Davis <zdavis at pointwise.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Cory,
>>
>> This build works for me.  I don’t have the crashing issue as before.  On
>> a completely unrelated note since I’m replying to the entire mailing list,
>> is there a way to view mesh files in the Gmsh format using ParaView?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> [image: Pointwise, Inc.]
>> Zach Davis
>> Pointwise®, Inc.
>> Sr. Engineer, Sales & Marketing
>> 213 South Jennings Avenue
>> Fort Worth, TX 76104-1107
>>
>> *E*: zach.davis at pointwise.com
>> *P*: (817) 377-2807 x1202 <(817)%20377-2807>
>> *F*: (817) 377-2799
>> <https://www.twitter.com/RcktMan78> <https://www.youtube.com/cfdmeshing>
>> <https://www.facebook.com/pointwise> <https://www.github.com/pointwise>
>>
>> On Apr 3, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Zach,
>>
>> Would you mind trying this nightly build of ParaView?
>>
>> http://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?
>> submit=Download&version=nightly&type=all&os=all&downloadFile
>> =ParaView-5.3.0-219-g24f5a44-Qt5-OpenGL2-MPI-OSX10.8-64bit.dmg
>>
>> I recently merged a change that should hopefully fix this crash.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cory
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Zach,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the information.
>>>
>>> I mounted an SMB volume on my machine and did not get a crash when
>>> opening a file in ParaView 5.3.0. That leaves NFS as causing some unhandled
>>> condition in the code pointed out by your error report.
>>>
>>> I'll file a bug report and investigate for 5.4.0.
>>>
>>> https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/17310
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cory
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Zach Davis <zdavis at pointwise.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Cory,
>>>>
>>>> I have three SMB volumes and one NFS volume mounted at
>>>> /Users/zdavis/Shares using Autofs.  As an aside, I have been able to revert
>>>> to using ParaView 4.4.0, but obviously don’t want to be stuck on this
>>>> version forever if it can be avoided.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [image: Pointwise, Inc.]
>>>> Zach Davis
>>>> Pointwise®, Inc.
>>>> Sr. Engineer, Sales & Marketing
>>>> 213 South Jennings Avenue
>>>> Fort Worth, TX 76104-1107
>>>>
>>>> *E*: zach.davis at pointwise.com
>>>> *P*: (817) 377-2807 x1202 <(817)%20377-2807>
>>>> *F*: (817) 377-2799
>>>> <https://www.twitter.com/RcktMan78>
>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/cfdmeshing>
>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/pointwise> <https://www.github.com/pointwise>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 21, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Zach,
>>>>
>>>> Someone else on this mailing list recently reported a similar crash. Do
>>>> you have any unusual file systems mounted on the Mac in question? That will
>>>> help debug the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Cory
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Zach Davis <zdavis at pointwise.com> w
>>>> rote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tuesday, 21 March 2017
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve been having issues with ParaView version 5 builds since their
>>>>> release.  I’ve tried each new release as its announced, but run into the
>>>>> same issue.  The application can be opened, but anytime I attempt to open a
>>>>> file the application crashes before even displaying the Open/Save dialog
>>>>> window.  The termination signal is a Segmentation fault of type 11.  I’ve
>>>>> attached the crash report for anyone more knowledgeable about what the
>>>>> issue is.  Has anyone else experienced this issue?  Is there a workaround?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: Pointwise, Inc.]
>>>>> Zach Davis
>>>>> Pointwise®, Inc.
>>>>> Sr. Engineer, Sales & Marketing
>>>>> 213 South Jennings Avenue
>>>>> Fort Worth, TX 76104-1107
>>>>>
>>>>> *E*: zach.davis at pointwise.com
>>>>> *P*: (817) 377-2807 x1202 <(817)%20377-2807>
>>>>> *F*: (817) 377-2799
>>>>> <https://www.twitter.com/RcktMan78>
>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/cfdmeshing>
>>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/pointwise>
>>>>> <https://www.github.com/pointwise>
>>>>>
>>>>> enc
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cory Quammen
>>>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Cory Quammen
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>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>
>>
>>
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>> Kitware, Inc.
>>
>>
>>
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