It sounds like you are not doing real-time rendering. Please correct me if I’m wrong. This implies that blender uses the CPU for rendering and not the GPU. The DMTCP extension I was referring to earlier is specifically targeted to real-time rendering but should be able to handle this. If not, it can be fixed/extended further.
Is there an example that you can point me to that is similar to what you are doing? And the steps to run that? I have used some simple examples in the past to start a rendering job from the command-line. > On Mar 15, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Dave Coventry <dgcoven...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Rohan, > > On 15 March 2015 at 17:18, Rohan Garg <rohg...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >> Hi Dave, >> >> We have been trying to extend DMTCP for checkpointing 3D graphics but it’s >> completely experimental right now. We have managed to checkpoint blender for >> some limited use cases. >> >> I am not sure if VNC, by default, supports running applications that use >> OpenGL, >> so that might not work even without DMTCP. Some commercial versions claim >> to support it but I haven’t been able to verify that. >> >> Could you give a little more details about your use-case? What command line >> options you use to start blender? > > I'm trying to 'bake' the fluid dynamics calculations for a simulation > of fluid being rotated in a drum. The calculations take something over > 48 hours (I have yet to see them concluded), and my power supply is > erratic. > > I would like to be able to resume the calculations on resumption of > power, rather than having to start again from scratch. > > I don't use any command line options at the moment. I believe there is > a way to do the bake headless, but I get errors. I might look at that, > though. > > >> What version of OpenGL library are you using? > > OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Dmtcp-forum mailing list Dmtcp-forum@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dmtcp-forum
