You need to install X Server Packages on the nodes as OpenGL needs a Window context to run in. I just run pvserver without any window manager using xinit to invoke the X Server. The following commands work for me...
1) Run a single instance (X Server shuts down when complete) xinit <fullpath>/pvserver 2) Run multiple instances (X Server shuts down when complete) xinit <fullpath>/mpirun -np 16 ./pvserver 3) Run multiple instances across multiple GPUs (X Server shuts down when complete) xinit <fullpath>/mpirun -bynode -np 8 ./pvserver -display :0.0 : -np 8 ./pvserver -display :0.1 The <fullpath> is important, just passing "pvserver" to xinit won't work. Note the following reading helped me: Setting up a ParaView Server http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Setting_up_a_ParaView_Server Step by step guide for the installation and configuration of a cluster to run ParaView http://www.iac.es/sieinvens/siepedia/pmwiki.php?n=HOWTOs.ParaviewInACluster Cheers, Paul ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ?? Sent: Sunday, 19 September 2010 1:15 AM To: paraview Subject: [Paraview] How could I start X for renderserver remotely? Hi All: I have compiled and installed the ParaView 3.8 on a remote cluster, but the renderserver could not start up since each cluster node didn't run X. Each node equipted a GPU for scientific computation(run CUDA program). I have installed video driver on each node. Is there a resolution for starting up X on each node remotely for running renderserver? May be use ssh or something？ thanks a lot:) ________________________________ 全国最低价，天天在家冲照片，24小时发货上门！ <http://yxp.163.com/photo/ep.html?sss=fromyx0911> _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
