<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML DIR=ltr><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></HEAD><BODY><DIV><FONT face='Arial' color=#000000 size=2>I download and I am running paraview 3.4.0. I run
pvserver on a linux cluster (where a .cas data file to visualize resides) and</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I run paraview on my Windows laptop.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First I tried running: pvserver
--use-offscreen-rendering on the server (which has gfx hardware) without
setting</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DISPLAY properly. I got a message that the
display was not accessible and that remote rendering would be</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>disabled. I was still able to run paraview on
the PC and connect to the server and display the model.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) In this scenario, is any work at all being done
by pvserver, other than providing access to the data file?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Next, I set DISPLAY to the gfx head on the server
and reran: pvserver --use-offscreen-rendering. I got no</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>messages this time and I again could connect to the
server from the PC and display the model on the PC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>inside paraview.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. In this scenario, is remote rendering happening
on the server? How are things divided between the
pvserver</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and paraview in this case?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally, I tried running on a server with NO gfx
hardware. I set DISPLAY to be the PC. Again I could</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>connect and display the model inside paraview (on
the PC) but it runs very slowly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. What is the correct way to run pvserver on a
server with no gfx hardware and have the server do rendering that
is</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>then sent to the client?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>