[Paraview] problem getting pvserver to load plugin; possible connected error message (fixed)

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Is it possible that your server and client ParaView versions don't
exactly match? Are you working off CVS by any chance?

Utkarsh

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
<corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
> Ah, sorry I parsed your email wrong. I will have to look again to see
> if I get a reverse error.... I will let you know.
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>> Yes, that is one of the errors. The errors I get are (as I listed in
>> my original email)
>>>> > Client error:
>>>> > ERROR: In /BUILD/ParaView3/Servers/Common/vtkClientConnection.cxx, line
>>>> > 414
>>>> > vtkClientConnection (0x1a20700): Could not create information object.
>>>> >
>>>> > Server error:
>>>> > ERROR: In
>>>> >
>>>> > /Users/noname1/Documents/Research/Projects/viz/Paraview/ParaView-3.7/ParaView-3.7_src/Servers/Common/vtkServerConnection.cxx,
>>>> > line 345
>>>> > vtkServerConnection (0x15949e70): Server failed to gather information.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
>> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>> Are there any error messages on the server side when you get that
>>> error "failed to gather information" on the client?
>>>
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
>>> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>>>> My issue was solved by putting the client and server plugins into the
>>>> same plugin, then loading on both client and server. I had previously
>>>> given them two different names, which was the root of the problem even
>>>> if I tried loading both my client and my server plugin on both the
>>>> client and the server.
>>>>
>>>> I still get the 'vtkServerConnection (0x15949e70): Server failed to
>>>> gather information.' error message on starting up the server, or
>>>> loading a file, which is annoying but seems to be innocuous. At some
>>>> point soon I'll look into it and post when I have fixed the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Christine
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
>>>> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>>>>> No, no crash, and I can still use the connection as normal. Only I am unable
>>>>> to load the plugin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Christine
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
>>>>> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After you get the error message when you try to load the plugin on the
>>>>>> remote side, has the server disconnected/crashed or something on those
>>>>>> lines?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Christine Corbett Moran
>>>>>> <corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
>>>>>> > I have created a plugin which functions on my client machine (when the
>>>>>> > GUI
>>>>>> > is run on the client) as well as on my server machine (when the GUI is
>>>>>> > run
>>>>>> > on the server machine), but not if I run the GUI on the client and
>>>>>> > connect
>>>>>> > to the server machine running pvserver (I am currently for the exercise
>>>>>> > running a single instance, nothing fancy). I have the PV_PLUGIN_PATH
>>>>>> > environment variable in my .bash_profile set correctly to point to the
>>>>>> > directory which contains my plugin on the server, as is evinced by the
>>>>>> > fact
>>>>>> > that when I run the GUI on the server machine it automatically loads my
>>>>>> > plugin.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On the client, if I go to manage plugins while connected to the server,
>>>>>> > there is a small green/greyed out dot displayed on the remote plugin
>>>>>> > side,
>>>>>> > along with the text "Not Loaded". All other fields on the remote plugin
>>>>>> > side
>>>>>> > are empty. The local plugin side continues to display something to the
>>>>>> > effect of "Loaded but must be loaded on server". If I try to manually
>>>>>> > load
>>>>>> > the server plugin remotely from the client GUI, it displays and error
>>>>>> > box,
>>>>>> > which is completely empty except for the "OK" button, and the following
>>>>>> > text
>>>>>> > on the client and server sides, respectively:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Client error:
>>>>>> > ERROR: In /BUILD/ParaView3/Servers/Common/vtkClientConnection.cxx, line
>>>>>> > 414
>>>>>> > vtkClientConnection (0x1a20700): Could not create information object.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Server error:
>>>>>> > ERROR: In
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > /Users/noname1/Documents/Research/Projects/viz/Paraview/ParaView-3.7/ParaView-3.7_src/Servers/Common/vtkServerConnection.cxx,
>>>>>> > line 345
>>>>>> > vtkServerConnection (0x15949e70): Server failed to gather information.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > As a side note, since setting up my ParaView server, when I connect with
>>>>>> > my
>>>>>> > client I get these error messages at the startup, but it hasn't in any
>>>>>> > way
>>>>>> > thusfar effected my ability to load, analyze and render on the server so
>>>>>> > I
>>>>>> > assumed they were innocuous; now it seems they may not be. Has anyone
>>>>>> > seen
>>>>>> > these errors before or run into similar problems setting up pvserver
>>>>>> > with
>>>>>> > plugins?
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>>> > Christine
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
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