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

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Any update on this?

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Christine Corbett Moran
<corbett at physik.uzh.ch> wrote:
> I am working off of a build of the source checkout of cvs on both
> client and server so that is a possibility (a likely one in fact).
> Both are versions 3.7 but are slightly off in the version number. I
> recompiled the server version earlier today with this idea in mind,
> I'll compile my client again with  the same version of the code and
> let you know.
>
> Thanks,
> C
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>> > 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
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>