This page details how to access ParaView on the Loren cluster.
Although ParaView is installed as a module on the Loren cluster, to be able to use it in its GUI form you will need to FastX onto the specific loren101 node and start it up from a terminal.
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Versions:
Use module spider to inspect which versions are current available:
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[]$ module spider paraview
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apps/paraview:
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Versions:
apps/paraview/4.1.0
apps/paraview/5.8.1
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For detailed information about a specific "apps/paraview" module (including how to load the modules) use the module's full name.
For example:
$ module spider apps/paraview/5.8.1
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[]$ module load apps/paraview/5.8.1
[]$ paraview --version
paraview version 5.8.1 |
Accessing the GUI
Loren is a compute cluster, so its architecture is not designed to run GUI type applications. To be able to run ParaView as a GUI you will need to use FastX to explicitly log onto loren101 and run the application from there.
Note:
This is a multi-purpose workstation and not specific to only ParaView.
Consider using this workstation as a way to view view simulation results, not as a compute node to run simulations on.
It has not been tested to run pvserver parallel jobs.
The following steps demonstrate using the FastX client (version 3). Please contact ARCC (arcc-info@uwyo.edu) if you do not have a FastX client.
Step 1: Start the client and try connecting (ssh) to loren101.arcc.uwyo.edu using your normal login details, use the default 22 port.
Step 2: Once connected, click the "+" to start a new XFCE session.
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Step 3: Right-click and open a terminal, and load/start paraview.
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If you’re using ParaView version 5.8.1, then from the terminal enter:
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[]$ module load apps/paraview/5.8.1
[]$ MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 paraview |
Step 4: Once finished, close the window and terminate the session:
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Overview
ParaView: ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application. ParaView users can quickly build visualizations to analyze their data using qualitative and quantitative techniques. The data exploration can be done interactively in 3D or programmatically using ParaView’s batch processing capabilities.
Using
Use the module name paraview to discover versions available and to load the application.
To be able to run paraview as a GUI you’ll need to use a SouthPass interactive desktop session.