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:
[]$ 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.
Step 3: Right-click and open a terminal, and load/start paraview.
If you’re using ParaView version 5.8.1, then from the terminal enter:
[]$ 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:
