Thanks all! To add to what Ken said, you can't find the OpenGL library from pvserver. You need to cd into the lib/paraview-*.* directory, and do an ldd on libvtkRenderingOpenGL2-pv5.4.so. This tells you where libOSMesa.so is located.
Alan > -----Original Message----- > From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com] > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 10:44 AM > To: Ken Martin <ken.mar...@kitware.com> > Cc: Scott, W Alan <wasc...@sandia.gov>; paraview@paraview.org > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] OpenGL Vendor > > To add to what Ken said, the "Client Information" tab shows you info about > OpenGL for the "paraview" executable, while the "Connection Information" > gives you info for the "pvserver", if any. > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:54 AM, Ken Martin <ken.mar...@kitware.com> > wrote: > > OpenGL is loaded at runtime so what matters is the mostly the system > > it is running on as opposed to the system it was compiled on (except > > OSMesa see below). > > > > To make it a bit more complicated, if you use GLXforwarding or a > > similar OpenGL forwarding mechanism then what matters is some > > combination of the forwarding library on the system PV is running on > > and the OpenGL hardware of the system you are *displaying* on. This > > bites people when PV runs fine locally on a system but when they > > forward their display/remote desktop to another system it fails. > > > > Finally when building with OSMesa, as long as the runtime system picks > > up the OSMesa libs you built, then it really is the version of OSMesa > > you compiled against that matters. > > > > On linux I think a ldd on the PV executable can show which library is > > being picked up. (should have ogl or opengl, nvidia, mesa etc in the > > path) but a linux person might know better. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 7:14 PM, Scott, W Alan <wasc...@sandia.gov> > wrote: > >> > >> With a remote server running on a cluster, what does the Help/ About/ > >> Connection Information/ OpenGL Version string mean? Where is this > found? > >> Isn’t this the version of OpenGL compiled into the pvserver? What is > >> the name of this library, and any idea how I can find what is being used? > >> > >> > >> > >> I have a situation where my builds show OpenGL version 3.3 (and can > >> open a specific dataset), and a user’s shows 2.1 (and he cannot open > >> a specific dataset). > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks all, > >> > >> > >> > >> Alan > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> W. Alan Scott > >> > >> ParaView Support Manager > >> > >> > >> > >> SAIC > >> > >> Sandia National Laboratories, MS 0807 > >> > >> Org 9326 - Building 880 A1-K > >> > >> (505) 284-0932 FAX (505) 284-5619 > >> > >> > >> > >> The most exciting phrase to hear in science > >> > >> is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..." -- Isaac Asimov > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > >> > >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > >> https://paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Ken Martin PhD > > Distinguished Engineer > > Kitware Inc. > > 28 Corporate Drive > > Clifton Park NY 12065 > > > > This communication, including all attachments, contains confidential > > and legally privileged information, and it is intended only for the > > use of the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is > > unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, > > copying, distribution or any action taken in reliance on it is > > prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this communication in > > error please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. > Thank you. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > > > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > > https://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 Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview