[Paraview] Paraview with MPICH

David Thompson dcthomp at sandia . gov
Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:54:06 -0700


> Now i am using paraview with mpich-1.2.5.2, but when i use this
> commands:
> export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
> ~/mpich-1.2.5.2/bin/mpirun -machinefile machines -np 2 paraview 
> the following message appears:
> "no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable"
> 
> What should i do?
You've exported the DISPLAY environment for the current process, but not
for the other processes that mpirun starts. You need to "export
DISPLAY=:0.0" in your .login, or use the ch_mpd device (I assume you're
using ch_p4) and add "-MPDENV- DISPLAY=:0.0" to the end of the mpirun
command.

		David