Attribute Errors in paraview

Hello,
Please help! I have tried other solutions that were available but could not resolve the issue. Any help is much appreciated.
I am working on flow past a circular cyliner at Re = 3900. I ran the simulation in remote P.C. I wanted to plot reynolds stresses and for that i generated trace using paraview5.6 from my P.C. It is working fine in my P.C. but when i run it in remote P.C. it gives me this error -
ERROR: In /build/paraview-arsa8T/paraview-5.0.1+dfsg1/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMWriterFactory.cxx, line 337
vtkSMWriterFactory (0x1fcc470): No matching writer found for extension: csv

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/run/cylinder_finest/codefluc.py”, line 153, in
SaveData(’/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/run/cylinder_finest/D_fluc.csv’, proxy=plotOverLine1)
File “/usr/lib/paraview/site-packages/paraview/simple.py”, line 794, in SaveData
writer = CreateWriter(filename, proxy, **extraArgs)
File “/usr/lib/paraview/site-packages/paraview/simple.py”, line 779, in CreateWriter
writer_proxy.UnRegister(None)
AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘UnRegister’

I have also attached the python script. codefluc.py (4.5 KB)

Extra Information if useful :
I have unbuntu version 20.04. OpenFOAM version 7, paraview version 5.6
Remote P.C. has OpenFOAM-dev and paraview version 5.0.0.

I strongly suspect that ParaView 5.0.0 is too old to support all of the nuances in your pipeline, is it possible to upgrade it (or just install another, untar the binaries from paraview.org wherever you have enough space) to at least 5.6.x ? I’ll bet that would solve your problem. I know there has been some work on the csv writers and plotOverLine over the past 5 years, it’s also possible you just need to invoke the writer differently in 5.0.0, which somebody else might know.

First of all thank you so much for your reply.
Actually i copied my entire folder of paraview from my pc to remote pc i am working on. But it still gives error. The error that i get is :

/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkPVServerManagerApplication-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkPVServerManagerCore-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkPVServerManagerCore-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkPVClientServerCoreCore-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkCommonCore-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkCommonCore-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtksys-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.28’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtksys-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersFlowPaths-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkIOMotionFX-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkIOSegY-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkPVAnimation-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkPVPythonAlgorithm-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersPoints-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkPVServerManagerRendering-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.27’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkAcceleratorsVTKm-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkAcceleratorsVTKm-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkPVVTKExtensionsDefault-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkIOImport-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkIOParallel-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkPVVTKExtensionsRendering-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkChartsCore-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkChartsCore-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkInfovisCore-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersGeneric-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersHyperTree-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.27’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersParallel-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersAMR-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkRenderingVolumeOpenGL2-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkRenderingVolumeOpenGL2-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkImagingMath-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkInteractionWidgets-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkInteractionStyle-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersStatistics-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkImagingFourier-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersModeling-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersHybrid-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkImagingGeneral-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkImagingSources-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkImagingHybrid-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkRenderingAnnotation-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkRenderingVolume-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkRenderingVolume-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkIOExport-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkImagingCore-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkRenderingContext2D-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkRenderingOpenGL2-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkRenderingCore-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersSources-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersGeneral-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkCommonComputationalGeometry-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkFiltersCore-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.27’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkCommonDataModel-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkCommonDataModel-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkCommonMisc-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkCommonTransforms-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkCommonMath-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /usr/local/gcc7.0/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkjsoncpp-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkverdict-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.28' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkhdf5-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkxdmf2-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkm_cont-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkNetCDF-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtklibxml2-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkgl2ps-pv5.6.so.1)
/media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkpng-pv5.6.so.1) /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/pvpython: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.25’ not found (required by /media/kaush/SSL_1/mudit/paraviewopenfoam56/lib/libvtkexpat-pv5.6.so.1)

I really don’t know what this means and i am quite not sure how to resolve this. Please help! Thank You!

Mudit, it appears that maybe you might be using a custom build of ParaView on your local machine?
If you download ParaView 5.6.2 onto your remote machine and untar it, it should give you a working pvpython.

pv 5.6.2 linux

patchett@ganymede:~/projects$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/ParaView-5.6.2-MPI-Linux-64bit.tar.gz
patchett@ganymede:~/projects$ ./ParaView-5.6.2-MPI-Linux-64bit/bin/pvpython myscript.py

Can you try that version of python? I don’t know if your open foam version gives you anything extra, but this is worth a try.

Sure i will try this. Thank you so much