# histogram selection - vtkSMSessionClient Server failed to gather information

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-selection-vtksmsessionclient-server-failed-to-gather-information/1739
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 30, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-selection-vtksmsessionclient-server-failed-to-gather-information/1739 "2019-04-30T00:26:32Z")
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### Author: ![kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kmilo9999)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-selection-vtksmsessionclient-server-failed-to-gather-information/1739/1 "2019-04-30T00:26:32Z")

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Hi,

Whenever I try to select data form the histogram a long process takes place. After 8 to 10 minutes I get:

ERROR: In /gpfs/runtime/opt/paraview/5.6.0\_RS/src/Paraview/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 567  
vtkClientSocket (0x2b10d1563b20): Socket error in call to send. Broken pipe.

ERROR: In /gpfs/runtime/opt/paraview/5.6.0\_RS/src/Paraview/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSessionClient.cxx, line 792  
vtkSMSessionClient (0x2b10d4a0d220): Server failed to gather information.

I attached an image of the error in the gui:

 ![pw-histogram-select](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/12559afdf5905f76d550f9fdb6c6a3bf32e1b28a.png)

If is it a timeout issue, how can I increase it ?  
I checked the documentation and it only takes in count a timeout on start.

Thanks.