# NVIDIA IndeX Plugin on Paraview 5.5.0 / 5.6.0
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 25, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101 "2019-06-25T10:57:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@bzehner](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bzehner)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/1 "2019-06-25T10:57:07Z")
Dear all,
I want to try out the IndeX Plugin, using Paraview Desktop (I tryed 5.5.0 and 5.6.0) on a Windows 10 Workstation. I can load the Plugin using “Manage Plugins”. However, when I load a data set (vtkStructuredPoints or vtkUnstructuredGrid) and try to Display it with the NVidia IndeX Option it Fails with the error message:
“nvindex 0.0 DiCE library startup failed: Provided license expired”
Then it Fails to initialize the IndeX library and so on.
Using the standard “volume” option works.
Does somebody have an idea how to solve this Problem?
Kind regards,
Björn
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/2 "2019-06-25T13:17:45Z")
Hmm. It seems that the built-in 1-gpu license expired. I’ll ask our NVidia contact.
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### Author:  [@Liang\_Cui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Liang_Cui)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/3 "2019-07-15T18:15:47Z")
Hi Bjoern
I encontour the same as well. Have you figured it out?
Liang
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/4 "2019-07-15T19:38:23Z")
The free license for IndeX in 5.6.0 has indeed expired. You’ll need a new license key in order to use it, sorry.
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### Author:  [@Misha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Misha)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/5 "2019-07-16T13:46:08Z")
Where do I get a license? Is this the same for older versions (like 5.5.0) as well?
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### Author:  [@Liang\_Cui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Liang_Cui)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/6 "2019-07-16T13:46:52Z")
I download from the NVIDIA website.
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### Author:  [@Misha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Misha)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/7 "2019-07-16T13:48:25Z")
Can you please share a link to the downloading page? Do you know if it’s the same for older versions as well?
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### Author:  [@Liang\_Cui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Liang_Cui)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/8 "2019-07-16T13:51:00Z")
Hi
I download from the [https://www.nvidia.com/object/index-paraview-plugin-download.html](https://www.nvidia.com/object/index-paraview-plugin-download.html).
But when I try it in pre-compiled paraview, it shows the license is expired.
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### Author:  [@Misha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Misha)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/9 "2019-07-16T13:51:57Z")
Ok. Thank you. I will check it.
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### Author:  [@Liang\_Cui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Liang_Cui)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/10 "2019-07-16T13:53:50Z")
Please tell me if that works for you.
Best
Liang
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### Author:  [@Misha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Misha)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/11 "2019-07-16T14:00:57Z")
I got to a page where I need to register to get a Nvidia Index plugin. Is this what you mean?
I thought that it’s already included in ParaView and we just need to add a license to it.
By the way, what is your version of ParaView?
Thanks,
Misha
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### Author:  [@Liang\_Cui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Liang_Cui)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/12 "2019-07-16T14:10:20Z")
Yes,I register it and get a download mail. My way is to install it and load the plugin manually in pre-compiled paraview. Then the problem is license expired. In addition, I try to build the paraview from source and turn on the nvidia plugin option without any external file or license. It didn’t work as well.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/13 "2019-07-16T15:27:37Z")
I suggest contacting [paraview-plugin-support@nvidia.com](mailto:paraview-plugin-support@nvidia.com) to see how you might be able to use the IndeX plugin in ParaView 5.6. Or, if you are willing to wait, ParaView 5.7 will come out soon. It will have an updated IndeX plugin with more features, and the license should be valid for another year.
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### Author:  [@Misha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Misha)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/14 "2019-07-16T15:58:38Z")
By the way, when I’m trying to use IndeX plugin from a remote server , I get the error-
```
ERROR: In /home/buildslave/dashboards/buildbot/paraview-pvbinsdash-linux-shared-release_superbuild/build/superbuild/paraview/src/ParaViewCore/ClientServerCore/Rendering/vtkPVRenderView.cxx, line 1947
vtkPVRenderView (0x33b5870): Some of the representations in this view require remote rendering which, however, is not available. Rendering may not work as expected.
```
Is this related to the IndeX licensing issue or is this another topic?
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### Author:  [@Liang\_Cui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Liang_Cui)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/15 "2019-07-16T16:01:56Z")
Well, I guess it is related to your rendering staff. I think the paraview should be rendered directly by the GPU.
If you use the remote server, it might be a problem.
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### Author:  [@Misha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Misha)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/16 "2019-07-16T16:12:15Z")
Do you mean that I can’t render on a remote server with a GPU, and use my desktop app as a client?
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### Author:  [@Liang\_Cui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Liang_Cui)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/17 "2019-07-16T16:20:05Z")
use command glxinfo | grep OpenGL
And check your OpenGL vendor. I guess it should be GPU instead of software.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/18 "2019-07-18T01:52:10Z")
> [@Misha](#):
>
> Do you mean that I can’t render on a remote server with a GPU, and use my desktop app as a client?
You absolutely can do this. However, it seems that ParaView is not finding an OpenGL environment suitable for rendering. Do you have X11 installed on your remote server? If not, you’ll need to compile ParaView using EGL to provide GPU-accelerated rendering.
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### Author:  [@Dec](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dec)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/19 "2019-09-12T11:14:29Z")
Can anyone confirm if they have the Index plugin working for 5.6 or 5.7 versions? I registered to download the plugin from NVIDIA and the email recieved from them only gives links for Paraview 5.0.1, 5.1 (Linux), and Paraview 5.3, 5.4 (Windows)
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-plugin-on-paraview-5-5-0-5-6-0/2101/20 "2019-09-12T14:00:00Z")
Yes. Before I post the ParaView binaries for download on [paraview.org](http://paraview.org), I verify that IndeX works on the Windows binaries on a machine with an NVIDIA GPU.
Try ParaView 5.7.0-RC3 from [www.paraview.org/download](http://www.paraview.org/download) It includes the IndeX plugin, loadable through the Plugin Manager.
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