I have installed paraviewopenfoam56 on Ubuntu 18.04. When I save a screenshot from GUI, all is good. But if I attempt to do it through python script, then paraview crashes with seg fault.
To make my point clear: this is the script I generated using stack trace for just saving a blank screenshot. The GUI method works perfectly (I have used it many times in past too).
# trace generated using paraview version 5.6.0
#
# To ensure correct image size when batch processing, please search
# for and uncomment the line `# renderView*.ViewSize = [*,*]`
#### import the simple module from the paraview
from paraview.simple import *
#### disable automatic camera reset on 'Show'
paraview.simple._DisableFirstRenderCameraReset()
# get active view
renderView1 = GetActiveViewOrCreate('RenderView')
# uncomment following to set a specific view size
# renderView1.ViewSize = [851, 499]
# current camera placement for renderView1
# save screenshot
SaveScreenshot('/home/vachan/hh.png', renderView1, ImageResolution=[851, 499])
#### saving camera placements for all active views
# current camera placement for renderView1
#### uncomment the following to render all views
# RenderAllViews()
# alternatively, if you want to write images, you can use SaveScreenshot(...).
When I run this with pvpython, it crashes. This is the first time I am using a script to get a screenshot. I find this very strange. What might be causing this? And how can I possibly fix it?
Thanking in anticipation
Vachan