Programable Filter Freezing

ParaView Support
#1

I have started trying to run Programmable filters and any attempt to use them results in Paraview freezing. I get no output messages, just a freeze. I imagine it is something in my system but without any outputs. I am not sure how to continuing debugging this. Is there some other way to try to debug this at a lower level? I have attached some code below. Thank you!

Paraview 5.8.1 on MacOS 10.15.7

s=Sphere()
programmableFilter1 = ProgrammableFilter(Input=s)
programmableFilter1.Script = """print('hello World')"""
programmableFilter1.UpdatePipeline()
#2

Which version of ParaView are you using ?

By the way, your script needs a Show() in order to compute anything.

#3

Thank you, Mathieu.

I am using Paraview 5.8.1. Using Show() instead of up UpdatePipline Also results in freezing.

#4

Can you try with 5.9-RC3 ?

In any case, that seems specific to your setup. You will need to build ParaView in debug in order to investigate.

#5

Unfortunately not with my employer at this time. Is there some resource on how to do the build with debug mode?

#6

https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/blob/master/Documentation/dev/build.md

Sadly there is no getting started guide for OSX, but the full guide would still help you.

#7

@zwilde , this is a known issue with 5.8.1 and macos Catalina. I’m working to rebuild the binary using a different build environment that should hopefully resolve the issue.

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#8

@cory.quammen and @mwestphal, Thank you!