unable to launch paraview

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

I tried to install ParaView-5.9.1 in Ubuntu but cannot launch. Initially it was giving QT error:
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin “xcb” in “” even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Available platform plugins are: xcb.
error: exception occurred: Child aborted

I tried to reinstall QT and don’t know not it is giving other errors as attached in the image.

Although I can launch the ParaView by using paraview --mesa.
But its giving warning
qt:qpa.xcb: X server does not support XInput 2
VisRTX 0.1.6, using devices:
0: Quadro RTX 8000
Could you please advise

Thanks
Abhishek

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

How do you install ParaView ?

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

I use following steps:

1.Compile

sudo gedit ~/.bashrc
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/ParaView-5.9/bin/

2. Terminal access

sudo ln -s /opt/ParaView-5.9/bin/paraview /usr/bin/paraview
sudo ln -s /opt/ParaView-5.9/lib/paraview-5.9/ /usr/lib/paraview-5.9

3. Launcher icon
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/paraview.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=ParaView 5.9
Exec=paraview
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/ParaView-5.9/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/paraview.png
Type=Application
x-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow
[NewWindow Shortcut Group]
Name=New Window
Exec=paraview
TargetEnvironment=Unity

But no I restarted the machine and I cannot run paraview even using --mesa. I am getting following error attached.

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[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

Any specific reason why you are not using the binary release from paraview.org ?

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

I found this way. It would be great if you could guide on the installation through binaries.

Best Regards
Abhishek

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

Download https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v5.9&type=binary&os=Linux&downloadFile=ParaView-5.9.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.8-64bit.tar.gz

Extract anywhere

run anywhere/bin/paraview

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

I want to link this to all the other users in the system. So all users can run paraview feom the terminal. I think I need to add the path or symbolic link. May I know how to do that, please?

Best Regards
Abhishek

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

add anywhere/bin/ to your PATH

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

I tried to download the binaries, extract and then run paraview. But it is giving same error.

Best Regards
Abhishek

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

./paraview

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

I resolve the issue, I can access the paraview through UBUNTU Workstation but when I am trying to launch paraview through X2go remotely, I cannot access it. It is giving me the following error.

I even tried the paraview 3.14.1 but this is giving follwoing error.

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

what is the output of:

glxinfo

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

Here is the big output:

name of display: :52.0
display: :52 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_visual_info,
GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_context_flush_control, GLX_ARB_create_context,
GLX_ARB_create_context_no_error, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile,
GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float,
GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_EXT_buffer_age, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile,
GLX_EXT_create_context_es_profile, GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float,
GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_INTEL_swap_event, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer,
GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_query_renderer,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0xffffffff)
Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0, 256 bits) (0xffffffff)
Version: 20.0.8
Accelerated: no
Video memory: 772672MB
Unified memory: no
Preferred profile: core (0x1)
Max core profile version: 3.3
Max compat profile version: 3.1
Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.1
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0, 256 bits)
OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 20.0.8
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_AMD_conservative_depth, GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend,
GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect, GL_AMD_query_buffer_object,
GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture, GL_AMD_shader_stencil_export,
GL_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax, GL_AMD_texture_texture4,
GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3, GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5,
GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility,
GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility, GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays, GL_ARB_base_instance,
GL_ARB_blend_func_extended, GL_ARB_buffer_storage,
GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object, GL_ARB_clear_texture, GL_ARB_clip_control,
GL_ARB_color_buffer_float, GL_ARB_compatibility,
GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage, GL_ARB_compute_shader,
GL_ARB_conditional_render_inverted, GL_ARB_conservative_depth,
GL_ARB_copy_buffer, GL_ARB_copy_image, GL_ARB_cull_distance,
GL_ARB_debug_output, GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float, GL_ARB_depth_clamp,
GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_derivative_control,
GL_ARB_direct_state_access, GL_ARB_draw_buffers,
GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend, GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex,
GL_ARB_draw_indirect, GL_ARB_draw_instanced, GL_ARB_enhanced_layouts,
GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location, GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location,
GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions, GL_ARB_fragment_layer_viewport,
GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow,
GL_ARB_fragment_shader, GL_ARB_framebuffer_no_attachments,
GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB,
GL_ARB_get_program_binary, GL_ARB_get_texture_sub_image,
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_half_float_vertex,
GL_ARB_indirect_parameters, GL_ARB_instanced_arrays,
GL_ARB_internalformat_query, GL_ARB_internalformat_query2,
GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata, GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment,
GL_ARB_map_buffer_range, GL_ARB_multi_bind, GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect,
GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query,
GL_ARB_occlusion_query2, GL_ARB_parallel_shader_compile,
GL_ARB_pipeline_statistics_query, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_polygon_offset_clamp,
GL_ARB_program_interface_query, GL_ARB_provoking_vertex,
GL_ARB_query_buffer_object, GL_ARB_robustness, GL_ARB_sampler_objects,
GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map, GL_ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture,
GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counter_ops,
GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters, GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding,
GL_ARB_shader_draw_parameters, GL_ARB_shader_group_vote,
GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store, GL_ARB_shader_image_size,
GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shader_stencil_export,
GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object, GL_ARB_shader_subroutine,
GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod, GL_ARB_shading_language_100,
GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack, GL_ARB_shading_language_include,
GL_ARB_shading_language_packing, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_stencil_texturing,
GL_ARB_sync, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32, GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range,
GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc,
GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar,
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_gather,
GL_ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_ARB_texture_multisample, GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two,
GL_ARB_texture_query_levels, GL_ARB_texture_query_lod,
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_texture_rg, GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui,
GL_ARB_texture_stencil8, GL_ARB_texture_storage,
GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample, GL_ARB_texture_swizzle,
GL_ARB_texture_view, GL_ARB_timer_query, GL_ARB_transform_feedback2,
GL_ARB_transform_feedback3, GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced,
GL_ARB_transform_feedback_overflow_query, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra,
GL_ARB_vertex_array_object, GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding,
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader,
GL_ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev, GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev,
GL_ARB_viewport_array, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate,
GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_fragment_shader, GL_ATI_separate_stencil,
GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3,
GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once,
GL_EXT_EGL_image_storage, GL_EXT_EGL_sync, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_copy_texture,
GL_EXT_direct_state_access, GL_EXT_draw_buffers2, GL_EXT_draw_instanced,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample_blit_scaled,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB,
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_gpu_shader4,
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil,
GL_EXT_packed_float, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_polygon_offset_clamp,
GL_EXT_provoking_vertex, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix,
GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_array, GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object,
GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1, GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc,
GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc,
GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_integer, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object,
GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_R8,
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode, GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent,
GL_EXT_texture_snorm, GL_EXT_texture_swizzle, GL_EXT_timer_query,
GL_EXT_transform_feedback, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra,
GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate,
GL_KHR_context_flush_control, GL_KHR_debug, GL_KHR_no_error,
GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile, GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr,
GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_sliced_3d, GL_MESA_pack_invert,
GL_MESA_shader_integer_functions, GL_MESA_texture_signed_rgba,
GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_NV_blend_square,
GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_fog_distance,
GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil,
GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
GL_NV_texture_env_combine4, GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_OES_EGL_image,
GL_OES_read_format, GL_S3_s3tc, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

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[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

How can I update it in UBUNTU 20.04.
May I request if you could share a link, please? I’m not sure about the OpenGl.

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

Updated the version. But still the same issue

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

same error

[makeabhishek (Abhishek saini)]

Now if I am running paraview --mesa it is working. But I don’t know why.

[kphong (phong)]

Hi all,

If I remember well, few years ago Mathieu W. has found a way to debug the issue. He said :" It looks like there is actually some issues with freetype and fontconfig ".

1-Method
<<$ QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 ./bin/paraview
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path “/home/glow/work/paraview/other/ParaView-5.6.0-Linux-64bit/lib/plugins/platforms” …
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() looking at “/home/glow/work/paraview/other/ParaView-5.6.0-Linux-64bit/lib/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so”
Found metadata in lib /home/glow/work/paraview/other/ParaView-5.6.0-Linux-64bit/lib/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so, metadata=
{
“IID”: “org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3”,
“MetaData”: {
“Keys”: [
“xcb”
]
},
“className”: “QXcbIntegrationPlugin”,
“debug”: false,
“version”: 329985
}

Got keys from plugin meta data (“xcb”)
QFactoryLoader::QFactoryLoader() checking directory path “/home/glow/work/paraview/other/ParaView-5.6.0-Linux-64bit/lib/platforms” …
Cannot load library /home/glow/work/paraview/other/ParaView-5.6.0-Linux-64bit/lib/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so: (/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Done_MM_Var)
QLibraryPrivate::loadPlugin failed on “/home/glow/work/paraview/other/ParaView-5.6.0-Linux-64bit/lib/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so” : “Cannot load library /home/glow/work/paraview/other/ParaView-5.6.0-Linux-64bit/lib/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so: (/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Done_MM_Var)”
This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin “xcb”
in “”.

Available platform plugins are: xcb.

Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Aborted (core dumped) >>

2-Solution
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3.Comment

For me, XCB library is like the others graphical library (GTK, Motif, etc.) with their specificities.
You may need to check ‘level by level’ if your driver and prerequisites are compliant with the application.

Regards.
Kay