[Users] Visit & CarpetHDF5 mismatch?

[Christian Reisswig]

> Scott:
> 
> That tab is actually the second tab in the window that opens up. It's
> labelled "CMake" rather than "Makefile".

This was changed when they changed the build scripts from using from make to 
using cmake.
I'll update the docs.
Thanks for pointing this out!
Christian

 
> BTW, do you have "cmake" (rather than "make" or "gmake") installed on your
> system?
> 
> Bernard
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> >Is THAT where those are?   I didn't see any instructions about that.  I
> >even tried downloading the xmledit plugin for vim...
> >(http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=301)
> >
> >This line should be changed:
> >"To install the package, simply execute the install script contained in
> >the
> >CarpetHDF5 package."
> >
> >to read
> >
> >"To install the package, first set your path to include the Visin bin/
> >directory (e.g. /Applications/VisIt.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ or
> >/usr/local/visit/bin/ ).  Then run the install script contained in the
> >CarpetHDF5 package."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Also... the instruction say
> >"In the "Makefile"-tab modify the library and include path for the
> >HDF5-library
> >to match the installation on your system."
> >
> >....there is no "Makefile" tab.
> >
> >
> >
> >-Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >On 4/12/12 2:32 PM, "Christian Reisswig" <reisswig at tapir.caltech.edu>
> >
> >wrote:
> >>Hi Scott,
> >>
> >>the important errors are:
> >>> ./install: line 8: xmledit: command not found
> >>> ./install: line 9: xml2cmake: command not found
> >>
> >>It appears that you need to set your PATH variable to your visit/bin
> >>directory.
> >>
> >>I hope that helps.
> >>Christian
> >>
> >>> How did you get the plugin to compile?  When I run the script I getŠ
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> ~/apps/VizTools/CarpetHDF5] % ./install
> >>> make: *** No rule to make target `clean'.  Stop.
> >>> rm: Makefile: No such file or directory
> >>> rm: CMakeLists.txt: No such file or directory
> >>> rm: CMakeCache.txt: No such file or directory
> >>> rm: CMakeFiles: No such file or directory
> >>> rm: cmake_install.cmake: No such file or directory
> >>> ./install: line 8: xmledit: command not found
> >>> ./install: line 9: xml2cmake: command not found
> >>> CMake Error: The source directory
> >>> "/Users/shawley/apps/VizTools/CarpetHDF5" does not appear to contain
> >>> CMakeLists.txt.
> >>> Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.
> >>> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
> >>> 
> >>> On 4/10/12 3:24 PM, "Ian Hinder" <ian.hinder at aei.mpg.de> wrote:
> >>> >On 10 Apr 2012, at 22:21, Kelly, Bernard J. (GSFC-660.0)[UNIVERSITY OF
> >>> >
> >>> >MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY] wrote:
> >>> >> Hi all. I'd like to visualise some 3D data produced by an
> >>>
> >>>initial-data
> >>>
> >>> >>run
> >>> >>
> >>> >> of the EinsteinToolkit (Maxwell).
> >>> >> 
> >>> >> 
> >>> >> I'm outputting using CarpetIOHDF5; I have an output file
> >>> >> "hahndol::hahndol_coulomb.h5", and decided to use Visit, as
> >>>
> >>>recommended
> >>>
> >>> >>by
> >>> >>
> >>> >> cactuscode, etc.
> >>> >> 
> >>> >> I grabbed the CarpetHDF5 plugin code from svn, and installed as per
> >>> >> instructions (pointing at the ETK-installed HDF5 in my
> >>> >> Cactus/configs/<config-name>/scratch/external directory).
> >>> >> 
> >>> >> Starting Visit (2.4.2) , and trying to load a .h5 file yields the
> >>>>>
> >>> >> following error:
> >>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>-
> >>>>>--
> >>>>>
> >>> >>--
> >>> >>
> >>> >> ----
> >>> >> The metadata server running on host localhost has exited abnormally.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>VisIt
> >>> >>
> >>> >> is trying to restart it.
> >>> >> Shortly thereafter, the following occured...
> >>> >> VisIt was unable to open
> >>>>>
> >>>>>"/Users/bjkelly1/Projects/CODES/Cactus/exe/BL_IJS_test/hahndol::hahndo
> >>>>>l
> >>>>>_c
> >>>>>
> >>> >>ou
> >>> >>
> >>> >> lomb.h5".  Each attempt to open it caused VisIt's metadata server to
> >>> >> crash.  This can occur when the file is corrupted, or when the
> >>> >>
> >>> >>underlying
> >>> >>
> >>> >> file format has changed and VisIt's readers have not been updated
> >>>
> >>>yet,
> >>>
> >>> >>or
> >>> >>
> >>> >> when the reader VisIt is using for your file format is not robust.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>Please
> >>> >>
> >>> >> check whether the file is corrupted and, if not, contact a VisIt
> >>> >>
> >>> >>developer.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>-
> >>>>>--
> >>>>>
> >>> >>--
> >>> >>
> >>> >> ----
> >>> >> 
> >>> >> 
> >>> >> I have no idea whether the file is corrupted, but wanted to know: is
> >>>
> >>>the
> >>>
> >>> >> CarpetHDF5 plugin up-to-date with the output of Maxwell's
> >>>
> >>>CarpetIOHDF5?
> >>>
> >>> >> Any basic ideas where I might have gone wrong?
> >>> >
> >>> >One problem can come from Visit trying to open too many files for the
> >>> >maximum open file limit of your OS.  Mac OS, for example, has a very
> >>> >small limit.  Try changing this with ulimit.  But ultimately, you
> >>>
> >>>should
> >>>
> >>> >try to find the actual error message.  I think there is an option for
> >>> >Visit to output the errors to a file, but it's so long since I've used
> >>> >Visit that I don't remember.  Probably someone else can fill that
> >>>
> >>>in...
> >>>
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