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Applications requiring Graphics (OpenGL)
Known Problems for Applications with OpenGL
If you are using a remote desktop connection, please change your configuration to exactly 24 Bit Color.
Some programs require for their graphics OpenGL support which is not always available. Furthermore OpenGL support depends on the login procedure. Below you find a table with some comments and helpers for this issue.| Application | Login | Wrapper | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ssh -X | NX | X2Go | RDP | ||
| Abaqus CAE | abaqus cae -mesa | abaqus cae -mesa | jSLURM | jSLURM | - |
| ANSYS CFX | srun --x11 | works with 1) | wrapper or jSLURM | wrapper or jSLURM | rz-cfx5 |
| ANSYS Fluent | srun --x11 | works with 1) | wrapper or jSLURM | wrapper or jSLURM | rz-fluent |
| GaussView | srun --x11 | works with 1) | wrapper or jSLURM | wrapper or jSLURM | rz-gview |
| ICEM CFD | srun --x11 | works with 1) | wrapper or jSLURM | wrapper or jSLURM | rz-icemcfd |
| Paraview | srun --x11 | works with 1) | wrapper or jSLURM | wrapper or jSLURM | rz-paraview |
1) Set the environment variable LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT to 1, e.g. with mit "export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1".