[OpenFOAM] Can not view mesh in ParaView

weamelsahar · October 27, 2015, 10:09

Dear all,

I am facing a problem with viewing meshes in ParaView. I am using openFoam 2.4.0 installed on an Ubuntu 14.04.3 Virtual machine (VirtualBox) hosted by windows 7.
After blocking and checking the mesh. When I start paraFoam within the the project directory ParaView starts, but the terminal shows me the following error:

pci id for fd 16: 80ee:beef, driver (null)
libGL error: core dri or dri2 extension not found
libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo

In ParaView it includes the mesh in the pipeline, but no mesh geometry is shown in ParaView window. It seems like a problem related to the virtual graphic drivers. I checked if everything related to virtual additions, it is installed and updated but this didn't resolve the issue.

vatavuk · October 29, 2015, 05:21

Hi Weam,
Did you install the Virtualbox guest additions? See chapter 4 of the Virtualbox manual. The guest additions work like additional drivers for the virtual machine. If one of the drivers is missing, it may cause problems.
Best Regards,
Paulo

weamelsahar · October 30, 2015, 08:06

Yes, I did install it and made sure it is up to date.

October 27, 2015, 10:09	Can not view mesh in ParaView	#1
weamelsahar New Member Weam Elsahar Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Dear all, I am facing a problem with viewing meshes in ParaView. I am using openFoam 2.4.0 installed on an Ubuntu 14.04.3 Virtual machine (VirtualBox) hosted by windows 7. After blocking and checking the mesh. When I start paraFoam within the the project directory ParaView starts, but the terminal shows me the following error: pci id for fd 16: 80ee:beef, driver (null) libGL error: core dri or dri2 extension not found libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo In ParaView it includes the mesh in the pipeline, but no mesh geometry is shown in ParaView window. It seems like a problem related to the virtual graphic drivers. I checked if everything related to virtual additions, it is installed and updated but this didn't resolve the issue.

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October 29, 2015, 05:21		#2
vatavuk Senior Member Paulo Vatavuk Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Campinas, Brasil Posts: 200 Rep Power: 18	Hi Weam, Did you install the Virtualbox guest additions? See chapter 4 of the Virtualbox manual. The guest additions work like additional drivers for the virtual machine. If one of the drivers is missing, it may cause problems. Best Regards, Paulo

October 30, 2015, 08:06		#3
weamelsahar New Member Weam Elsahar Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Yes, I did install it and made sure it is up to date.