Opensuse paraFoam/paraview docker XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set

gpingen · January 13, 2021, 18:04

I am new to OpenFoam and have it installed on 2 computers. A laptop running Opensuse 15.2 and a Desktop running Opensuse 15.1. The sample problem - pitzDaily - works fine on the laptop, but on the Desktop I get the following error when using paraFOAM:

d3bb8fa69348: pitzDaily>> paraFoam
Created temporary 'pitzDaily.OpenFOAM'
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-openfoam'
No protocol specified
qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display :0
Could not connect to any X display.

I can look at the results in paraview if I run "foamToVTK" and exit docker (all works fine then), but it would be convenient to have it work from within docker.

Any suggestions would be great. I found a few similar posts but none that seemed to directly solve this issue. Thanks,
Georg

ld519 · January 20, 2021, 09:18

Hi, Georg,

I met the same problem using the docker version openfoam.

I still cannot find a way to enable the command 'paraFoam', but I found an alternative way to use paraview.

After meshing, calculating, you can creat a '.foam' file using command:

touch case1.foam

Then, open your paraview manually and find this file. You can now see the results of your calculation.

Hope this helps.

Lei

January 13, 2021, 18:04	Opensuse paraFoam/paraview docker XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set	#1
gpingen New Member Georg Pingen Join Date: Jan 2021 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I am new to OpenFoam and have it installed on 2 computers. A laptop running Opensuse 15.2 and a Desktop running Opensuse 15.1. The sample problem - pitzDaily - works fine on the laptop, but on the Desktop I get the following error when using paraFOAM: d3bb8fa69348: pitzDaily>> paraFoam Created temporary 'pitzDaily.OpenFOAM' QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-openfoam' No protocol specified qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display :0 Could not connect to any X display. I can look at the results in paraview if I run "foamToVTK" and exit docker (all works fine then), but it would be convenient to have it work from within docker. Any suggestions would be great. I found a few similar posts but none that seemed to directly solve this issue. Thanks, Georg

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January 20, 2021, 09:18		#2
ld519 New Member Lei Dai Join Date: Jan 2021 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Hi, Georg, I met the same problem using the docker version openfoam. I still cannot find a way to enable the command 'paraFoam', but I found an alternative way to use paraview. After meshing, calculating, you can creat a '.foam' file using command: touch case1.foam Then, open your paraview manually and find this file. You can now see the results of your calculation. Hope this helps. Lei