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==Launching Hardware (HW) Accelerated GUI software==
==Launching Hardware (HW) Accelerated GUI software==
Load hidden HW GUI beta module:
<code>
module load hwgui
</code>
Launch application with default resources (trackvis for this example):
<code>
launch_hwgui_trackvis
</code>
You should get an output of the following form:
<pre>
Session: c11a-s33.rc.ufl.edu:9830 for HW-Track job 6681209
Copy this command to a terminal on your LOCAL PC:
xpra attach ssh:testusr-1234@c11a-s33.rc.ufl.edu:9830
</pre>
You can then copy and paste the connection command to your LOCAL PC and connect to the hardware accelerated version of the application.  Please see the section below for more information on connecting.
Other applications currently included in the beta:
<code>
launch_hwgui_freeview
launch_hwgui_matlab
</code>
The launch scripts also support the normal additional resource parameters (e.g. processor count, memory, etc):
<pre>
[testusr-1234@gator3 vgl-test]$ launch_hwgui_freeview -p 2 -m 40
Verifying SSH setup for 'testusr-1234'
Starting hwfreeview under Xpra in a SLURM gui session.
Requested hwfreeview memory size: '40gb'
Requested '2' processor cores
Requested '8' hours for the session
</pre>
;Please use the <code>-h</code> argument to see more information on what additional parameters are available.
==Connecting from your local PC==
Connecting from your local PC is the same as a normal GUI session, you can run xpra_list_sessions to find your running gui jobs:
<code>
xpra_list_sessions
</code>


More information is available in the main GUI section.
'''''
* Select the 'hwgui' partition for an Open-On-Demand console or desktop session. See [[Open OnDemand|UFRC Open OnDemand]] for details on using OOD.


https://wiki.rc.ufl.edu/doc/GUI_Programs#Connect_From_a_Client_Computer
* load the appropriate environment module and launch the application in question.

Latest revision as of 13:18, 12 April 2023

Launching Hardware (HW) Accelerated GUI software

  • Select the 'hwgui' partition for an Open-On-Demand console or desktop session. See UFRC Open OnDemand for details on using OOD.
  • load the appropriate environment module and launch the application in question.
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