Kernel dead when running notebook in a server

[vianamp]

I have a Jupyter notebook running on a server on a specific port and IP. The notebook runs fine locally however, the kernel dies when I run the notebook from another computer. The line that crashes is vp = Plotter(title='My title goes here').
I am running the notebook in the server with jupyter notebook --no-browser --port=8080 --ip 10.xxx.xx.xx. Access is done via http://10.xxx.xx.xx:8080/?token=xxx. Could you guys think of something else I can try? Thanks.

[marcomusy]

What is the output of:

# before importing anything

print(get_ipython())

from vtkplotter import settings

print(settings.notebookBackend)
print(settings.notebook_plotter)

[vianamp]

I got this

<ipykernel.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell object at 0x7ff9fa85f8d0>
k3d
None

[marcomusy]

..looks normal.. ..so this is already crashing?

from vtkplotter import settings, Plotter

vp = Plotter()

[vianamp]

Yes, it crashes.

Could it be a Chrome-related problem?

[marcomusy]

might be.. what if you run this instead:

import k3d

vertices = [
    -10, 0, -1,
    10, 0, -1,
    10, 0, 1,
    -10, 0, 1,
]

indices = [
    0, 1, 3,
    1, 2, 3
]

plot = k3d.plot()
plot += k3d.mesh(vertices, indices)
plot.display()

PS
you can also try if it crashes with:

vp = Plotter(screensize=(500,500))

[vianamp]

Both codes worked!

Just by specifying screensize fixed my code. Any idea why is that?

[vianamp]

Are you saying my 13inch screen isn't too big for the default screensize? :)

[marcomusy]

LOL ..no, that's because of a vtk call trying to get the physical size of your screen (which in your case does not exist since it on a server)..

It will be fixed in the next release, thanks for spotting the problem!
M.