From cf33c3acb233f92c6088316522603d3494e2fc95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guilherme Pantoja Calandrini de Azevedo Junior
<guilherme.calandrini@tu-dresden.de>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 16:01:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixes for COMSOL startup
---
doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/fem_software.md | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/fem_software.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/fem_software.md
index 534036ded..a90b138d0 100644
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/fem_software.md
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/fem_software.md
@@ -321,9 +321,14 @@ firewall of ZIH. For further information, please refer to the COMSOL manual.
??? example "Server Process"
- Start the server process with 4 cores, 10 GB RAM and max. 8 hours running time using an
+ Start the server process with 2 cores, 4 GB RAM and max. 2 hours running time using an
interactive Slurm job like this:
+ ```console
+ marie@login$ module load COMSOL
+ marie@login$ srun --ntasks=1 --cpus-per-task=2 --mem-per-cpu=4096 --time=02:00:00 --pty --x11=first server -np 2
+ ```
+
??? example "Background Job"
Interactive working is great for debugging and setting experiments up. But, if you have a huge
@@ -355,13 +360,15 @@ firewall of ZIH. For further information, please refer to the COMSOL manual.
=== "customized startup"
If you'd like to work interactively using COMSOL, you can request for an interactive job with,
- e.g., 2 cores and 2500 MB RAM for 1 hours and X11 forwarding to open the COMSOL GUI:
+ e.g., 4 cores and 2500 MB RAM for 8 hours and X11 forwarding to open the COMSOL GUI:
```console
marie@login$ module load COMSOL
marie@login$ srun --ntasks=1 --cpus-per-task=2 --mem-per-cpu=2500 --time=01:00:00 --pty --x11=first comsol -np 2
```
+!!! note
+
Please make sure, that the option *Preferences* --> Graphics --> *Renedering* is set to *software
rendering*. Than, you can work from within the campus network.
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