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fixes for COMSOL startup

Merged Guilherme Pantoja Calandrini de Azevedo Junior requested to merge gupa977e_COMSOL into preview
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@@ -321,27 +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=4 --mem-per-cpu=2500 --time=08:00:00 comsol -np 4 server
marie@login$ srun --ntasks=1 --cpus-per-task=2 --mem-per-cpu=4096 --time=02:00:00 --pty --x11=first server -np 2
```
??? example "Interactive Job"
If you'd like to work interactively using COMSOL, you can request for an interactive job with,
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=4 --mem-per-cpu=2500 --time=08:00:00 --pty --x11=first comsol -np 4
```
Please make sure, that the option *Preferences* --> Graphics --> *Renedering* is set to *software
rendering*. Than, you can work from within the campus network.
??? example "Background Job"
Interactive working is great for debugging and setting experiments up. But, if you have a huge
@@ -362,6 +349,29 @@ firewall of ZIH. For further information, please refer to the COMSOL manual.
srun comsol -mpi=intel batch -inputfile ./MyInputFile.mph
```
### Interactive Usage with X11 Forwarding
=== "starter script"
```console
marie@login$ start_comsol.sh
```
=== "customized startup"
If you'd like to work interactively using COMSOL, you can request for an interactive job with,
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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