[gradsusr] Opengrads in Windows 7

Mon Jan 16 11:10:40 EST 2012

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Maat, Herbert ter
<Herbert.termaat at wur.nl>wrote:

> I found that this only works as a solution if you don’t have an internet
> connection. When you are connected to the internet I only could get myself
> connected by disabling this “loopback adapter”.****
>
> **
>

This is may the reason why Microsoft disabled it by default: they messed up
their implementation. Since WIndows 95  and up to very recently the
loopback functionality always worked great.

The real solution for this problem is to rewrite the grads graphics
interface using the native Win32 API (or else have cairo working
exclusively with a Windows surface). Any experienced Windows developer out
there that would like to help out with this?

   Arlindo

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>
> Greetings,****
>
> Herbert****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [mailto:
> gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] *On Behalf Of *hersala
> *Sent:* vrijdag 13 januari 2012 14:36
>
> *To:* GrADS Users Forum
> *Subject:* Re: [gradsusr] Opengrads in Windows 7****
>
> ** **
>
> I just got the problem solved. Asking a friend of mine, it turns out I
> didn't have a loopback adapter installed, so whenever I wasn't on a
> network, GrADS wouldn't work (no local IP address available, and thus no
> possibility to communicate with the X server). Installing a loopback
> adapter solved the problem. That can be done from the Device Manager in the
> Control Panel. Just choose "Add legacy hardware" from the "Action" menu
> there, click on Next, then choose "Install the hardware that I manually
> select from the list (Advanced)" and click Next, choose "Network adapters",
> then proceed to the next step and wait for the lists to be populated.
> Choose "Microsoft" as the manufacturer, and finally "Microsoft Loopback
> Adapter". Let the newly created adapter initialize and that should do the
> trick.
>
> Best regards,
> Hernán****
>
> On 13 January 2012 10:00, hersala <hersala at gmail.com> wrote:****
>
> Dear developers and users:
> I've experienced something similar that happened to Maat with 2.0.a9.oga.1
> on Windows 7. When my computer is not conected to internet, GrADS closes as
> soon as the landscape mode is selected.
> Thanks.
> Hernán
>  ****
>
> On 13 January 2012 05:40, Maat, Herbert ter <Herbert.termaat at wur.nl>
> wrote:****
>
> Dear Arlindo + list,****
>
>  ****
>
> As I experienced the same problems once again with opening Opengrads in
> Windows 7, I have tried the options below:****
>
>  ****
>
> 1) Make sure your Windows 7 firewall is not blocking the Xming application
> (it should ask you if it is OK for it to run Xming, and you ****
>
> should say "yes"). The is the most common problem.****
>
> -          I checked this and the Xming application is not blocked by the
> firewall****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> 2) Make sure your download is not corrupted. It is always a good idea to
> re-download a fresh copy, re-install, and check whether the problem
> persists.****
>
> - done this but it didn’t solve the problem****
>
>  ****
>
> 3) I'll need the specific error message you got when it crashed. You may
> need to start grads from the windows command line (cmd.exe) in order to see
> the actual error message. When you start it from a the [Programs]
> menu/Desktop the window closes before you can read what the error message.
> ****
>
> - The error message reads: Error in GXSTRT: Unable to connect to X server*
> ***
>
>  ****
>
> 4) If you believe Xming is the problem, start grads in batch mode ("grads
> -b") and let me know if this works.****
>
> - this appears to work****
>
>  ****
>
> The above test I have done with my wireless radio turned OFF! When I turn
> the wireless radio back on again Opengrads opens without any problem. The
> conclusion from my side is that Opengrads needs an internet connection to
> start. I have only experienced this since I migrated to Windows 7.
> Hopefully, this can change as I also need Opengrads when I don’t have an
> internet connection.****
>
>  ****
>
> Kind regards,****
>
> Herbert****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> *From:* gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [mailto:
> gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] *On Behalf Of *Arlindo da Silva
> *Sent:* donderdag 22 december 2011 16:37
> *To:* GrADS Users Forum
> *Subject:* Re: [gradsusr] Opengrads in Windows 7****
>
>  ****
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Rupak Rajbhandari <
> rupak.rajbhandari at gmail.com> wrote:****
>
> Hi Ali,****
>
>  ****
>
> It is not windows7 problem. I think it has to do with GrADS. Same happened
> to me so I switched back to version 2.0.a7.oga.1 and is working perfectly.
> I pressume you are talking about version 2.0.1.oga.1-win32_supaerpack.exe.
> ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> Anybody else experiencing this problem? We have had about 1,600 downloads
> for this release and this is the first time I hear about this problem;
> unless issues like this get reported they cannot be fixed. At this point
> I'll need more information to diagnose the problem as I am not able to
> reproduce this problem on several Windows 7 machines I tried the
> 2.0.1.oga.1 superpack on. Please remember,****
>
>  ****
>
> 1) Make sure your Windows 7 firewall is not blocking the Xming application
> (it should ask you if it is OK for it to run Xming, and you should say
> "yes"). The is the most common problem.****
>
>  ****
>
> 2) Make sure your download is not corrupted. It is always a good idea to
> re-download a fresh copy, re-install, and check whether the problem
> persists.****
>
>  ****
>
> 3) I'll need the specific error message you got when it crashed. You may
> need to start grads from the windows command line (cmd.exe) in order to see
> the actual error message. When you start it from a the [Programs]
> menu/Desktop the window closes before you can read what the error message.
> ****
>
>  ****
>
> 4) If you believe Xming is the problem, start grads in batch mode ("grads
> -b") and let me know if this works.****
>
>  ****
>
>    Thank you,****
>
>  ****
>
>       Arlindo****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu****
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