[gradsusr] display problem with v.2.1.a3

[Jennifer Adams]

You say it works fine on a windows 8.1 laptop with Xming. What is the system that doesn’t work? —Jennifer


On Apr 30, 2015, at 11:13 AM, Semyon Grodsky <senya at atmos.umd.edu> wrote:

> Jennifer,
> Thanks for coming back on that.
> Please see below.
> --Senya
> 
> 
> On 4/30/2015 11:02 AM, Jennifer Adams wrote:
>> 
>> On Apr 30, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Semyon Grodsky <senya at atmos.umd.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear experts,
>>> 
>>> after updating LINUX to RedHat Enterprise 7, grads v 2.1.a3 starts failing 
>>> to display plots properly. In particular, 2.1.a3 is failing to plot 
>>> contours (merely plotting contour labels).
>> This is probably a symptom of an X11 problem. Are you using COLA’s pre-compiled build on RHEL7, or did you build your own executable from source? 
> (1) we are using pre-compiled binaries from http://www.iges.org/grads/downloads.html. But they are indicated as RHEL5 (not 7).
>> 
>>> 
>>> It seems that this problem is machine dependent and is probably associated 
>>> with the Cairo rendering in X11. If I log into the same machine, but from 
>>> windows laptop (XMing), grads works fine.
>> What is the non-windows system you are using to login to the linux system that fails to render the graphics properly? If it is a mac, what does it say about versions in the ‘About X11’ pop up window? What version of OS X is running? 
> It works fine from WINDOWS 8.1 laptop (Dell) with Xming. I don't have a MAC to try.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Is there any cure for that?
>> It is probably going to require a new X11 release, something over which I have no control. I will need more information before submitting a bug report, however. 
>> 
>> OS upgrades are always full of unexpected complications!  :-(
>> 
>> —Jennifer
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> --Senya
>>> ------------
>>>  q config
>>> Config: v2.1.a3 little-endian readline grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds hdf5 
>>> opendap-grids,stn geotiff shapefile cairo
>>> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.1.a3
>>> Copyright (C) 1988-2015 by the Institute for Global Environment and 
>>> Society (IGES)
>>> This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY
>>> See file COPYRIGHT for more information.
>>> 
>>> Built Tue Mar 10 12:20:42 EDT 2015 for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>>> 
>>> This version of GrADS has been configured with the following options:
>>>   o Built on a LITTLE ENDIAN machine
>>>   o Athena Widget GUI DISABLED
>>>   o Command line editing ENABLED
>>>       http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
>>>   o GRIB2 interface ENABLED
>>>       http://www.ijg.org
>>>       http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper
>>>       http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2
>>>       g2clib-1.4.0
>>>   o NetCDF interface ENABLED
>>>       http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf
>>>       netcdf 4.3.3 of Mar 10 2015 11:30:12 $
>>>   o OPeNDAP gridded data interface ENABLED
>>>   o OPeNDAP station data interface ENABLED
>>>       http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/supplibs.html
>>>       libgadap 2.0
>>>   o HDF4 and HDF5 interfaces ENABLED
>>>       http://hdfgroup.org
>>>       HDF 4.2r3
>>>       HDF5 1.8.12
>>>   o GeoTIFF and KML/TIFF output ENABLED
>>>       http://www.libtiff.org
>>>       http://geotiff.osgeo.org
>>>   o KML contour output ENABLED
>>>   o Shapefile interface ENABLED
>>>       http://shapelib.maptools.org
>>>   o Cairo graphics interface ENABLED
>>>       http://cairographics.org
>>>       http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman
>>>       http://www.freetype.org/index2.html
>>>       http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig
>>>       Cairo 1.12.16
>>>       Pixman 0.28.0
>>>       Freetype 2.4.10
>>>       Fontconfig 2.9.0
>>> 
>>> For additional information please consult http://iges.org/grads
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>> Semyon Grodsky
>>> Computer and Space Science Building (Bldg. #224), Room 2409
>>> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
>>> University of Maryland
>>> College Park, MD 20742
>>> 
>>> Phone:  301-405-5330
>>> Fax:    301-314-9482
>>> E-mail: senya at atmos.umd.edu
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>> 
>> --
>> Jennifer M. Adams
>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
>> George Mason University
>> 4400 University Drive
>> Fairfax, VA 22030 
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> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Semyon Grodsky
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> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
> University of Maryland
> College Park, MD 20742
> 
> Phone:  301-405-5330
> Fax:    301-314-9482
> E-mail: senya at atmos.umd.edu
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Jennifer M. Adams
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George Mason University
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