[gradsusr] display problem with v.2.1.a3

Semyon Grodsky senya at atmos.umd.edu
Thu Apr 30 11:27:09 EDT 2015


Jennifer,
from windows laptop I use telnet to connect to the Linux RH7 machine and 
XMing  for X11. In this case Grads 2.1.a3 works fine.

I am getting display problem when physically log into RH7 machine. In 
this case 2.0.2 works fine, but 2.1.a1 and 2.1.a3 both fail to display.

The difference between the two cases is in X11. In the first case it is 
handled by Xming (not sure, guessing that), in the second case it is 
handled by RH7 X11 library.

--Senya


On 4/30/2015 11:16 AM, Jennifer Adams wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 
>>> <mailto: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.ijg.org/>
>>>> http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper 
>>>> <http://www.ece.uvic.ca/%7Emdadams/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 <http://hdfgroup.org/>
>>>>       HDF 4.2r3
>>>>       HDF5 1.8.12
>>>>   o GeoTIFF and KML/TIFF output ENABLED
>>>> http://www.libtiff.org <http://www.libtiff.org/>
>>>> http://geotiff.osgeo.org <http://geotiff.osgeo.org/>
>>>>   o KML contour output ENABLED
>>>>   o Shapefile interface ENABLED
>>>> http://shapelib.maptools.org <http://shapelib.maptools.org/>
>>>>   o Cairo graphics interface ENABLED
>>>> http://cairographics.org <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 <mailto: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
>> 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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> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
> George Mason University
> 4400 University Drive
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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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