[gradsusr] display problem with v.2.1.a3
Semyon Grodsky
senya at atmos.umd.edu
Thu Apr 30 13:43:52 EDT 2015
Jennifer,
is there an option in 2.1.a3 to turn cairo off and switch to old display?
Thanks,
--Senya
On 4/30/2015 12:10 PM, Jennifer Adams wrote:
>
> On Apr 30, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Semyon Grodsky <senya at atmos.umd.edu
> <mailto:senya at atmos.umd.edu>> wrote:
>
>> 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.
> Good! I think that means it’s not a GrADS problem.
>
>>
>> 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.
> I always use SSH from my laptop to connect to Redhat linux systems … I
> am not sure I can even duplicate this method of running GrADS. I know
> that unix systems have a GUI interface for logging in directly that
> looks a bit like a windows desktop, but I have never used it. What
> happens when you use batch mode and gxprint — do you get a proper
> graphic that way?
>
>
>
>>
>> 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.
> X11 has client/server sides, and I often get them confused. I think it
> is the X11 server that is on the laptop side, and the client on the
> redhat linux side. So if you are using the unix GUI, maybe that is
> employing the older version of the X11 server that has the faulty
> rendering?
>
>
> —Jennifer
>
>
>
>>
>> --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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>>> Jennifer M. Adams
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>>> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
>>> George Mason University
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>>> 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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> 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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