[gradsusr] display problem with v.2.1.a3

Sat Jun 25 20:26:17 EDT 2016

Hi Senya,

Did you manage to resolve this problem? I am having similar problem while
runing DrADS 2.1 on Fedora 23 and Centos 7 laptops.

Endalk

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Semyon Grodsky <senya at atmos.umd.edu> wrote:

> 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> 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> 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
>
>
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> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
> University of Maryland
> College Park, MD 20742
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> Phone:  301-405-5330
> Fax:    301-314-9482
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> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
> University of Maryland
> College Park, MD 20742
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