[gradsusr] display problem with v.2.1.a3
Semyon Grodsky
senya at umd.edu
Sun Jun 26 09:46:58 EDT 2016
Endalk,
the problem is still there. It is present in all versions using new
graphics, but Jennifer doesn't think that this is a GRADS problem. As an
alternative, we stick with 2.0.2, which works on our system.
--Senya
On 6/25/2016 8:26 PM, Endalkachew Bekele - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>> <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 <tel:301-405-5330>
>>>>>>> Fax: 301-314-9482 <tel: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 <tel:301-405-5330>
>>>>> Fax:301-314-9482 <tel: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 <tel:301-405-5330>
>>> Fax:301-314-9482 <tel: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 <tel:301-405-5330>
> Fax:301-314-9482 <tel:301-314-9482>
> E-mail:senya at atmos.umd.edu <mailto:senya at atmos.umd.edu>
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Semyon Grodsky
University of Maryland
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Room 2409, Computer and Space Sciences Building (224)
4254 Stadium Dr.
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-5330
Fax: 301-314-9482
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