[gradsusr] display problem with v.2.1.a3

Sun Jun 26 12:40:00 EDT 2016

Thank you Senya!

I saw Jennifer's response in the thread, and it seems to be related to the
problem of X11. I hope someone would come up with a solution.

Thanks again,

Endalk

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Semyon Grodsky <senya at umd.edu> wrote:

> 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>
> 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>
>> 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>
>> 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>
>> 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>
>> 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/%7Emdadams/jasper>
>> http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper
>>        <http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2>
>> http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2
>>       g2clib-1.4.0
>>   o NetCDF interface ENABLED
>>        <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf>
>> 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>
>> 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://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman
>>        <http://www.freetype.org/index2.html>
>> http://www.freetype.org/index2.html
>>        <http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig>
>> 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>
>> http://iges.org/grads
>>
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Semyon Grodsky
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>> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
>> University of Maryland
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>>
>> Phone:  301-405-5330
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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
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>> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
>> George Mason University
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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
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>> 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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