I just got the problem solved. Asking a friend of mine, it turns out I didn't have a loopback adapter installed, so whenever I wasn't on a network, GrADS wouldn't work (no local IP address available, and thus no possibility to communicate with the X server). Installing a loopback adapter solved the problem. That can be done from the Device Manager in the Control Panel. Just choose "Add legacy hardware" from the "Action" menu there, click on Next, then choose "Install the hardware that I manually select from the list (Advanced)" and click Next, choose "Network adapters", then proceed to the next step and wait for the lists to be populated. Choose "Microsoft" as the manufacturer, and finally "Microsoft Loopback Adapter". Let the newly created adapter initialize and that should do the trick.<br>
<br>Best regards,<br>Hernán<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 January 2012 10:00, hersala <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hersala@gmail.com">hersala@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Dear developers and users:<br>I've experienced something similar that happened to Maat with 2.0.a9.oga.1 on Windows 7. When my computer is not conected to internet, GrADS closes as soon as the landscape mode is selected.<br>
Thanks.<br>Hernán<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 13 January 2012 05:40, Maat, Herbert ter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Herbert.termaat@wur.nl" target="_blank">Herbert.termaat@wur.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dear Arlindo + list,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">As I experienced the same problems once again with opening Opengrads in Windows 7, I have tried the options below:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">1) Make sure your Windows 7 firewall is not blocking the Xming application (it should ask you if it is OK for it to run Xming, and you <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">should say "yes"). The is the most common problem.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I checked this and the Xming application is not blocked by the firewall<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">2) Make sure your download is not corrupted. It is always a good idea to re-download a fresh copy, re-install, and check whether the problem persists.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d">- done this but it didn’t solve the problem<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">3) I'll need the specific error message you got when it crashed. You may need to start grads from the windows command line (cmd.exe) in order to see the actual error message. When you start it from a the [Programs] menu/Desktop the window closes before you can read what the error message.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">- The error message reads: Error in GXSTRT: Unable to connect to X server<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">4) If you believe Xming is the problem, start grads in batch mode ("grads -b") and let me know if this works.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">- this appears to work<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The above test I have done with my wireless radio turned OFF! When I turn the wireless radio back on again Opengrads opens without any problem. The conclusion from my side is that Opengrads needs an internet connection to start. I have only experienced this since I migrated to Windows 7. Hopefully, this can change as I also need Opengrads when I don’t have an internet connection.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Herbert<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Arlindo da Silva<br>
<b>Sent:</b> donderdag 22 december 2011 16:37<br><b>To:</b> GrADS Users Forum<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [gradsusr] Opengrads in Windows 7<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Rupak Rajbhandari <<a href="mailto:rupak.rajbhandari@gmail.com" target="_blank">rupak.rajbhandari@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Ali,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It is not windows7 problem. I think it has to do with GrADS. Same happened to me so I switched back to version 2.0.a7.oga.1 and is working perfectly. I pressume you are talking about version 2.0.1.oga.1-win32_supaerpack.exe.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Anybody else experiencing this problem? We have had about 1,600 downloads for this release and this is the first time I hear about this problem; unless issues like this get reported they cannot be fixed. At this point I'll need more information to diagnose the problem as I am not able to reproduce this problem on several Windows 7 machines I tried the 2.0.1.oga.1 superpack on. Please remember,<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">1) Make sure your Windows 7 firewall is not blocking the Xming application (it should ask you if it is OK for it to run Xming, and you should say "yes"). The is the most common problem.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">2) Make sure your download is not corrupted. It is always a good idea to re-download a fresh copy, re-install, and check whether the problem persists.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">3) I'll need the specific error message you got when it crashed. You may need to start grads from the windows command line (cmd.exe) in order to see the actual error message. When you start it from a the [Programs] menu/Desktop the window closes before you can read what the error message.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">4) If you believe Xming is the problem, start grads in batch mode ("grads -b") and let me know if this works.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> Arlindo<span><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
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