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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Arlindo + list,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></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:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></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 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>should say "yes"). The is the most common problem.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>- done this but it didn’t solve the problem<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- this appears to work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Herbert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] <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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Rupak Rajbhandari <<a href="mailto:rupak.rajbhandari@gmail.com">rupak.rajbhandari@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></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,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> Arlindo<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Arlindo da Silva<br><a href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>