On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:36 AM, hersala <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hersala@gmail.com">hersala@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thank you very for solving this mystery. I have added your solution to our Wiki and "Getting Started" file. I have stopped using Windows years ago, no wonder I never ran into this problem. The ultimate solution would be to rewrite the graphics engine to skip the X11 layer altogether. Unfortunately, grads relies heavily on X windows and to preserve all the functionality will take some effort.</div>
<div><br></div><div> Arlindo</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br>Arlindo da Silva<br><a href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</a><br>