<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Simone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I realize I misunderstood the problem. You we expecting colored contour against a black background. Maybe a white background will reveal something useful to Jennifer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Love, Mr. Gary, Contractor, Code 7542 <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 12, 2017 12:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'GrADS Users Forum'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Grads 2.1.a3 - Problem plotting Intel graphic<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Simone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your plot appears to be black-on-black. Have you tried ‘set background 1’ or ‘set display white’ then ‘clear’ to create a white background in the display before you render your plot? I had to fiddle a lot with these commands when I converted to Grads 2.1.a2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a> [<a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org">mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Simone Montagnani<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 11, 2017 5:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [gradsusr] Grads 2.1.a3 - Problem plotting Intel graphic<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I'm posting here after days of searching and testing with no results.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I have a specific problem that seems to affect Grads 2.1.a3 ( but I think even the latest versions ).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I can reproduce it, with my specific input files like with the official grads test too.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Here are some details of my tests:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hardware:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PC Lenovo with Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4170 CPU with integrated Intel graphics.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PC HP DC7900 ( old 2008 model with Intel graphics too )<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Software:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>O.S. Linux Ubuntu 16.04<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kernel 4.4 & Kernel 4.5<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>With and without Intel graphics update tool 2.0.2 installed<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Used Grads 2.1.a3 as binary downloaded from your site or package from ubuntu 16.10 via apt pinning .<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Intel update tool packages installed:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ii i965-va-driver:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 VAAPI driver for Intel G45 & HD Graphics family<br>ii intel-gpu-tools 1.15-1intel1 amd64 tools for debugging the Intel graphics driver<br>ii libcairo-gobject2:amd64 1.15.2-0intel1 amd64 Cairo 2D vector graphics library (GObject library)<br>ii libcairo-script-interpreter2:amd64 1.15.2-0intel1 amd64 Cairo 2D vector graphics library (script interpreter)<br>ii libcairo2:amd64 1.15.2-0intel1 amd64 Cairo 2D vector graphics library<br>ii libcairo2-dev 1.15.2-0intel1 amd64 Development files for the Cairo 2D graphics library<br>ii libdrm-intel1:amd64 2.4.68-1 amd64 Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime<br>ii libegl1-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of the EGL API -- runtime<br>ii libegl1-mesa-drivers:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 transitional dummy package<br>ii libgbm1:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 generic buffer management API -- runtime<br>ii libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules<br>ii libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime<br>ii libglapi-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of the GL API -- shared library<br>ii libgles1-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL|ES 1.x API -- runtime<br>ii libgles2-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL|ES 2.x API -- runtime<br>ii libosmesa6:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 Mesa Off-screen rendering extension<br>ii libva-drm1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- DRM runtime<br>ii libva-egl1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- EGL runtime<br>ii libva-glx1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- GLX runtime<br>ii libva-tpi1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- TPI runtime<br>ii libva-wayland1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- Wayland runtime<br>ii libva-x11-1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- X11 runtime<br>ii libva1:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- runtime<br>ii libwayland-egl1-mesa:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 implementation of the Wayland EGL platform -- runtime<br>ii libxatracker2:amd64 11.2.2-0intel1 amd64 X acceleration library -- runtime<br>ii va-driver-all:amd64 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API -- driver metapackage<br>ii vainfo 1.7.1-0intel1 amd64 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- info program<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Problem:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I cannot graph correctly the image, in attach the results with model.ctl file used as a test.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>With grads 2.0 no problem everything is ok in this PCs.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I think it's a Intel graphic problem, but Kernel upgrades , Intel drivers updates doesn't change anything.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Do you have any ideas? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I cannot use other distributions , I use grads without problems on various Fedora and CentOS servers, but in this case I need it to work with this Ubuntu version and hardware!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Any help is really appreciated,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Regards all<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Simone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>