GKS problem

[Francisco Pastor <paco@xxxxxxx>]

    Hi ferreters

    I am running Ferret from a shell script to produce daily plots of some variables. In the sh script I
export the variable FER_DIR (export FER_DIR=/usr/local/ferret) so Ferret can properly run.

    When I run the script it works fine but when I use it with cron it gives the following error
messages:

> yes? gopenws()   21 Specified connection identifier is invalid
> gactivatews()    6 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be either in the state WSOP or in the state
> WSAC
> gsetdeferst()    7 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be in one of the states WSOP, WSAC or SGOP
> gsetlinerep()    7 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be in one of the states WSOP, WSAC or SGOP
> ginqmaxwssttables()   22 Specified workstation type is invalid
> gclearws()    6 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be either in the state WSOP or in the state WSAC
> gdeactivatews()    3 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be in the state WSAC
> gactivatews()    6 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be either in the state WSOP or in the state WSAC

> ginqwsconntype()    7 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be in one of the states WSOP, WSAC or SGOP
> gsetwswindow()    7 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be in one of the states WSOP, WSAC or SGOP
> gescsetdcsize()    7 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be in one of the states WSOP, WSAC or SGOP
> /web/meteo/scripts/torres/aras/ferret.aras[21]: 128 Bus error(coredump)


    What's the difference between running it "by hand" and using cron? It is the same problem a user is
having when trying to run Ferret from
its PC (running Xwin).

    Working in a HPC200 with HP-UX.10.20.

    Thanks in advance

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> Francisco Pastor
> Meteorology Department
> Fundacion CEAM, Spain
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