RE: [ferret_users] Graphics display problem...

["Blaker A.T." <atb299@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bill,

Everything else X dependent that I have tried so far seems to work fine, including
xterm, xclock, xcalc, and other packages not beginning with "x", such as ncview.

xhost + [machine-name] seems to make no difference either.

I am not 100% certain, but I think xhost is correctly set up. The fact that all the other
packages I have tried work fine tends to suggest this is the case. Ferret must do
something differently to the other packages when it requests a display window.

Thanks,

Dr Adam Blaker

Ocean Modelling and Forecasting
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
________________________________________
From: William S. Kessler [William.S.Kessler@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 December 2010 14:26
To: Blaker A.T.
Cc: ferret_users@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ferret_users] Graphics display problem...

Have you set xhost correctly? The message:

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>
suggests not. Can you open anything else X (xterm, xclock, ...)?Try:

(xhost + [machine-name]).

BK

On 09 Dec 2010, at 2:19 AM, Blaker A.T. wrote:

> Dear Ferreters,
>
> I would like to know if anyone else has had (and hopefully solved)
> problems with Ferret
> being unable to display plotting windows?
>
> We have a problem when running Ferret under SUSE SLED v11.1, where
> Ferret seems
> unable to connect to the X Server, for example:-
>
> 22 > ferret
>       NOAA/PMEL TMAP
>       FERRET v6.64
>       Linux(gfortran) 2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp - 09/16/10
>        9-Dec-10 10:00
>
> set memory/size=9999
> Cached data cleared from memory
> yes? set data levitus_climatology
> yes? sho d
>     currently SET data sets:
>    1> /nerc/packages/ferret/6.64/fer_dsets/data/
> levitus_climatology.cdf  (default)
> name     title                             I         J
> K         L
> TEMP     TEMPERATURE                      1:360     1:180
> 1:20      ...
> SALT     SALINITY                         1:360     1:180
> 1:20      ...
>
> yes? shade temp[k=1]
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
>
> Can't connect to X Server :0.0
> Your DISPLAY environment variable must be set to
> point to a working X server.
>
> gopenws()   26 Specified workstation cannot be opened
> 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
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> ginqmaxwssttables()   22 Specified workstation type is invalid
> 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
> gupdatews()    7 GKS not in proper state: GKS shall be in one of the
> states WSOP, WSAC or SGOP
> **ERROR: required program command has not been given: graphical
> output device isnt ready
> yes?
>
> The DISPLAY environment is set correctly:-
> 23 > env | grep DISPLAY
> DISPLAY=:0.0
>
> I have tried many other X dependent applications, including xclock,
> xcalc, and packages
> such as ncview and all these work fine. We do not have the same
> problem using Ferret
> under SUSE SLED v10.3, the plotting windows appear fine.
>
> Has anyone else encountered this behaviour before? I am not sure
> whether it is something
> subtle that has changed or is missing from the X setup between SLED
> 10 and SLED 11, or
> whether it is something to do with Ferret. One one hand, it seems
> obvious that it is a SLED
> 10/11 or X Server problem, but on the other hand the fact that all
> the other packages I have
> tried seem to work fine, suggests that it is a Ferret issue.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Dr Adam Blaker
>
> Ocean Modelling and Forecasting
> National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William S. Kessler
NOAA / Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle WA 98115 USA

william.s.kessler@xxxxxxxx
Tel: 206-526-6221
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