[las_users] a fresh new LAS not plotting COADS!

[emanuele.lombardi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dear LAS-ists,

I've just made a fresh new LAS installation on my Linux machine and it
works properly UNTIL the moment I ask to plot!

LAS configuration had no problem and I set the server up use the sample
COADS climatology and Levitus climatology datasets that are distributed with LAS.

I can manually plot them via Ferret, but I have errors when I try to
plot them using LAS.
  
On the browser I succesfully go up to the CONSTRAINTS page 
    http://localhost:8080/las/servlets/constrain?var=2 
    Datasets > COADS climatology  Variable(s): AIR TEMPERATURE  

and when I click the red "Next >" I get a new window with the following
error:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://colore.ifa.rm.cnr.it/las-bin/LASserver.pl?xml=%3C%3Fxml+version%3D%221.0%22%3F%3E%3ClasRequest+package%3D%22%22+href%3D%22file%3Alas.xml%22+%3E%3Clink+match%3D%22%2Flasdata%2Foperations%2Fshade%22+%2F%3E%3Cproperties+%3E%3Cferret+%3E%3Csize+%3E.5%3C%2Fsize%3E%3Cformat+%3Eshade%3C%2Fformat%3E%3Ccontour_levels+%3E%3C%2Fcontour_levels%3E%3Cdo_contour+%3Edefault%3C%2Fdo_contour%3E%3Cexpression+%3E%3C%2Fexpression%3E%3Cfill_levels+%3E%3C%2Ffill_levels%3E%3Cfill_type+%3Edefault%3C%2Ffill_type%3E%3Cimage_format+%3Edefault%3C%2Fimage_format%3E%3Cinterpolate_data+%3Efalse%3C%2Finterpolate_data%3E%3Cland_type+%3Edefault%3C%2Fland_type%3E%3Cmark_grid+%3Edefault%3C%2Fmark_grid%3E%3Cpalette+%3Edefault%3C%2Fpalette%3E%3Csize+%3E0.5%3C%2Fsize%3E%3Cuse_graticules+%3Edefault%3C%2Fuse_graticules%3E%3Cuse_ref_map+%3Edefault%3C%2Fuse_ref_map%3E%3C%2Fferret%3E%3C%2Fproperties%3E%3Cargs+%3E%3Clink+match%3D%22%!
2Flasdata%2Fdatasets%2Fcoads_climatology_cdf%2Fvariables%2Fairt%22+%2F%3E%3Clink+match%3D%22%2Flasdata%2Fdatasets%2Fcoads_climatology_cdf%2Fvariables%2Fslp%22+%2F%3E%3Cregion+%3E%3Crange+low%3D%22-48.0%22+type%3D%22x%22+high%3D%22-18.0%22+%2F%3E%3Crange+low%3D%22-4.0%22+type%3D%22y%22+high%3D%2244.0%22+%2F%3E%3Cpoint+v%3D%2215-Jan%22+type%3D%22t%22+%2F%3E%3C%2Fregion%3E%3C%2Fargs%3E%3C%2FlasRequest%3E
	at gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.FormFilter.doFilter(FormFilter.java:103)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
	at gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.SessionFilter.doFilter(SessionFilter.java:506)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
	at gov.noaa.pmel.tmap.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:24)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

There are so many other messages (as usual in Java!) 

My installation is:
  java/jdk1.5.0_05
  LAS 6_5_1_2
  tomcat is the one coming with LAS (5.5.9)  

I notice that /server/log dir is empty and also noticed some strange (to
me) lines in the file  server/Ferret_config.pl which contents are the
following:

sub ferret_config_init {
    my $config = shift;
    my $which_ferret       = "/usr/local/ferret/bin/ferret";
    my $ferret_args        = "-gif -server";
    my $ferret_ps_args     = "-server -batch";
    my $ferret_transcript  = "log/debug_ferret.jnl";

    $config->{which_ferret} = $which_ferret;
    $config->{ferret_args} = $ferret_args;
    $config->{ferret_ps_args} = $ferret_ps_args;
    $config->{ferret_transcript} = $ferret_transcript;
}
$ENV{FER_DIR} = ". /usr/local/ferret";
$ENV{FER_DESCR} = "des . . /usr/local/ferret/descr";
$ENV{FER_DATA} = "./data . . /usr/local/ferret/data /usr/local/ferret/go /usr/local/ferret/examples /usr/local/ferret/contrib";
$ENV{FER_GRIDS} = ". . /usr/local/ferret/grids";
$ENV{FER_PALETTE} = "custom jnls jnls/insitu jnls/section . . /usr/local/ferret/ppl";
$ENV{FER_GO} = "custom jnls jnls/insitu jnls/section . . /usr/local/ferret/go /usr/local/ferret/examples /usr/local/ferret/contrib";
$ENV{PLOTFONTS} = "/usr/local/ferret/ppl/fonts";
$ENV{FER_EXTERNAL_FUNCTIONS} = ". /usr/local/ferret/ext_func/libs";
$ENV{DODS_CONF} = "dods/.dodsrc";
1;

What's strange (to me) is the last line (1;) and the values of:

$ENV{FER_DESCR}
ENV{FER_GRIDS} 
$ENV{FER_GO} 


Can you help me, please?
Thank you from Italy,
Emanuele Lombardi


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