Re: Question about idt not displaying gmeta file on OS X

From: Mary Haley <haley_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:23:36 -0700 (MST)

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Jenny Fox wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm trying to run idt on a mac (non-intel) running 10.4.8. The idt command
> window opens, and the window with the filename opens, but I can't skip
> through the frames. It's as if the file isn't really open.

Hi Jenny,

Can you try running "ictrans" on the same machine on the same file?
You type:

   ictrans -d X11 gmeta

and then when the prompt comes up, type '1p' to plot the first frame.
Since "idt" uses "ictrans" internally, I need to rule out that ictrans
is the problem.

> I know there are frames in this gmeta file, because on another mac (on
> 10.4.8, same ncarg install) it opens fine. The only error message in the idt
> window is:
>
> Display(0): Can't find any spooled devices for printing (which I also get on
> the machine that displays the file)
> Display(0):1
>
> and on the machine where it actually works, the last line is:
>
> Display(0): 16
>
> indicating that there are 16 frames in the file.

So when you click on the right-pointing filled triangle, you don't see
any images?

> I don't think it's a memory issue, although that is possible. This mac has
> 640MB RAM. Xwindows runs correctly (other apps requiring X are fine).
>
> Has anyone seen this kind of behavior?

No, I haven't. I'm running idt right now on my 10.4 Mac G5, and it works
fine.

> Thanks!
>
> --jenny
>
> P.S. Has anyone installed ncarg on an Intel Mac yet?

Yes, I have a binary if you need one. It was built with gcc and g95.

--Mary

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