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    Hello,<br>
    <br>
    I have OSX 10.7.1(Lion) of x86_64. I am using NCL version 6.0.0
    installed through the binary and I am having the same problem
    earlier expressed by Junjun.<br>
    <br>
    Adeyemi.<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    On 9/19/11 5:20 PM, Noble, Erik U. (GSFC)[COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY]
    wrote:
    <blockquote cite="mid:7735FD62-3AEA-4DDF-B068-594AC5B8D06E@nasa.gov"
      type="cite">I downloaded the file. I typed "idt&nbsp;gmetad.300" and it
      opened up. I am using OSX 10.7 (Lion).
      <div>I am using the latest ncl binary compile with gcc/gfortran
        but I am using intel(ifort/icc) compilers by default.</div>
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                <blockquote type="cite">If I don't want to move
                  everything (bin, include, library etc) to the<br>
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                <blockquote type="cite">system directory /usr/local,
                  what should I do to tell ncar use the<br>
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                <blockquote type="cite">Macport compilers and libraries?
                  Do I need to manually edit scripts<br>
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                <blockquote type="cite">ncargf90 and ncargcc?</blockquote>
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      <div>Go to /opt/local/bin and create a symbolic link within the
        directory</div>
      <div>ln -sf&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(103,
          10, 5); ">gcc-mp-4.5 gcc</span></div>
      <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(103, 10, 5);
          ">and&nbsp;</span></div>
      <div>ln -sf&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(103,
          10, 5); ">&nbsp;gfortran-mp-4.5 gfortran</span></div>
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      <div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#670a05">If&nbsp;<span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">/opt/local/bin
            is not the fist thing in your PATH, then create a .bashrc
            (.cshrc) file that makes this so whenever you need to use
            gcc/gfortran 4.5.&nbsp;</span><br>
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              <div>_______________________________________________________</div>
              <div>Erik Noble</div>
              <div>Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia
                University</div>
              <div>NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies</div>
              <div>2880 Broadway, New York, NY-10025, USA</div>
              <div><br>
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              <div>Tel: +1 (212) 678-5512; Fax: +1 (212) 678-5552</div>
              <div>E-mail: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:enoble@giss.nasa.gov">enoble@giss.nasa.gov</a>,
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:en2192@columbia.edu">en2192@columbia.edu</a></div>
              <div>WEB: &nbsp;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/enoble.html">http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/enoble.html</a></div>
              <div>GISS: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://www.giss.nasa.gov">http://www.giss.nasa.gov</a></div>
              <div>CCSR: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://www.ccsr.columbia.edu">http://www.ccsr.columbia.edu</a></div>
              <div>_______________________________________________________</div>
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          <div>On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Mary Haley wrote:</div>
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            <div>Thanks for providing the file. I was able to view it
              just fine under my Snow Leopard Mac, but that was
              expected.<br>
              <br>
              I don't have a Lion system, but I've sent the file to
              someone who does to see if they have the same problem.<br>
              <br>
              It does sound like an X server issue. <br>
              <br>
              If anybody else has a Mac Lion system could they try the
              same thing that JunJun did, and let me know if you have a
              problem or not?<br>
              <br>
              Thanks,<br>
              <br>
              --Mary<br>
              <br>
              On Sep 19, 2011, at 8:52 AM, Junjun Mao wrote:<br>
              <br>
              <blockquote type="cite">Hi Mary,<br>
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              <blockquote type="cite"><br>
              </blockquote>
              <blockquote type="cite">Attached is a multi-picture file a
                user forwarded to me. When I load it into idt and hit
                animate button I get<br>
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              <blockquote type="cite"><br>
              </blockquote>
              <blockquote type="cite">mac_ idt gmetad.300<br>
              </blockquote>
              <blockquote type="cite">X Error of failed request:
                &nbsp;BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)<br>
              </blockquote>
              <blockquote type="cite"> Major opcode of failed request:
                &nbsp;73 (X_GetImage)<br>
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              <blockquote type="cite"> Serial number of failed request:
                &nbsp;435<br>
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              <blockquote type="cite"> Current serial number in output
                stream: &nbsp;435<br>
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              <blockquote type="cite">If I use my Linux box to "ssh -Y"
                to his Mac OS X Lion, I can do the "animate" properly
                though.<br>
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              <blockquote type="cite">Junjun<br>
              </blockquote>
              <blockquote type="cite"><br>
              </blockquote>
              <blockquote type="cite">On 09/19/2011 10:48 AM, Mary Haley
                wrote:<br>
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                <blockquote type="cite">Junjun,<br>
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                <blockquote type="cite">Can you be more specific by what
                  you mean by the "animate" function? &nbsp;What exactly are
                  you running that causes the crash?<br>
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                <blockquote type="cite">Also, do you get any kind of
                  warnings or errors?<br>
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                <blockquote type="cite">--Mary<br>
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                <blockquote type="cite">On Sep 19, 2011, at 8:46 AM,
                  Junjun Mao wrote:<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">The "animate" function of the
                    pre-compiled binary of ncar on Mac OS X<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">Lion crashes. I don't know if
                    it is a X11 library computability problem<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">or something missing in the
                    installation.<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">Reading instruction and notes
                    for Mac at<br>
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                      href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/macosx.shtml">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/macosx.shtml</a>
                    I see a line:<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">"If it echoes "10.7.x", then
                    you should be able to use the above binary,<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">but you may also need to
                    install "gfortran" via MacPorts:<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">sudo port install gcc45
                    +gfortran"<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">So I suspected I have to use
                    MacPort gcc and gfortran. However, the<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">installed the installed gcc
                    and gfortran are located under<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">/opt/local/bin and named
                    gcc-mp-4.5 and gfortran-mp-4.5 receptively.<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">If I don't want to move
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                  <blockquote type="cite">system directory /usr/local,
                    what should I do to tell ncar use the<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">Macport compilers and
                    libraries? Do I need to manually edit scripts<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">ncargf90 and ncargcc?<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">Dr. Junjun Mao<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">Research Associate and Systems
                    Manager<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite">Levich Institute, City College
                    of New York<br>
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              <blockquote type="cite">Dr. Junjun Mao<br>
              </blockquote>
              <blockquote type="cite">Research Associate and Systems
                Manager<br>
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              <blockquote type="cite">Levich Institute, City College of
                New York<br>
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              <blockquote type="cite">Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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              <blockquote type="cite">&lt;gmetad.300&gt;<br>
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