[ncl-talk] problem with x11 window

[David Craig]

Not sshing on a mac or otherwise. Installed 6.2.1, should also have 
mentioned that after install the following test,

ncargex cpex08 -clean

gave the error below,

NCAR Graphics Fortran Example <cpex08>

Copying cpex08.f

Copying cpexcc.f

Compiling and linking...
gfortran -fPIC -fno-second-underscore -fno-range-check -fopenmp -O -o 
cpex08 cpexcc.f cpex08.f -L/home/davcra/ncl/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 
-lncarg -lncarg_gks -lncarg_c -lX11 -lXext -lcairo -lfontconfig 
-lpixman-1 -lfreetype -lexpat -lpng -lz -lpthread -lXrender -lbz2
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcairo
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfontconfig
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpixman-1
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfreetype
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

The compile and link failed.



On 24/01/15 21:05, Alan Brammer wrote:
> --Sorry for the double mail David, forgot to cc ncl-talk.
>
> Are you sshing in from a Mac?  Sounds similar to the problems I used 
> to have.   In which case it may be the below.    If not,  the next 
> question will be which version of ncl did you install?
>
> Below taken from the release page. 
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/prev_releases.shtml
>
>   * There is a bug in Apple's new XQuartz windowing system that causes
>     NCL's cairo X11 window to not display properly on Mac systems
>     running MacOS 10.8 or later, or on Macs that have been upgraded to
>     use XQuartz 2.7.x as the default X11 window system.
>
>     *Note: as of November 10, 2013, this bug has been fixed by
>     XQuartz. You need to download and install version 2.7.5 from
>     http://xquartz.macosforge.org/. Be sure to kill any old XQuartz
>     servers that are still running.*
>
>     If you can't upgrade your XQuartz for some reason, then a
>     work-around is to use "ncl.xq.fix". You must use this executable
>     in place of "ncl":
>
>        ncl.xq.fix myscript.ncl
>     If this seems to fix the problem, then you can make this your
>     default "ncl":
>        mv $NCARG_ROOT/bin/ncl $NCARG_ROOT/bin/ncl.bkp
>        mv $NCARG_ROOT/bin/ncl.xq.fix $NCARG_ROOT/bin/ncl
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 3:09 PM, David Craig <dcdavemail at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dcdavemail at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I recently installed ncl on an a linux machine and am having trouble
>     with the x11 window. Figures do not plot fully, only a portion of the
>     plot displays and the axis etc are missing. My scripts run fine if I
>     save to pdf or another format the problem is just with the x11 window.
>
>     xeyes works correctly so I think the DISPLAY environment variable
>     is ok.
>     I don't get any error or warning messages. My system info is,
>
>     uname -a
>     Linux davcra-Lenovo-G570 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2
>     23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>     Any advice?
>
>     David
>
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