[ncl-install] Re: [ncl-talk] Ubuntu Linux: No plot in x11 window

Thu May 1 21:15:44 MDT 2008

Hi.
Here is one solution to look into if all else fails
I encountered a few problems with ubuntu and ncl in the past although
not with x11. So I switched to a version.
I installed an off-shoot of linux ubuntu, known as "Linux Mint" on my
system. It has a lot of fixes to various areas (and is very
elegent-looking, if you like that sort of stuff).
http://www.linuxmint.com/
After all of the required "sudo apt-get updates," I installed NCL, and
the x11 graphics handling works great.
-Erik

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Crowell, Sean M. <scrowell at ou.edu> wrote:
> I tried this, and it came up with a blank ctrans window.  When I closed the ctrans window it said
>
>  X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
>
>  Thanks again for all of the help.
>
> ______________________________________________
>
>  Sean Crowell
>  scrowell at ou.edu
>  National Weather Center
>  120 David L. Boren Blvd
>  Suite 2220
>  Norman, OK 73072
>  (405)325-6736
>
>  Being optimistic...is the most radical political act there is.
>  -Colin "No Impact Man" Beavan
>  ________________________________________
>  From: Mary Haley [haley at ucar.edu]
>  Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:37 PM
>  To: Crowell, Sean M.
>
> Subject: RE: [ncl-talk] Ubuntu Linux:  No plot in x11 window
>
>  Sean,
>
>  Can you try another test. Edit the "gsun01n.ncl" file from the
>  previous test, and change "x11" to "ncgm".
>
>  Then, type:
>
>    ncl gsun01n.ncl
>    ctrans -d X11 gsun01n.ncgm
>
>  and let me know if you see a plot this time.
>
>  You are the second person that's had this problem specifically
>  on Ubuntu, and I don't think we found a solution for the previous
>  person either.
>
>  I'm trying to google this to see if any info comes up.
>
>
>  --Mary
>
>
>  On Thu, 1 May 2008, Crowell, Sean M. wrote:
>
>  > Mary,
>  >
>  > By "title" I meant the title of the x11 window.  The last time that I ran the script, the terminal was the only window open, so there shouldn't have been other applications using colors.  Sorry!
>
> > ______________________________________________
>  >
>  > Sean Crowell
>  > scrowell at ou.edu
>  > National Weather Center
>  > 120 David L. Boren Blvd
>  > Suite 2220
>  > Norman, OK 73072
>  > (405)325-6736
>  >
>  > Being optimistic...is the most radical political act there is.
>  > -Colin "No Impact Man" Beavan
>  > ________________________________________
>  > From: Mary Haley [haley at ucar.edu]
>  > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:44 PM
>  > To: Crowell, Sean M.
>
> > Subject: RE: [ncl-talk] Ubuntu Linux:  No plot in x11 window
>  >
>  > Hi Sean,
>  >
>  > I'm going to take this offline for a bit while we figure it out.
>  >
>  > By "title" do you mean the title of the X11 window itself, and not
>  > the actual plot?
>  >
>  > It almost sounds like your screen is running out of colors.
>  >
>  > Do you have a lot of other applications running that might be using up
>  > a lot of colors?
>
>
> >
>  > --Mary
>  >
>  >
>  > On Thu, 1 May 2008, Crowell, Sean M. wrote:
>  >
>  >> Just blank white plots.  No axes or any other graphical features.  The windows are totally blank, though they display the title.
>  >> ______________________________________________
>  >>
>  >> Sean Crowell
>  >> scrowell at ou.edu
>  >> National Weather Center
>  >> 120 David L. Boren Blvd
>  >> Suite 2220
>  >> Norman, OK 73072
>  >> (405)325-6736
>  >>
>  >> Being optimistic...is the most radical political act there is.
>  >> -Colin "No Impact Man" Beavan
>  >> ________________________________________
>  >> From: Mary Haley [haley at ucar.edu]
>  >> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:09 PM
>  >> To: Crowell, Sean M.
>  >> Cc: ncl-talk at ucar.edu
>  >> Subject: RE: [ncl-talk] Ubuntu Linux:  No plot in x11 window
>  >>
>  >> Okay, try this instead:
>  >>
>  >>   cp $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclex/gsun/gsun01n.ncl .
>  >>   ncl gsun01n.ncl
>  >>
>  >> --Mary
>  >>
>  >> On Thu, 1 May 2008, Crowell, Sean M. wrote:
>  >>
>  >>> When I typed "ng4ex gsun01n -clean" it said
>  >>>
>  >>> bash: /usr/local/bin/ng4ex: /bin/csh:  bad interpreter: No such file or directory
>  >>> ______________________________________________
>  >>>
>  >>> Sean Crowell
>  >>> scrowell at ou.edu
>  >>> National Weather Center
>  >>> 120 David L. Boren Blvd
>  >>> Suite 2220
>  >>> Norman, OK 73072
>  >>> (405)325-6736
>  >>>
>  >>> Being optimistic...is the most radical political act there is.
>  >>> -Colin "No Impact Man" Beavan
>  >>> ________________________________________
>  >>> From: Mary Haley [haley at ucar.edu]
>  >>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:24 PM
>  >>> To: Crowell, Sean M.
>  >>> Cc: ncl-talk at ucar.edu
>  >>> Subject: Re: [ncl-talk] Ubuntu Linux:  No plot in x11 window
>  >>>
>  >>> Sean,
>  >>>
>  >>> Can you try the following, and let me know if you see a series of XY
>  >>> plots when you repeatedly click on the X11 window with your left mouse
>  >>> button:
>  >>>
>  >>>    ng4ex  gsun01n -clean
>  >>>
>  >>> --Mary
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> On Thu, 1 May 2008, Crowell, Sean M. wrote:
>  >>>
>  >>>> I installed NCL, and everything works perfectly, except that when I open an x11 workstation, nothing shows when I send a plot there.  The pdf workstation creates perfect images, so I know that I'm coding it correctly.  A "blank white" x11 window pops up, and cycles normally when I click it, until all plots are "displayed", and then closes.  I tried the command "xeyes" to make sure x11 was working properly, and it did it's normal thing.  As a side note, I'm not using CYGWIN (though that installation on another PC works great), but Ubuntu Linux (version 7.10).  Any ideas?
>  >>>> ______________________________________________
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Sean Crowell
>  >>>> scrowell at ou.edu<mailto:scrowell at ou.edu>
>  >>>> National Weather Center
>  >>>> 120 David L. Boren Blvd
>  >>>> Suite 2220
>  >>>> Norman, OK 73072
>  >>>> (405)325-6736
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Being optimistic...is the most radical political act there is.
>  >>>> -Colin "No Impact Man" Beavan
>  >>>>
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