[ncl-install] X11 function issues

[kirstie stramler]

Yay Ted!

Removing the DISPLAY settings did the trick.  Yippeee!!

This example works fine:     ncl gsun01n.ncl

Not convinced that the NCAR Graphics example worked...  does it need to work
or

can weather maps be scripted in NCL these days? I don't need the fronts or
barbs, I just need to overlay 3 or 4 fields - contour map overlays would be
fine.  The top example here is encouraging:
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/polar.shtml

In either event, thanks for helping me get the engines fired up!!
Kirstie

PS If anybody is interested, I saw here that NCL doesn't do weather maps
(scroll down to the bottom) on an older page:
http://ngwww.ucar.edu/getstarted.html


On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Ted Mansell <Ted.Mansell at noaa.gov> wrote:

> X11 gets messed up after security updates, and there have been some
> recently.  You can try re-installing the version you have now, or try the
> latest version.
>
> Also, if you have a recent version of X11, you should not set DISPLAY at
> all.  It will be automatically set to something like
> DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-PPNQQM/:0   You might try first removing the DISPLAY
> settings from your .bashrc
>
> -- Ted
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2010, at 6:05 PM, kirstie stramler wrote:
>
>  hi,
>>
>> I've got a MacBook Pro (intel) and am running OS 10.5.8 and need NCL/NCAR
>> Graphics to generate weather maps for a paper (revisions due next month).
>>
>> am following the environment configuring instructions on
>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/get_started.shtml#SetUpEnvironment
>>
>> and have discovered that a semi-dysfunctional X11 ...  here are the
>> symptoms:
>>        • when I click on the X11 icon, the icon bounces for a while and
>> top indicates two X11.bin running, then the icon stops bouncing, X11 doesn't
>> open, and top still continues to indicate two X11.bin running
>>        • both .bashrc and .bash_profile contain export DISPLAY=:0.0;
>> export DISPLAY={IP}:0.0; export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
>>        • Matlab can open X11, however (and top indicates that X11.bin and
>> Xquartz and quartz-wm & xinit are running)
>>        • I am unable to open an X11 XTerm, even in Matlab's X11 (although
>> top indicates their presence)
>>        • The 'About X11' GUI indicates that Matlab is opening XQuartz
>> 2.1.6 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple33)
>>        • when I go poking around I find that I actually have two versions
>> of X
>>        • the old version (X11R6) is softlinked to the new version
>> (XQuartz)
>>        • when I type open /usr/X11R6/bin/X or open /usr/X11/bin/X it hangs
>> with '/usr/X11/bin/Xquartz ; exit;' and top indicates that X11.bin is
>> running but I am unable to access it
>> questions are:
>>
>> (1) am i having a problem with the DISPLAY variable?
>> when i invoke host {drivename} I get 2 IP addresses and 2 unknowns &
>> neither IP matches the one indicated by the GUI in System Preferences, which
>> is the one I used (I tried all 3).  it would seem that my Mac is having an
>> identity crisis of sorts.
>>
>> (2) should I install a newer version of XQuartz or will that mean I can't
>> use Matlab either?  No plotting for me!?!
>> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.5.2
>>
>> will be profoundly appreciative of any assistance
>> kirstie
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