[ncl-install] Installing NCL

[Mary Haley]

Hi Lisa,

Did you start an X/Cygwin window rather than just a Cygwin window? This is very important if you are going to display NCL graphics to an X11 window.

Please read over these documents for information on starting an X/Cygwin window:

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/cygwin.shtml#RunCygwinX
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html

If you continue to have problems, please be specific about how you are trying to start X/Cygwin. You may want to send an email to the Cygwin folks if you can't seem to get the window opened.

--Mary


On Nov 29, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Lisa Alexander <lisa_s_a at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Hello, 
> I am new to NCL and have been trying to install it on my laptop.
> 
> I have followed all the instructions at:
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/cygwin.shtml
> Everything has worked fine until I got this message (after trying to display xy04n.ncl):
> warning:GKS:GOPWK: --X driver error: DISPLAY environment variable not set
> as well as a number of 'fatal' messages.
> 
> So I checked printenv DISPLAY and it shows the 0.0 value...
> 
> As for the window I am working in...it does not have an X in the upper left corner.
> I also try to open up the XWin Server in my start menu and it does not stay on the screen (just flashes and disappears quickly)...
> 
> Could someone help me to get this display/graphical issue worked out?
> 
> Thanks,
> Lisa
> 
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