NCL 6.1, Batch Jobs, and Plot Problems

From: Walter Kolczynski <wckolczy_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Mon Dec 10 2012 - 12:54:16 MST

All,

I recently tried to update from NCL 6.0 to NCL 6.1 because I needed some
of the new List functionality. However, when trying to create a panel
plot using the new version as a batch (PBS) job using qsub, I get the
following error:

cro_Text: can only retrieve current color for solid patterns
warning:GKS:GCA: --GKS NOT IN PROPER STATE: GKS SHALL BE IN STATE GKCL

The error repeats for each panel on the page. The output workstation (a
postscript file) is created, but is empty. When I try to create a
non-panel plot, there is still no plot but no error is printed.

  However, this only happens in batch mode. If I run the same script
using the interactive prompt, it runs without error. The same script
also works correctly in non-interactive batch mode using NCL 6.0.

I am using the pre-compiled, non-OPenDAP RedHat binaries for both 6.0
and 6.1:
ncl_ncarg-6.0.0.Linux_RedHat_x86_64_nodap_gcc412.tar.gz
ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.Linux_RedHat_x86_64_nodap_gcc444.tar.gz

The operating system is actually SUSE Linux, but as I said the RedHat
binaries have worked in the past. The gcc version is 4.3.4, so the
problem may be related to the fact that the 6.1 binary is compiled with
a more recent version.

Any suggestions?

- Walter Kolczynski, Jr.
NRC Post-Doctoral Researcher
Naval Postgraduate School Dept. of Meteorology

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