Re: Ubuntu Linux: No plot in x11 window

I'm stumped by this problem.

Another person had a similar problem with Ubuntu, and I think he just
gave up and didn't bother with the X11 driver.

I'm writing to ask all Ubuntu NCL users out there if you've
run into this problem, and found a work-around for it.

Erik's suggestion sounds promising, but as he pointed out,
he wasn't having problems with X11.

Thanks for any advice!

--Mary

On Thu, 1 May 2008, Erik Noble wrote:

> 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: 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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