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

Here is the output you asked about:

seancrowell_at_Shanbook:~$ env
SSH_AGENT_PID=5293
SHELL=/bin/bash
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
TERM=xterm
XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=f92d4f0fae9fee96b346fe00480e9c00-1209751482.104562-3517923
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/seancrowell/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
WINDOWID=37748831
USER=seancrowell
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.flac=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.mpc=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.wav=01;35:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-RsbVfk5258/agent.5258
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-kCw392/socket
SESSION_MANAGER=local/Shanbook:/tmp/.ICE-unix/5258
USERNAME=seancrowell
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
DESKTOP_SESSION=default
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
PWD=/home/seancrowell
NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=5255
GDM_LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GDMSESSION=default
HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
SHLVL=1
HOME=/home/seancrowell
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
LOGNAME=seancrowell
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-x0SPdYhLPj,guid=00146aa6177ffa7042ebd300481b57bc
LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
WINDOWPATH=7
DISPLAY=:0.0
LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.gdm6ILHAU
_=/usr/bin/env

______________________________________________

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: Gerry Creager [gerry.creager_at_tamu.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 1:28 PM
To: Crowell, Sean M.
Cc: Mary Haley
Subject: Re: Ubuntu Linux: No plot in x11 window

If it's shell-related, it's almost certainly an environment variable
issue. Sean, can you send the results of the 'env' command? That'd
allow someone to see if you've got appropriate environment variable set.

I muddle through essentially the shell-of-the-day. As long as
/etc/csh.login and /etc/profile have appropriate environment settings. I
just see things work. I also tend to use app-specific profiles when I
do something strange, but my use of NCL is pretty much the norm, so
we've incorporated these into system-wide scripts.

gerry

Crowell, Sean M. wrote:
> I didn't have csh or tcsh installed, but when I installed them, I got the same results as before. I tried both the standard example and the other method you suggested involving ctrans.
> ______________________________________________
>
> 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: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:47 AM
> To: Crowell, Sean M.
> Subject: RE: [ncl-talk] Ubuntu Linux: No plot in x11 window
>
> Sean,
>
> We're wondering if the problem might be that you don't have /bin/csh.
>
> It seems odd that this would be a problem, but could you try installing
> this, and then re-running the "ncl gsun01n.ncl" example?
>
> --Mary
>
> On Thu, 1 May 2008, Crowell, Sean M. 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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