Re: Empty PS/EPS

In my case, I think it was something system-related. The machine was still
being set up and a bit unstable, particularly with the I/O. The problem has
recurred a couple times since then, but less often. I'll let you know if it
comes back.

    Carl

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Rick Brownrigg <brownrig@ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Walter,
>
> I wondered about this issue when it first appeared and then inexplicably
> disappeared -- must be sun spots, or something :-/
> When you say "empty" PS files, do you mean zero-lengthed files, or empty
> of graphics (that is, is there at least some postscript preamble written to
> the files but no actual graphics, or are they just plain empty)? Is it
> dataset dependent; i.e., if it works for one dataset, it always works? And
> when it fails, do you always get the GKS error cited below?
>
> I'm not sure what to advise at this point -- If there's anyway to get
> ahold of a test case that exhibits the problem, that would be hugely useful.
>
> Rick
>
> On Jan 9, 2013, at 5:26 AM, Walter Kolczynski <wckolczy@alum.wustl.edu>
> wrote:
>
> I've also been having this problem intermittently. Sometimes the PS is
> created properly, then I'll get only empty files using the same script
> later. Then it'll work again the next day once or twice before breaking
> again. PDF works reliably. I believe the problem is related to the
> following one I posted on the ncl-install list (
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Support/install_archives/2012/0210.html), which
> may help isolating the bug. When I set cnFillMode = "RasterFill", I get
> the following warnings:
>
> cro_Text: can only retrieve current color for solid patterns
> warning:GKS:GCA: --GKS NOT IN PROPER STATE: GKS SHALL BE IN STATE GKCL
>
> As requested earlier in this thread, here is the ldd (cairo-trace does not
> work):
>
> linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff18bff000)
> libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fe5ad360000)
> libbz2.so.1 => /lib64/libbz2.so.1 (0x00007fe5ad151000)
> libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fe5acf47000)
> libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fe5acc09000)
> libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fe5ac9f7000)
> libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fe5ac7a1000)
> libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fe5ac59c000)
> libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fe5ac291000)
> libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fe5ac07a000)
> libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fe5abd1b000)
> /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fe5ad5aa000)
> libxcb-xlib.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0
> (0x00007fe5abb19000)
> libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fe5ab8fd000)
> libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fe5ab6f8000)
>
> [Performed when postscripts were malfunctioning.]
>
> - Walter
>
>
>
> On 20-Dec-12 11:57, Carl Schreck wrote:
>
> Not sure what changed, but I think they rebooted the server and now it
> works fine. If it happens again, I'll run those diagnostics.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Carl
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Rick Brownrigg <brownrig@ucar.edu>wrote:
>
>> Hi Carl,
>>
>> Offhand, I don't know what could cause that. On the machine where this
>> does not work, I'd be curious as to the output of:
>>
>> ldd `which ncl`
>>
>> and
>>
>> cairo-trace --no-file ncl yourScript.ncl
>>
>> The later may not work depending on how things are linked and of course
>> whether cairo-trace is even installed on your machine, but…
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 20, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Carl Schreck <carl@cicsnc.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'm testing out a new machine here, and I'm having a strange issue.
>> If I output to an PDF or PNG, everything is fine. But if I try to output to
>> EPS or PS, it just makes an empty file.
>>
>> The same script will do it on one machine, but not the other. And I do
>> delete(wks) at the end. So it shouldn't be the script.
>>
>> I'm using ncl_ncarg-6.1.0.Linux_RedHat_x86_64_gcc444.tar.gz
>>
>> The machine that works has: gcc (GCC) 4.5.3
>> The machine that doesn't has: gcc (GCC) 4.4.6 20120305 (Red Hat 4.4.6-4)
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks and Happy Holidays!
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> --
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>> Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC)
>> North Carolina State University | NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
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Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC)
North Carolina State University   |   NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
Email: carl@cicsnc.org   |   Tel: 828-257-3140
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