Re: Error displaying plots: "Can't initialize device"

Make sure you are typing "X11" with a capital X. Typing "ctrans -d x11 gmeta" will not work.

--Mary

On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:43 PM, Roshil Paudyal <p.roshil1994@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have not been able to display any plots since a few days.
>
> When I type "ctrans -d X11 filename.ncgm", I get an error message:
>
> ctrans: FATAL - open(/usr/local/lib/ncarg/graphcaps/x11,O_RDONLY)
> ctrans: FATAL - Can't initialize device(/usr/local/lib/ncarg/graphcaps/x11) [ open(/usr/local/lib/ncarg/graphcaps/x11,O_RDONLY) ]
>
> Even if I choose to display directly on X11 workstation instead of creating a ncgm file, a plot flashes for a fraction of a second and disappears.
>
> The problem does not arise for a specific code. Every code give the same error message; even the examples from the ncar website. However, all these scripts were working fine and plots were being displayed properly till a few days ago.
>
> It would be great if I could get some feedback on how to approach this problem.
>
> uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-6.0 Roshil-PC 1.7.20(0.266/5/3) 2013-06-07 11:11 i686 Cygwin
>
> ncl -V
> 6.1.2
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Roshil
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