[GRASS-user] d.mon and libgdal.so.1 on a cluster

Jose_Miguel_Martins · February 18, 2009, 7:20pm

Dear GRASS users,

I am doing the first steps on GRASS on a cluster in my institute. After logging in:

ssh -X name_of_machine

I launch grass63. When trying to start a monitor, say x0, it returns:

    GRASS 6.3.0 > d.mon start=x0
    ERROR: no such monitor 'x0'
    ERROR: No such monitor as 'x0'
    Problem selecting x0. Will try once more
    ERROR: No such monitor as 'x0'

When listing the monitors:

    name description
    ---- -----------
    PNG Create PNG file
    png1 Create PNG file
    png2 Create PNG file
    png3 Create PNG file
    png4 Create PNG file
    png5 Create PNG file
    png6 Create PNG file
    png7 Create PNG file
    gism Create PNG file for gis.m
    HTMLMAP Create HTML Image Map
    PS Create PS file
    ps1 Create PS file
    ps2 Create PS file
    ps3 Create PS file
    ps4 Create PS file
    ps5 Create PS file
    ps6 Create PS file
    ps7 Create PS file

So, no graphics monitor available to start.

    Another problem is one that I am having both on the cluster and on
    my personal computer: v.in.ogr does not work.
    GRASS 6.3.0 > v.in.ogr
    v.in.ogr: error while loading shared libraries: libgdal.so.1: cannot
    open shared object file: No such file or directory

I already know that some symbolic links must be made before proceeding, but the problem is that my "ldconfig" is running weird and returning

    jdelgado@jdelgado-laptop:~$ ldconfig
    /sbin/ldconfig.real: ?e is not a known library type
    /sbin/ldconfig.real: ???@*k?Q-??V?e???P???N\|?

etc...

Thank you in advance for your suggestions.

Greetings

Jose Delgado

Agustin_Diez_Castil1 · February 19, 2009, 8:28am

Did you try another g.gui option?

Description:
Launches a GRASS graphical user interface (GUI) session.

Keywords:
general, gui

Usage:
g.gui [-u] [gui=string] [workspace=name] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:
   -u Update default GUI setting
  --v Verbose module output
  --q Quiet module output

Parameters:
         gui GUI type
                Default value: GRASS_GUI if defined otherwise tcltk
               options: tcltk,oldtcltk,wxpython
                tcltk: Tcl/Tk based GUI - GIS Manager (gis.m)
                oldtcltk: Old Tcl/Tk based GUI - Display Manager (d.m)
                wxpython: wxPython based next generation GUI
   workspace Name of workspace file

El Feb 18, 2009, a las 8:20 PM, Jose Miguel Martins Delgado escribió:

Dear GRASS users,

I am doing the first steps on GRASS on a cluster in my institute. After logging in:

ssh -X name_of_machine

I launch grass63. When trying to start a monitor, say x0, it returns:

  GRASS 6.3.0 > d.mon start=x0
  ERROR: no such monitor 'x0'
  ERROR: No such monitor as 'x0'
  Problem selecting x0. Will try once more
  ERROR: No such monitor as 'x0'

When listing the monitors:

  name description
  ---- -----------
  PNG Create PNG file
  png1 Create PNG file
  png2 Create PNG file
  png3 Create PNG file
  png4 Create PNG file
  png5 Create PNG file
  png6 Create PNG file
  png7 Create PNG file
  gism Create PNG file for gis.m
  HTMLMAP Create HTML Image Map
  PS Create PS file
  ps1 Create PS file
  ps2 Create PS file
  ps3 Create PS file
  ps4 Create PS file
  ps5 Create PS file
  ps6 Create PS file
  ps7 Create PS file

So, no graphics monitor available to start.

  Another problem is one that I am having both on the cluster and on
  my personal computer: v.in.ogr does not work.
  GRASS 6.3.0 > v.in.ogr
  v.in.ogr: error while loading shared libraries: libgdal.so.1: cannot
  open shared object file: No such file or directory

I already know that some symbolic links must be made before proceeding, but the problem is that my "ldconfig" is running weird and returning

  jdelgado@jdelgado-laptop:~$ ldconfig
  /sbin/ldconfig.real: ?e is not a known library type
  /sbin/ldconfig.real: ???@*k?Q-??V?e???P???N\|?

  etc...

Thank you in advance for your suggestions.

Greetings

Jose Delgado

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neteler · February 19, 2009, 9:05am

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Jose Miguel Martins Delgado
<jdelgado@gfz-potsdam.de> wrote:

Dear GRASS users,

I am doing the first steps on GRASS on a cluster in my institute. After
logging in:

ssh -X name_of_machine

I launch grass63. When trying to start a monitor, say x0, it returns:

  GRASS 6.3.0 > d.mon start=x0
  ERROR: no such monitor 'x0'
  ERROR: No such monitor as 'x0'
  Problem selecting x0. Will try once more
  ERROR: No such monitor as 'x0'

When listing the monitors:

  name description
  ---- -----------
  PNG Create PNG file
  png1 Create PNG file
  png2 Create PNG file
  png3 Create PNG file
  png4 Create PNG file
  png5 Create PNG file
  png6 Create PNG file
  png7 Create PNG file
  gism Create PNG file for gis.m
  HTMLMAP Create HTML Image Map
  PS Create PS file
  ps1 Create PS file
  ps2 Create PS file
  ps3 Create PS file
  ps4 Create PS file
  ps5 Create PS file
  ps6 Create PS file
  ps7 Create PS file

So, no graphics monitor available to start.

This indicates that GRASS was compiled without X
support. Note that the xorg-devel package (precise name
may be different, depends on Linux version) needs to
be present on the cluster.
Often it is absent by default since cluster usually don't
have even an X server running - so you need to ask the cluster
admin for this.

  Another problem is one that I am having both on the cluster and on
  my personal computer: v.in.ogr does not work.
  GRASS 6.3.0 > v.in.ogr
  v.in.ogr: error while loading shared libraries: libgdal.so.1: cannot
  open shared object file: No such file or directory

I already know that some symbolic links must be made before proceeding,

Depends:
- you can also add a file into /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ which contains the
  path to the GDAL libs, or
- (like me) have all GDAL/PROJ/GRASS in your home and use
  the LD_LIBRARY_PATH in your profile (e.g., $HOME/.bashrc) to
  define the location of all the libraries.

but the problem is that my "ldconfig" is running weird and returning

  jdelgado@jdelgado-laptop:~$ ldconfig
  /sbin/ldconfig.real: ? e is not a known library type
  /sbin/ldconfig.real: ???@*k?Q-??V? ???P???N\|?

  etc...

Strange, never seen that. Apparently the GDAL lib there
is broken. Use "ldd" on the GDAL lib file(s) to understand
what's the problem.

Markus

PS: Maybe interesting to read (and expand!) as well:
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Parallel_GRASS_jobs

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Markus Neteler
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GIS and Remote Sensing unit
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Web: http://gis.fem-environment.eu/