Hello all,
I am running grass 6.2 under cygwin on WinXP. I have followed the instructions
for a desktop shortcut
(http://download.osgeo.org/grass/grass62/binary/mswindows/#icon) to a tee, but
it does not work. It does not even launch the x server. Instead I get the
following (DISPLAY replaced with X's):
Welcome to GRASS 6.2.3 (2007)
GRASS homepage: http://grass.itc.it/
This version running thru: GNU Bash (Cygwin) (/usr/bin/bash.exe)
Help is available with the command: g.manual -i
See the licence terms with: g.version -c
If required, restart the graphical user interface with: gis.m &
When ready to quit enter: exit
GRASS 6.2.3 (test):~ > Application initialization failed: this isn't a Tk
application couldn't connect to display "XXX-XXX-XXXXX:0"
Error in startup script: dynamic loading is not currently available on this
system while executing
"load /usr/local/lib/tk8.4/../libtk8.4.a Tk"
("package ifneeded" script)
invoked from within
"package require Tk 8.0"
("package ifneeded" script)
invoked from within
"package require -exact BWidget 1.2.1"
(file "/usr/local/grass-6.2.3/etc/gm/gm.tcl" line 24)
It seems to be an issue with grass trying to start up before the x server is
ready. Any solutions to this? The info on the grass web page should also be
corrected.
I am running grass 6.2 under cygwin on WinXP. I have followed the instructions
for a desktop shortcut
(http://download.osgeo.org/grass/grass62/binary/mswindows/#icon) to a tee, but
it does not work. It does not even launch the x server. Instead I get the
following (DISPLAY replaced with X's):
Welcome to GRASS 6.2.3 (2007)
GRASS homepage: http://grass.itc.it/
This version running thru: GNU Bash (Cygwin) (/usr/bin/bash.exe)
Help is available with the command: g.manual -i
See the licence terms with: g.version -c
If required, restart the graphical user interface with: gis.m &
When ready to quit enter: exit
GRASS 6.2.3 (test):~ > Application initialization failed: this isn't a Tk
application couldn't connect to display "XXX-XXX-XXXXX:0"
Error in startup script: dynamic loading is not currently available on this
system while executing
"load /usr/local/lib/tk8.4/../libtk8.4.a Tk"
("package ifneeded" script)
invoked from within
"package require Tk 8.0"
("package ifneeded" script)
invoked from within
"package require -exact BWidget 1.2.1"
(file "/usr/local/grass-6.2.3/etc/gm/gm.tcl" line 24)
It seems to be an issue with grass trying to start up before the x server is
ready. Any solutions to this?
Does it actually start the X server at all? There should be an icon
for it in the taskbar (in the area to the left of the clock).
If the X server fails to start, anything which uses it (e.g. the GRASS
Tcl/Tk interface) will also fail.
Can you start the X server manually (e.g. by running "startx" from a
Cygwin command prompt)? Note that some firewall software may interfere
with this; the X server needs to act as a TCP server (even you use
"-nolisten tcp", as Cygwin emulates Unix-domain sockets using TCP
sockets).
brendan detracey wrote:
> I am running grass 6.2 under cygwin on WinXP. I have followed the
> instructions for a desktop shortcut
> (http://download.osgeo.org/grass/grass62/binary/mswindows/#icon) to
> a tee, but it does not work. It does not even launch the x server.
>
> Instead I get the following (DISPLAY replaced with X's):
>
> Welcome to GRASS 6.2.3 (2007)
> GRASS homepage: http://grass.itc.it/
....
> GRASS 6.2.3 (test):~ > Application initialization failed: this
isn't a Tk
> application couldn't connect to display "XXX-XXX-XXXXX:0"
> Error in startup script: dynamic loading is not currently available
> on this system while executing
> "load /usr/local/lib/tk8.4/../libtk8.4.a Tk"
> ("package ifneeded" script)
...
> It seems to be an issue with grass trying to start up before the x
> server is ready. Any solutions to this?
Glynn:
Does it actually start the X server at all? There should be an icon
for it in the taskbar (in the area to the left of the clock).
If the X server fails to start, anything which uses it (e.g. the
GRASS Tcl/Tk interface) will also fail.
Can you start the X server manually (e.g. by running "startx" from a
Cygwin command prompt)? Note that some firewall software may
interfere with this; the X server needs to act as a TCP server (even
you use "-nolisten tcp", as Cygwin emulates Unix-domain sockets using
TCP sockets).
the icon hint tests to see if DISPLAY is set:
/ Next in your cygwin home dir add this to the end of ~/.bashrc :
/ #################
/ # Start GRASS
/ if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] && [ -n "$GRASS_AUTOSTART" ] ; then
/ unset GRASS_AUTOSTART
/ exec grass62
/ fi
/ #################
If X is not running, where does display "XXX-XXX-XXXXX:0" come from?
That looks like an odd $DISPLAY setting to me, but I don't use cygwin
much.