[GRASS-user] WinGRASS issues poll

Dear All,

If that's not too much trouble for you, please anybody who uses
currently the native GRASS for Windows, write a few words about the main
problems you encounter using WinGRASS. Most important are errors like
crashes, data corruption, features missing where they are ought to be.
Any other remarks are also welcome. *Please specify your platform
(XP/Vista, 32/64 bit), exact GRASS installer version (there were at
least 4 versions by now).* If possible, verify the issue against the
latest available version of the installer [1].

Together with a colleague we've been thinking about an enterprise
related to WinGRASS - thus the reconnaissance.

Your feedback will be *greatly* appreciated! Thanks.

Regards,
Maciek

[1]http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/binary/mswindows/native/WinGRASS-6.3.0-4-Setup.exe

--
Maciej Sieczka
www.sieczka.org

Jonathan Greenberg pisze:

Large file support for the imports (we discussed this a few weeks back) -- I can't use wingrass without it. I think you were trying to see if you could do a recompile of gdal to get it working...

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for your feedback. What Windows version? What WinGRASS installer
version? Can you reproduce the problems with latest [1] one?

[1]http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/binary/mswindows/native/WinGRASS-6.3.0-4-Setup.exe

Maciek

--
Maciej Sieczka
www.sieczka.org

Firman Hadi pisze:

1. GDAL/OGR
     * When I use gdalwarp with EPSG code, there is error saying that it
can't find epsg file
     * When I use gdalwarp with WKT, there is error saying that
libproj.dll is missing
2. GRASS terminal
     * When I choose GRASS terminal, I can't use binary program besides
unix program. I can't use gdalwarp, gdalinfo, ogr2ogr etc.\\

Hi Firman,

Thanks for your feedback. What Windows version? What WinGRASS installer
version? Can you reproduce the problems with latest [1] one?

[1]http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/binary/mswindows/native/WinGRASS-6.3.0-4-Setup.exe

Maciek

--
Maciej Sieczka
www.sieczka.org

Hi Maciej,

Together with a colleague we've been thinking about an enterprise
related to WinGRASS - thus the reconnaissance.

cool! may I have more info about it?

Just few notes:

1. I noticed that some replies have been sent to you as private mail, and not to the entire list; it would be great that all the replies to this topic will be sent directly to the list
2. would be also good to move that topic to the grass-windows mailing list
3. please, take as reference, about the WinGRASS project, the following documents:

[1] http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/binary/mswindows/native/README.html
[2] http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WinGRASS_Current_Status#ToDo

Many changes and enhancements are on the way, but I need some more time to do them.

Feel free to modify the wiki document [2] if needed

Regards,

Marco

Marco Pasetti pisze:

Together with a colleague we've been thinking about an enterprise related to WinGRASS - thus the reconnaissance.

cool! may I have more info about it?

Nothing really to talk about yet. First things first the reconnaissance.

1. I noticed that some replies have been sent to you as private mail,
and not to the entire list; it would be great that all the replies
to this topic will be sent directly to the list

The were 2 of them only. Replying to each I forwarded the relevant part
of the original message to the ML so you can have a look.

2. would be also good to move that topic to the grass-windows mailing
list

I wanted feedback from the users mainly. Looking at the WinGRASS ML
traffic there are not many subscribers. But thanks for reminding me
about that ML - I should follow it. Maybe if the poll stalls here
I'll try there too. For now let's keep it here.

3. please, take as reference, about the WinGRASS project, the
following documents:

[1]
http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/binary/mswindows/native/README.html [2] http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WinGRASS_Current_Status#ToDo

Been there. Thanks for maintaining them!

Many changes and enhancements are on the way, but I need some more
time to do them.

Feel free to modify the wiki document [2] if needed

Maciek

--
Maciej Sieczka
www.sieczka.org

Downloaded the current wingrass-6.3.0-4 setup. No problem with starting the msys console or the command line, but the 6.3.0 gui fails to open the gis manager, producing the following error "gm: errmsg"

if {[catch {set env(gisbase)[exec g.gisenv get=gisbase]}error
c:/gtrass/etc/gm/gm.tcl line37

Any help would be appreciated.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Maciej Sieczka" <tutey@o2.pl>
To: "Marco Pasetti" <marco.pasetti@alice.it>
Cc: "grass-user" <grass-user@lists.osgeo.org>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] WinGRASS issues poll

Marco Pasetti pisze:

Together with a colleague we've been thinking about an enterprise related to WinGRASS - thus the reconnaissance.

cool! may I have more info about it?

Nothing really to talk about yet. First things first the reconnaissance.

1. I noticed that some replies have been sent to you as private mail,
and not to the entire list; it would be great that all the replies
to this topic will be sent directly to the list

The were 2 of them only. Replying to each I forwarded the relevant part
of the original message to the ML so you can have a look.

2. would be also good to move that topic to the grass-windows mailing
list

I wanted feedback from the users mainly. Looking at the WinGRASS ML
traffic there are not many subscribers. But thanks for reminding me
about that ML - I should follow it. Maybe if the poll stalls here
I'll try there too. For now let's keep it here.

3. please, take as reference, about the WinGRASS project, the
following documents:

[1]
http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/binary/mswindows/native/README.html [2] http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WinGRASS_Current_Status#ToDo

Been there. Thanks for maintaining them!

Many changes and enhancements are on the way, but I need some more
time to do them.

Feel free to modify the wiki document [2] if needed

Maciek

--
Maciej Sieczka
www.sieczka.org
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Hi Ted,

Downloaded the current wingrass-6.3.0-4 setup. No problem with starting the msys console or the command line, but the 6.3.0 gui fails to open the gis manager, producing the following error "gm: errmsg"

if {[catch {set env(gisbase)[exec g.gisenv get=gisbase]}error
c:/gtrass/etc/gm/gm.tcl line37

Any help would be appreciated.

could you please specify the MS-Windows version?
Thanks,

Marco

Windows XP
I had no problem with Wingrass-6.3.cvs

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Pasetti" <marcopstt@gmail.com>
To: "Ted Nebitko" <tnebitko@can.rogers.com>; "Maciej Sieczka" <tutey@o2.pl>
Cc: "grass-user" <grass-user@lists.osgeo.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] WinGRASS issues poll

Hi Ted,

Downloaded the current wingrass-6.3.0-4 setup. No problem with starting the msys console or the command line, but the 6.3.0 gui fails to open the gis manager, producing the following error "gm: errmsg"

if {[catch {set env(gisbase)[exec g.gisenv get=gisbase]}error
c:/gtrass/etc/gm/gm.tcl line37

Any help would be appreciated.

could you please specify the MS-Windows version?
Thanks,

Marco

Hi Ted,

Downloaded the current wingrass-6.3.0-4 setup. No problem with starting the msys console or the command line, but the 6.3.0 gui fails to open the gis manager, producing the following error "gm: errmsg"

if {[catch {set env(gisbase)[exec g.gisenv get=gisbase]}error
c:/gtrass/etc/gm/gm.tcl line37

Any help would be appreciated.

could you please specify the MS-Windows version?
Thanks,

Marco

could you please try with one of the following options:

1. delete the .grassrc6 file in your %userprofile% folder
2. uninstall and reinstall GRASS

Marco

Thanks for the reply. I have tried both options without success.

I notice that the grass63.bat file does not show complete paths for all functions. Do full paths have to be substituted by the user? For example

rem Directory where your .grassrc6 file will be stored
set HOME=c:\home

rem Name of the wish (Tk) executable
set GRASS_WISH=C:\grass\tcl-tk\bin\wish.exe

Are there other path changes to be made?

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Pasetti" <marcopstt@gmail.com>
To: "Ted Nebitko" <tnebitko@can.rogers.com>; "Maciej Sieczka" <tutey@o2.pl>
Cc: "grass-user" <grass-user@lists.osgeo.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] WinGRASS issues poll

Hi Ted,

Downloaded the current wingrass-6.3.0-4 setup. No problem with starting the msys console or the command line, but the 6.3.0 gui fails to open the gis manager, producing the following error "gm: errmsg"

if {[catch {set env(gisbase)[exec g.gisenv get=gisbase]}error
c:/gtrass/etc/gm/gm.tcl line37

Any help would be appreciated.

could you please specify the MS-Windows version?
Thanks,

Marco

could you please try with one of the following options:

1. delete the .grassrc6 file in your %userprofile% folder
2. uninstall and reinstall GRASS

Marco

Ted,

I notice that the grass63.bat file does not show complete paths for all functions. Do full paths have to be substituted by the user? For example

rem Directory where your .grassrc6 file will be stored
set HOME=c:\home

rem Name of the wish (Tk) executable
set GRASS_WISH=C:\grass\tcl-tk\bin\wish.exe

Are there other path changes to be made?

definetely not
no changes or hackings are needed by users

rem Directory where your .grassrc6 file will be stored
set HOME=c:\home

why do you have that value?
grass63.bat should be as follows:

@echo off
rem #########################################################################
rem #
rem # File dynamically created by NSIS installer script;
rem # Written by Marco Pasetti;
rem #
rem #########################################################################
rem #
rem # GRASS Initialization
rem #
rem #########################################################################

rem *******Environment variables***********

rem Set GRASS Installation Directory Variable
set GRASSDIR=C:\GRASS

rem Directory where your .grassrc6 file will be stored
set HOME=%USERPROFILE%

rem Name of the wish (Tk) executable
set GRASS_WISH=wish.exe

rem Path to the shell command
set GRASS_SH=%GRASSDIR%\msys\bin\sh.exe

rem Set Path to utilities (libraries and bynaries) used by GRASS
set PATH=%GRASSDIR%\msys\bin;%PATH%
set PATH=%GRASSDIR%\extrabin;%GRASSDIR%\extralib;%PATH%
set PATH=%GRASSDIR%\tcl-tk\bin;%GRASSDIR%\sqlite\bin;%GRASSDIR%\gpsbabel;%PATH%

rem Set Path to MSIE web browser
set GRASS_HTML_BROWSER=%PROGRAMFILES%/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe

rem Path to the proj files (notably the epsg projection list)
set GRASS_PROJSHARE=%GRASSDIR%\proj

set WINGISBASE=%GRASSDIR%
"%WINGISBASE%\etc\init.bat" %*

Regards,

Marco

set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
Where does the grassrc6 file appear with the above?
With
set Home=c::/home , it appears in the c/Home directory.

I have Cygwin grass 6.0 operating from D:/ so it was necessary to use C;/ for Wingrass.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Pasetti" <marcopstt@gmail.com>
To: "Ted Nebitko" <tnebitko@can.rogers.com>; "Maciej Sieczka" <tutey@o2.pl>
Cc: "grass-user" <grass-user@lists.osgeo.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] WinGRASS issues poll

Ted,

I notice that the grass63.bat file does not show complete paths for all functions. Do full paths have to be substituted by the user? For example

rem Directory where your .grassrc6 file will be stored
set HOME=c:\home

rem Name of the wish (Tk) executable
set GRASS_WISH=C:\grass\tcl-tk\bin\wish.exe

Are there other path changes to be made?

definetely not
no changes or hackings are needed by users

rem Directory where your .grassrc6 file will be stored
set HOME=c:\home

why do you have that value?
grass63.bat should be as follows:

@echo off
rem #########################################################################
rem #
rem # File dynamically created by NSIS installer script;
rem # Written by Marco Pasetti;
rem #
rem #########################################################################
rem #
rem # GRASS Initialization
rem #
rem #########################################################################

rem *******Environment variables***********

rem Set GRASS Installation Directory Variable
set GRASSDIR=C:\GRASS

rem Directory where your .grassrc6 file will be stored
set HOME=%USERPROFILE%

rem Name of the wish (Tk) executable
set GRASS_WISH=wish.exe

rem Path to the shell command
set GRASS_SH=%GRASSDIR%\msys\bin\sh.exe

rem Set Path to utilities (libraries and bynaries) used by GRASS
set PATH=%GRASSDIR%\msys\bin;%PATH%
set PATH=%GRASSDIR%\extrabin;%GRASSDIR%\extralib;%PATH%
set PATH=%GRASSDIR%\tcl-tk\bin;%GRASSDIR%\sqlite\bin;%GRASSDIR%\gpsbabel;%PATH%

rem Set Path to MSIE web browser
set GRASS_HTML_BROWSER=%PROGRAMFILES%/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe

rem Path to the proj files (notably the epsg projection list)
set GRASS_PROJSHARE=%GRASSDIR%\proj

set WINGISBASE=%GRASSDIR%
"%WINGISBASE%\etc\init.bat" %*

Regards,

Marco

Ted,

set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
Where does the grassrc6 file appear with the above?
With
set Home=c::/home , it appears in the c/Home directory.

I have Cygwin grass 6.0 operating from D:/ so it was necessary to use C;/ for Wingrass.

the .grassrc6 file has been created by the installer in your current %userprofile% directory (C:\Documents and Settings\Ted, I suppose)
If you set your %userprofile% system env var as C:\Home, it doesn't care, the HOME=%USERPROFILE% setting should work as well
then remember that Windows requires C:\..\ not C:/../

Marco