Hello:
I have just compiled GRASS 4.0 on a Sun Sparc2. The compilation under GISGEN
produced no errors. But I am having problems when I start Grass.
Specifically I have 2 problems:
1. When I type grass4.0 the initial greeting screen comes up ok, but when I press
"escape" to accept the database locations the following screen information comes
up totally unformatted on the screen--maybe it's a terminal emulation problem.
Then when I exit grass my system prompt returns--left justified in the window. But,
as I enter commands at the prompt and press return the prompt begins walking across
the screen like this:
rick@rsgis3> <return>
rick@rsgis3> <return>
rick@rsgis3> .....etc
2. Problem two involves d.mon. I get the following error message:
Error: could not execute '/usr6/local3/grass4.0/sun4/driver/SUNVIEW'
Error - Could not complete locking process for monitor <sunview>
Lock file is /usr6/local3/grass4.0/sun4/locks/rsgis3/rsgis3:0/sunview
Problem selecting sunview. Will try once more
I looked in the ./sun4/driver directory for 'SUNVIEW' and found no files. I am
assuming that the drivers get placed there as a result of running GISGEN. Before
running GISGEN I did edit 'lists/local' file.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Rick Hammer
Remote Sensing/GIS Lab
Department of Forest Science
Texas A&M Unversity
rick@rsgis3.tamu.edu
Rick L. Hammer (rick@rsgis3.tamu.edu ) writes on 23 Nov 92:
I have just compiled GRASS 4.0 on a Sun Sparc2. The compilation under GISGEN
produced no errors. But I am having problems when I start Grass.
Specifically I have 2 problems:
1. When I type grass4.0 the initial greeting screen comes up ok, but when I press
"escape" to accept the database locations the following screen information comes
up totally unformatted on the screen--maybe it's a terminal emulation problem.
Then when I exit grass my system prompt returns--left justified in the window. But,
as I enter commands at the prompt and press return the prompt begins walking across
the screen like this:
rick@rsgis3> <return>
rick@rsgis3> <return>
rick@rsgis3> .....etc
I assume you are using some sort of shelltool, commandtool, or other
Sun-ism. If you have xterm, use it instead.
2. Problem two involves d.mon. I get the following error message:
Error: could not execute '/usr6/local3/grass4.0/sun4/driver/SUNVIEW'
Error - Could not complete locking process for monitor <sunview>
Lock file is /usr6/local3/grass4.0/sun4/locks/rsgis3/rsgis3:0/sunview
Problem selecting sunview. Will try once more
I looked in the ./sun4/driver directory for 'SUNVIEW' and found no files. I am
assuming that the drivers get placed there as a result of running GISGEN. Before
running GISGEN I did edit 'lists/local' file.
why do you want to run the sunview driver? you have openwin don't you?
if so, use the X window driver.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Rick Hammer
Remote Sensing/GIS Lab
Department of Forest Science
Texas A&M Unversity
rick@rsgis3.tamu.edu
--Darrell McCauley