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19990518: Garp and NIDS contract

Brian,

There is nothing in the garp setup for multiple sessions. You
should be able to run several garp sessions so long as you have the memory.

Some checks to see if memory is a problem:
1) look for hung gplt sessions from other gempak programs
2) use the "swap -s" command to see how much available
   memory and swap space you have. If something like a dead
   gplt is hanging around, it can eat up your swap. Or it might be
   that yuou need to create an additional amount of swap space
   on your system using the "mkfile" command and then adding it
   to available swap with the "swap" command.

   If you have 64mb of ram, then you usually should have 128mb of swap-
   but if you are doing a lot of other stuff on the machine, then
   you might try increasing it to 196 or 256 Mb. 

If you need help with swap considerations, send me the output of the
"swap -s" command so I can see what resources you have.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

>From: Brian Colle <address@hidden>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199905181901.NAA17191

>
>Dear Steve,
>
>Yes, I am using ntl, but when I press the Garp icon for another session
>a new window does not come up, only the standard message:
>Invoke ... /usr/local/ldm/NAWIPS-5.4/bin/sol/garp. If I try to get
>another garp up using the command line, it just says "killed," which
>sounds like the memory problem you were describing. I can load a Garp
>and ntrans simultaneously, or two ntrans simultaneously. Is there
>something in the GARP installation setup about multiple sessions?
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Brian
>
>____________________________________________________________
>Dr. Brian Colle         INTERNET: address@hidden
>(516)632-3174
>Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres
>Marine Sciences Research Center
>State University of New York at Stony Brook
>Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
>
>
>> 
>> Brian,
>> 
>> Are you launching Garp from the "ntl" launching bar?
>> Running ntl ensures that you have a common color table for all gempak
>> programs- including garp - to access. If you are just running garp
>> from the command line, then you will likely have trouble launching
>> a second session since it will try to obtain a separate color map.
>> With the shared color map, you should be able to launch several garp session
> s.
>> 
>> The NIDS data is handled between universities directly with WSI.
>> Unidata negotiated the educational pricing, but the data is sent
>> directly from WSI to you and they handle all contract and billing.
>> 
>> Steve Chiswell
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