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[IDV #WWP-385269]: IDV fails to start in Linux



Greetings!

Have you tried changing the memory usage in the simpleIDV script?

Sean

> Dear Sean
> 
> Thankyou for your fast response. I already did what you suggest and the
> outcome does not change (crash of runIDV and Java Heap space when trying to
> run simpleIDV). I also tried changing the memory usage in the runIDV file
> and that does not help either.
> 
> Cheers and hope you had happy hollidays
> 
> address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> >
> > This might be an issue with the fact that Ubuntu uses the Dash shell
> > environment,
> > which is not 100% compatible with sh or bash (it does not help that
> > /bin/sh is often
> > lined to to /bin/dash on Ubuntu systems). Open the runIDV script and look
> > for the
> > following (around line 50):
> >
> > # On some UNIX operating systems, the line below will not work. The
> > # root issue is that /bin/sh is not completely standard across all
> > # UNIX operating systems. If that is the case, try this line instead
> > # prefs=`${java} -client -cp ${dirname}/idv.jar
> > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvCommandLinePrefs $* 2>&1`
> > prefs="$(${java} -client -cp ${dirname}/idv.jar
> > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvCommandLinePrefs $* 2>&1 )"
> >
> > Uncomment out the first "prefs=..." line and comment out the second
> > "prefs=..." line.
> >
> > Let's see if that helps. Also, how much memory do you have installed on
> > your system?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > > I am able to install IDV in an UBUNTU linux machine but it then
> > > consistently fails to start. When trying to run it in Simple IDV it gives
> > > the error message "java heap space".
> > >
> > > I hope you can help.
> > >
> > > paco@paco-Studio-1558:~/IDV_3.1u1$ ./runIDV
> > > IDV failed to start. Please contact address@hidden
> > > paco@paco-Studio-1558:~/IDV_3.1u1$ ./simpleIDV
> > > ERROR: Fatal error initializing resources
> > > Java heap space
> > > ERROR: Loading plugins
> > > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > > at
> > >
> > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvResourceManager.getResources(IdvResourceManager.java:781)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.loadPlugins(PluginManager.java:1444)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.<init>(PluginManager.java:246)
> > > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
> > > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
> > > at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown
> > > Source)
> > > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.makeManager(IdvBase.java:255)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.doMakePluginManager(IdvBase.java:1097)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.getPluginManager(IdvBase.java:1109)
> > > at
> > >
> > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.showSupportFormInThread(IdvUIManager.java:6076)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.access$800(IdvUIManager.java:164)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager$33.run(IdvUIManager.java:6007)
> > > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1250)
> > > java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
> > > at java.lang.StringCoding$StringDecoder.decode(Unknown Source)
> > > at java.lang.StringCoding.decode(Unknown Source)
> > > at java.lang.StringCoding.decode(Unknown Source)
> > > at java.lang.String.<init>(Unknown Source)
> > > at java.lang.String.<init>(Unknown Source)
> > > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.readContents(IOUtil.java:1708)
> > > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.readContents(IOUtil.java:1604)
> > > at
> > > ucar.unidata.util.ResourceCollection.read(ResourceCollection.java:550)
> > > at
> > > ucar.unidata.util.ResourceCollection.read(ResourceCollection.java:596)
> > > at
> > >
> > ucar.unidata.xml.XmlResourceCollection.getRoot(XmlResourceCollection.java:331)
> > > at
> > >
> > ucar.unidata.xml.XmlResourceCollection.getRoot(XmlResourceCollection.java:313)
> > > at ucar.unidata.xml.XmlObjectStore.append(XmlObjectStore.java:339)
> > > at ucar.unidata.xml.XmlObjectStore.init(XmlObjectStore.java:323)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.StateManager.initState(StateManager.java:388)
> > > at
> > >
> > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:306)
> > > at
> > >
> > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:225)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.<init>(DefaultIdv.java:84)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.main(DefaultIdv.java:165)
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: WWP-385269
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: WWP-385269
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open