Hi Martha, re: > We are having a problem with McIDAS2007c on our AIX box. The ability to > display images is erratic. When I first built > MCIDAS2007c on AIX, I used GNU compilers and when the > UNIDATA-recommended test did not display the TOPO/CONF image, I tried > building the distribution with the native AIX compilers xlc and xlf. > The first time I tested the build, no image would display though the > panels came up and maps displayed properly. Questions: - was v2007c the first instance of the 2007 distribution that you tried, or did you install v2007 and then upgrade? - what are the specific symptoms of the display failure? > After looking at makelog, and not seeing any errors, I repeated the test > on the xlc/xlf build and the image displayed correctly. OK, very interesting indeed. > I exited MCIDAS > without deleting the dsserve entry for TOPO/CONF then went right back > into MCIDAS and once again the image would not display. Just to be clear: you are saying that you were running the tests I suggest in the Unidata McIDAS-X Users Guide? And, you were able to run the tests once using the build with the Vendor compilers (xlf/xlc) but an EXIT out of your McIDAS session followed immediately with tests in a new McIDAS session showed failures? > Note that When > this happens there is no error message generated, and MCIDAS just > returns to its command prompt, and IMGLIST for the images works > properly. And there are no core files being generated that I can find. Now I am totally confused. Your comment 'and McIDAS just returns to its command prompt' makes me think that you are not talking about running the tests within a McIDAS session. > We also can no longer display the ADDE datasets on the AIX box from > other systems. I did cut over to the 2007 version of mcadde but it did > not help. So, you can not display data from sessions running on your AIX box or from sessions running on other boxes pointing to your AIX box? > I am wondering if the load on the AIX box is the problem, or is it > something else? The load on the box should make no difference in data display outside of the speed of the display. > I am enclosing the makelog and the mcidas account's .profile file for > you to see. The AIX version is 5.3, the xlc version is 7.0 and the xlf > version is 9.1 > > Any help you can give us would be much appreciated. Question: - from a McIDAS session on the AIX box, can you correctly display imagery from another system outside of your shop? Here is the test to run: <login as 'mcidas' on your AIX box> -- start a McIDAS v2007 session -- point to an ADDE server on some other machine and see if you can correctly display imagery: DATALOC ADD RTIMAGES ADDE.CISE-NSF.GOV IMGLIST RTIMAGES/GE-IR.-10 IMGDISP RTIMAGES/GE-IR LATLON=0 72 PLACE=C MAG=-4 -4 EU=IMAGE REFRESH='ERASE G;MAP SAT' Your display should look like the GIF that I have attached to this email. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: FTB-213912 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Open
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