Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
Hi all, I am a newbie in IDL. I have IDL 5.01 student Version on my SuSE linux 5.3 and I have a problem with making plots. When I start IDL, I get the "IDL Development Window". But when I try to practice and play with the synatx, I get the following error for making plots: IDL> num =FLTARR(40) IDL> line=SIN(num*!DTOR) IDL> Plot, line % Unsupported X Windows visual (class: StaticGray, depth: 0). Substituting default (class: <UndefinedVisual>, Depth: 0). % Execution halted at: $MAIN$ I have no problem with GUI stuff in any other application on my machine. Does anyone know what could be wrong? Many Thanks, -- -------------------------------------------------------- Ramin Sina http://www.concentric.net/~rsina email: rsina@concentric.net
Yep, this is the exact error I would get while running in 16-bit mode. A pain IDL doesn't support it. Peter Suetterlin wrote: > > In article <376FC0ED.89D3C8E0@io.harvard.edu>, > Martin Schultz <mgs@io.harvard.edu> writes: > >> Ramin Sina wrote: >>> >>> % Unsupported X Windows visual (class: StaticGray, depth: 0). >>> Substituting default (class: <UndefinedVisual>, Depth: 0). >>> % Execution halted at: $MAIN$ >>> >> >> You are probably working with 32 bits colordepth which is not supported >> by IDL. > > Did this really change? I'm using IDL 4.01 in 32bit ever since... > It's true Hicolor (16bit) does not work, but 32 is fine for me. > > Peter > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr. Peter "Pit" Suetterlin http://www.astro.uu.nl/~suetter > Sterrenkundig Instituut Utrecht > Tel.: +31 (0)30 253 5225 P.Suetterlin@astro.uu.nl > ____________________________________________________________ ______________ -- David R. Klassen Department of Chemistry & Physics Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, NJ 08028 856-256-4500 x3273 http://elvis.rowan.edu/~klassen/ klassen@rowan.edu