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Re: X window requirement for batch jobs: not just for plotting [message #78513 is a reply to message #78485]

Wed, 30 November 2011 16:48

Craig Markwardt
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On Nov 30, 3:10 pm, Ed Hyer <ejh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> OK, I have done some debugging, and found that what is happening is
> that a call to MESSAGE wants, for some reason, to use DIALOG_MESSAGE,
> and it wants an X window despite an upstream call in the same routine,
> with no graphics in between, to SET_PLOT,'Z'. Has anyone seen this
> problem before?

If you're trying to do something in batch mode, (unattended without an
X-window server attached), I will wager that executing this command
unsetenv DISPLAY
(or it's equivalent in whatever shell you use), will prevent most of
these kinds of X-window problems.

Craig

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		X window requirement for batch jobs: not just for plotting By: MarioIncandenza on Tue, 22 November 2011 22:26
		Re: X window requirement for batch jobs: not just for plotting By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 30 November 2011 16:48
		Re: X window requirement for batch jobs: not just for plotting By: MarioIncandenza on Thu, 01 December 2011 15:44
		Re: X window requirement for batch jobs: not just for plotting By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Wed, 30 November 2011 13:34
		Re: X window requirement for batch jobs: not just for plotting By: David Fanning on Wed, 30 November 2011 12:57

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