| ps_start, window problem again [message #78902] |
Sat, 31 December 2011 10:02 |
simona bellavista
Messages: 56
Registered: December 2009
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Hello,
I tried and found that updating the library doesn't solve the problem.
X forwarding is not always possible.
For example I think that X11 doesn't always work on computing cluster,
if you are creating postscript through a batch job - specifically the
cluster I am working on.
On Jun 30, 4:19 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Gray writes:
>> Hopefully this works (my last two posts never showed up...). I'm trying to run something onIDL8.0.1 on someone else's machine, over an SSH tunnel. My code usesPS_STARTand PS_END to create postscript plots; when it gets to this point, I get errors from the WINDOW procedure:
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>> % WINDOW: Unable to connect to X Windowsdisplay: :0.0
>> % WINDOW: Unable to open X Windowsdisplay.
>> IsyourDISPLAYenvironmentvariablesetcorrectly?
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>> Why is it trying to communicate with the X Windowsdisplay(which I don't think works over SSH tunnels)? I'm trying to make postscript files.
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> I don't have a great deal of time to follow up with
> this today, but I think it extremely likely that an
> update of the entire Coyote Library would solve this
> problem.
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> This was an old problem with the library and had to
> do with cgColor and other color routines trying to get
> "system colors". Apparently, you need a windows
> connection to do this. Since I never used the system
> colors, and I didn't know anyone else who did either, I
> removed all this code from the Coyote Library routines.
> As far as I know, there are no longer any issues with
> needing a windows connection with any of the routines
> in the Library.
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