[GRASSLIST:2405] Re: r.in.gdal problem

[JWDougherty]

On Thursday 06 September 2001 17:19, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 September 2001 22:01, you wrote:
> > I am attempting to import DEM files to a new location.  The files have
> > been converted from SDTS format to binary DEMs using SDTS2DEM.  I am
> > trying to bring these into Grass using r.in.gdal, but I am receeiving an
> > error message announcing that r.in.gdal is unable to initialize the GDAL
> > bridge and to check the installation of libdgal.  I am running GRASS
> > 5.0.0pre1.  I have compiled on my system under SuSE linux 7.2.  Aside
> > from the fact that NVIZ will not compile, I received no errors during the
> > compile.  My system is a PII 350 mHz system with 20 GB of hd space for
> > Linux and 385 mb of ram.
> >
> > Can someone offer a clue? (Is r.in.gdal the correct module for instance).
>
> My thanks to everyone who responded.  I see that the current version of
> gdal is now up to 1.1.5 on the site.  I am still receiving the following
> error:
>
> ERROR: Unable to initialize GDAL bridge (check libgdal installation).
>
> I have downloaded the src and tried compiling it and the process went
> without a hitch.  The only problem I encountered compiling GRASS was with
> NVIZ. Hints from this list may fix this.  This might be a disguised
> permissions problem.  Is anyone running SuSE 7.2?
>
Update.  The 1.1.5beta versions compiles and works without trouble.  Thanks 
for everyone's help.

John Dougherty