[GRASS-dev] WinGRASS6.4.3 crashing

Helena Mitasova hmitaso at ncsu.edu
Sat Aug 17 11:46:53 PDT 2013


Helmut,

thank you very much for quick advice - for one of the students osgeo4w-winGRASS6.4.3 works along ArcGIS10.1 
so we will try this out in the lab as well and report back. Hopefully this will solve the problem,

Helena

Helena Mitasova
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On Aug 16, 2013, at 4:50 PM, Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote:

> hi Helena,
> 
>> After clicking on the GRASS icon the cli window just flashes and the
> startup page
>> does not open.
> 
> did you activated to download the needed microsoft runtimes? it's on the
> download tab (ms files and sample datasets) during the installation of the
> standalone installer.
> 
>> It is worrisome that the final release is more problematic than RC2, but I
> am wondering whether the problem >is on our side - perhaps the GRASS6.4.3RC2
> should be uninstalled before installing GRASS6.4.3 final?
> 
> give it a try.
> 
>> We have ArcGIS running on these machines and I am aware of the python
> issues I am just wondering >whether RC2 had a better solution for the GRASS
> startup than the final release.
> 
> RC2 has no better solution, but another python version than ArcGIS. 
> 
> if you have ArcGIS 10.1, then the trouble comes in. 
> 
> ArcGIS 10.1 and WinGRASS6.4.3 have the same python version (python 2.7.x)
> 
>> If there is no easy fix, would it be possible to provide GRASS6.4.3RC2 on
> the GRASS website for those >who cannot run GRASS6.4.3?
> 
> would be osgeo4w-winGRASS6.4.3 an alternative? this works for me having
> ArcGIS 10.1 on my laptop.
> 
>> Should I submit this a s bug report or is this strictly our problem
> 
> ...you are not alone. but there is no easy solution for this python issue, a
> ticket is already opened. but IMHO it is more a general question of
> operating system design made by MS than a winGRASS problem.
> 
> 
> 
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> Helmut
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