[GRASS-dev] Error in GRASS GUI startup

Fri Dec 27 15:14:28 PST 2019

Great! Just to make sure. That was the official daily build, right?

Thanks for testing.
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Huidae Cho, Ph.D., GISP, PE (MD), CFM, M.ASCE
Open Source GIS Developer, GRASS GIS Development Team
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On Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 6:05 PM Bergquist, Kiersten L <
kiersten.bergquist at siu.edu> wrote:

> Oh, I installed version 7.9 and it works perfectly! Huh, much easier fix
> than I was expecting. Thank you for all your help!
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Huidae Cho <grass4u at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 24, 2019 3:02 PM
> *To:* Bergquist, Kiersten L <kiersten.bergquist at siu.edu>
> *Cc:* Maris Nartiss <maris.gis at gmail.com>; GRASS developers list <
> grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [GRASS-dev] Error in GRASS GUI startup
>
>
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL ALERT]: Verify sender before opening links or attachments.
> OK, you were having trouble with the OSGeo4W package and the standalone
> installer version 7.8.2 is giving you this error. To be honest, we don't
> have enough information to troubleshoot your problem. **ERROR: Error in GUI
> startup. See messages above (if any) and if necessary, please report this
> error to the GRASS developers.**  We don't have those "messages above". Do
> you see more error messages than this? Maybe, you could take a screenshot
> of your problem?
>
> Please try the 7.9 daily build (
> https://wingrass.fsv.cvut.cz/grass77/x86_64).. Hmm.. this link doesn't
> work? Here you go. (
> https://wingrass.fsv.cvut.cz/grass79/x86_64/WinGRASS-7.9.dev-54-Setup-x86_64.exe
> ).
>
> If this official daily build doesn't work either, please try my personal
> daily builds (latest master branch, don't worry about malicious code here
> ;-):
> *
> https://idea.isnew.info/how-to-compile-grass-gis-on-ms-windows.html#latest-daily-build
> (Comes with OSGeo4W and Python 3)
> *
> https://idea.isnew.info/how-to-cross-compile-grass-gis-for-ms-windows.html#latest-daily-build
> (No OSGeo4W dependency and no Python 3; you need to install Python 3)
>
> Thanks,
> Huidae
>
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 9:00 PM Bergquist, Kiersten L <
> kiersten.bergquist at siu.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Thank you so much for your speedy response!
>
> I'm using Windows 10, 64-bit. I used the stand-alone installer for GRASS
> 7.8, because I was having trouble with the OSGeo4W package. I got 7.8
> because it was the newest stable version. I downloaded 7.8.2, again since
> it was the newest version.
>
> I'll try deleting the grass directory. In the meantime, if there is any
> other advice to be offered, please send it my way! I really appreciate all
> this.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Maris Nartiss <maris.gis at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 22, 2019 4:41 AM
> *To:* Huidae Cho <grass4u at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Bergquist, Kiersten L <kiersten.bergquist at siu.edu>; GRASS
> developers list <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [GRASS-dev] Error in GRASS GUI startup
>
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>
> Also a precise version of GRASS GIS (7.8.1 or 7.8.2).
> There where some start-up related issues fixed in 7.8.2 (see 1, 2 & 3).
>
> One thing you can try out is to completely delete ~/.grass7 directory.
>
> 1. https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/155
> 2. https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/185
> 3. https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/167
>
> Māris.
>
> sestd., 2019. g. 21. dec., plkst. 09:28 — lietotājs Huidae Cho
> (<grass4u at gmail.com>) rakstīja:
> >
> > Hello Kiersten,
> >
> > First, we need to know which OS you are using. Are you on MS Windows,
> Linux, or Mac? How did you install GRASS if it's Windows? OSGeo4W or
> stand-alone (https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/ms-windows)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Huidae
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 6:27 PM Kiersten <kiersten.bergquist at siu.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello devs,
> >>
> >> I'm very new to GRASS-GIS. Many jobs in my field want some level of
> >> familiarity with GIS so, I wanted to get ahead and try seeing if I can
> learn
> >> a free version of GIS on my own (since I know that non-GRASS GIS
> systems can
> >> be costly).
> >>
> >> I followed along the step-by-step tutorial and had GRASS 7.8 installed.
> >> Everything was fine until I downloaded the NC dataset (using the
> "location
> >> wizard"). I tried to then start a GRASS session with that data, and all
> of a
> >> sudden the program closed out. I tried to re-open GRASS, when I was hit
> with
> >> the following message:
> >>
> >> ERROR: Error in GUI startup. See messages above (if any) and if
> necessary,
> >> please report this error to the GRASS developers.
> >> On systems with package manager, make sure you have the right GUI
> package,
> >> probably named grass-gui, installed.
> >> To run GRASS GIS in text mode use the --text flag.
> >> Use '--help' for further options
> >>      grass78 --help
> >> See also: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/manuals/helptext.html
> >>
> >> I tried and tried to download the GUI package, but the websites led me
> in
> >> circles and nothing was working. I tried the sites recommended, I tried
> >> downloading aptitude in case I was doing anything wrong, but nothing.
> I'm
> >> pulling my hair out!
> >>
> >> I'm really not sure what to do. Technology is not my strong point (heck,
> >> even running R or SAS for classes is still a struggle for me), so I
> figured
> >> I would turn to asking real people for help, since the websites haven't
> been
> >> much help for me. Please let me know if I should ask this on a different
> >> part of the forum.
> >>
> >> I would really appreciate some help. I've found with computer stuff,
> there
> >> is no such thing as over-explaining it to me! Thank you very much in
> >> advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Open Source GIS Developer, GRASS GIS Development Team
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