d.mon error (fwd)

[Salah BENABDALLAH]

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> From shapiro at zorro.cecer.army.mil Thu Jul  1 16:03:05 1993
> From: Michael Shapiro <shapiro at zorro.cecer.army.mil>
> Message-Id: <199307011459.AA19141 at zorro.cecer.army.mil>
> Subject: Re: d.mon error
> To: salah at alyssa.rsinet.tn (Salah BENABDALLAH)
> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1993 09:58:43 -0500 (CDT)
> In-Reply-To: <9307011246.AA02394 at alyssa.rsinet.tn> from "Salah BENABDALLAH" at Jul 1, 93 01:46:33 pm
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> In an E-mail message, Salah BENABDALLAH wrote:
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> |
> | I installed GRASS4.0 in another SUN IPX machine. However, I
> |got an error in running d.mon as shown below..I couldn't 
> |display anyimages..Do you have any ideas ?
> |
> |Enter name of graphics monitor to start
> |Enter "list" for a list of known monitors
> |Enter "list -f" for a list with current status
> |Hit RETURN to return to menu
> |> sun
> |Graphics driver [sun] started
> |Error - Could not complete locking process for monitor <sun>.
> |Lock file is 
> |Problem selecting sun. Will try once more
> |Error - Could not complete locking process for monitor <sun>.
> |Lock file is 
> |
> 
> There is a bug in the d.mon code. This bug would show up if the locks
> directory doesn't exist or doesn't have full permissions.  As a user
> you can (probably) fix this problem by making sure that the locks
> directory exists and has permissions drwxrwxrwx. The locks directory is
> $GISBASE/locks.
> 
> 
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> Michael Shapiro                        U.S. Army CERL                  
> phone:   (217) 373-7277                Office of GRASS Integration
> fax:     (217) 373-7222                P.O. Box 9005                   
> email:   shapiro at amber.cecer.army.mil  Champaign, Ill. 61826-9005
>          m-shapiro at cecer.army.mil      Office of GRASS Integration
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