tcltkgrass errors

[Jeff P. Hollenbeck]

I had a similar, yet not identical, experience once.  I finally found that
the problem was the .tmp (hidden dir) in my mapset that had root only
permissions.  Its worth checking...


On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Bernhard Reiter wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 08:04:50AM -0100, arch. Stefano Maffulli wrote:
> > I am only able to run tcltkgrass
> > interface if I login as root!   
> > If I login as another user it starts
> > drawing a window, then it stops and gives the error:
> > 
> > Mapset <stef> in Location <leics>
> > GRASS-GRID > Error in startup script: couldn't create error file for
> > command: no such file or directory
> 
> >     while executing
> > "exec xwininfo -id [winfo id .w_g] | grep -i Corners"
> >     (file "/usr/local/grass42/tcltkgrass/main/gui.tcl" line 1511)
> >     invoked from within
> > "source $env(TCLTKGRASSBASE)/main/gui.tcl"
> >     (file "/usr/local/grass42/bin/tcltkgrass" line 17)
> > 
> > I checked the permission for /tmp and it seems ok: owner+group+other has
> > rwx permissions.  Also the program xwininfo works if invoked.  
> > 
> > What else can it be?
> 
> Some environment variable, like PATHs, TCLTKGRASSBASE might be different
> vor the user and for root. Check the output of the "set" command and
> compare it.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 12:48:35PM -0100, arch. Stefano Maffulli wrote:
> > I am clueless now.  What else can it be?  Is there any Solaris user out
> > there that can give some advice?
> 
> It is hard to do that, without actually looking into your problem on 
> your particular machine.
> 
> You might consider a fresh new install, to see if the problems are still
> there.
> 		
> 	Bernhard
> 
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