[GRASS-user] Can't create location

[Glynn Clements]

Frank Broniewski wrote:

> I am back again, and with me my problem with location creation from epsg
> code.
> I am testing different linux distros and now I have Ubuntu 6.06
> installed. I went into the package manager to install grass and all
> necessary dependencies.
> 
> And then I start grass for the very first time, choose my folder as
> database, enter my epsg code and quit grass for the new location
> creation.
> 
> Upon starting grass again, the console notices: ERROR: LOCATION
> << /home/frank/grassdata/8507.tmp >> not available
> and I can't find my created location. Since I now know where to look for
> the temporary things during location creation, I look into my /tmp/
> folder, but there is no such folder (a 8507 one). I find two grass6-...
> folders there, both from the same time. Both have only a gisrc file in
> them. The folder with the smaller number (8468) has the following
> content: 
> 
> GISDBASE: /home/frank
> LOCATION_NAME: <UNKNOWN>
> MAPSET: <UNKNOWN>
> GRASS_GUI: tcltk
> 
> the other one (8516):
> 
> LOCATION_NAME: 8507.tmp
> MAPSET: PERMANENT
> DIGITIZER: none
> GISDBASE: /home/frank/grassdata
> GRASS_GUI: tcltk

What does:

	ls -lR /home/frank/grassdata

say?

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>