[GRASS-user] child process exited abnormally

[Martin Wegmann]

On Thursday 19 April 2007 04:57, Hamish wrote:
> Martin Wegmann wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I did a cvs update just a few minutes ago and received this error:
> >
> > Welcome to GRASS 6.3.cvs (2007)
> > GRASS homepage:                          http://grass.itc.it/
> > This version running thru:               Bash Shell (/bin/bash)
> > Help is available with the command:      g.manual -i
> > See the licence terms with:              g.version -c
> > If required, restart the graphical user interface with: gis.m
> > When ready to quit enter:                exit
> > child process exited abnormally
> > GRASS 6.3.cvs (spearfish60):~ > gis.m
> > GRASS 6.3.cvs (spearfish60):~ > child process exited abnormally
> >
> >
> > I found various threats mainly with regard to cygwin but no solution.
> >
> > Tested it using debian stable and unstable.
> >
> > any ideas how to solve that?
>
> does "g.region -p" work from the command line?

g.region: error while loading shared libraries: libgdal.so.1:

locate libgdal gave me
/usr/local/lib/libgdal.a
/usr/local/lib/libgdal.la
/usr/local/lib/libgdal.so
/usr/local/lib/libgdal.so.1

I added /usr/local/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf and rerun ldconfig.

g.region -p works fine now.

thanks!

> "d.rast --ui" ?

works


> > BTW and using the debian rep. grass62 prompted this error:
> >  grass62
> > /usr/lib/grass/etc/Init.sh: line 237: syntax error near unexpected
> > token `fi' /usr/lib/grass/etc/Init.sh: line 237: ` fi'
>
> known Debian package bug:
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=418833
>
> fixed in DebianGIS svn, but not yet re-uploaded to the main Debian
> servers.

well, then I have to wait for these packages.

thanks, Martin