[GRASS-user] Re: Cygwin winGRASS 6.2 Errors!

[Michael Barton]

I don't know enough about Windows and the Cygwin installation to know, but
it sounds like this is a problem (though maybe more of a symptom than a
cause). I need to refer this back to the list and someone who knows windows
better.

Michael


On 2/14/07 2:22 AM, "yuri bay" <ksh_wong at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.  I have extracted the gdal into the cygwin root
> directory again, eventhough I believed they have been installed when I
> install the grass62 package with setup.ini, i.e. the /usr/local/bin/ shows
> some gdal*.exe and tcl*.exe files.  When I tried to invoke grass by
> selecting the mapset, the same error (child process exited abnormally)
> occurs.  I then tried re-install the grass62 again (the package downloaded
> from cygwin setup).  But it said the following:
> 
> The setup.ini used is older than the previous one, proceed anyway?
> 
> Does this affect the installation process??
> Please help
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Casey Wong
> 
>> From: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
>> To: yuri bay <ksh_wong at msn.com>, Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>
>> CC: <grassuser at grass.itc.it>, <wingrass at grass.itc.it>
>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Re: Cygwin winGRASS 6.2 Errors!
>> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:00:40 -0700
>> 
>> If you are getting nothing when you type g.region -p, there is something
>> wrong with your installation. One issue that seems to come up more
>> frequently is that there is some problem with the gdal installation.
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/13/07 10:24 AM, "yuri bay" <ksh_wong at msn.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> To Hamish and everyone,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> From: Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>
>>>> To: "yuri bay" <ksh_wong at msn.com>
>>>> CC: grassuser at grass.itc.it, wingrass at grass.itc.it
>>>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Re: Cygwin winGRASS 6.2 errors
>>>> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:34:17 +1300
>>>> 
>>>> yuri bay wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have encountered the following error when I first time invoked the
>>>>> Cygwin  winGRASS 6.2 after I have successfully installed it.  I am
>>>>> using both native  binary and the new cygwin 6.2 winGRASS.  I have
>>>>> copy and past my GRASSDATA  dir into cygwin directory so that I can
>>>>> access the same data using cygwin  winGRASS.  But when I have selected
>>>>> the correct directory and mapset, the  following error occured on the
>>>>> xwindow:
>>>>> 
>>>>> GRASS 6.2.1 (L_UK):~ > child process exited abnormally, by using gis.m
>>>>> on the xwin will give the same error.
>>>> 
>>>> what does it say if you type "g.region -p" at that prompt?
>>>> 
>>>> "d.mon x0" ?
>>>> "gis.m" ?
>>> 
>>> With gis.m or "gis.m" the results are the same, child process exited
>>> abnormally
>>> With d.mon x0, a monitor is activated.
>>> With g.region -p, there is no respond or error
>>> 
>>> and for all the child process errors shown on the Xwindow, the errors
>> shown
>>> in the Cygwin command prompt is:
>>> 
>>> winMultiWindowxMsgProcErrorHandler - Error: Badwindow (invalid Window
>>> parameter)
>>> 
>>> What seem to be the problem?? why can I open a mapset within a location
>> in
>>> the grass_data directory when they are properly configured?
>>> 
>>> Any help is much appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Casey Wong
>>> 
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Arizona State University

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