[GRASS-user] Can't create location from file

[Daniel Victoria]

Hi all,

I installed grass 6.2.1 from the ubuntu packages provide by les-ejk
and I'm trying to create a location from a MODIS geotiff with no
success. I select the tif file, click on create location, a black
screen quickly flashes and Grass tells me it needs to shut down. But
the location is not created.

The geotiff was created using the Modis Reprojection Tool. gdalinfo on
the geotiff file gives me:

daniel at mancalinha:~/modis$ gdalinfo importada/lai.2007.01.01.Lai_1km.tif
Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Size is 1307, 1196
Coordinate System is:
GEOGCS["WGS 84",
    DATUM["WGS_1984",
        SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.2572235629972,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]
Origin = (-60.921414118540142,-0.004182589339916)
Pixel Size = (0.008365178679831,-0.008365178679831)
Metadata:
  AREA_OR_POINT=Point
  TIFFTAG_SOFTWARE=MODIS Reprojection Tool  v3.3a January 2006
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  ( -60.9214141,  -0.0041826) ( 60d55'17.09"W,  0d 0'15.06"S)
Lower Left  ( -60.9214141, -10.0089363) ( 60d55'17.09"W, 10d 0'32.17"S)
Upper Right ( -49.9881256,  -0.0041826) ( 49d59'17.25"W,  0d 0'15.06"S)
Lower Right ( -49.9881256, -10.0089363) ( 49d59'17.25"W, 10d 0'32.17"S)
Center      ( -55.4547699,  -5.0065594) ( 55d27'17.17"W,  5d 0'23.61"S)
Band 1 Block=1307x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Gray
daniel at mancalinha:~/modis$

Any clues?
If I try the same with the original hdf file the same problem happens

Thanks
Daniel