[GRASS-user] Error updating GRASS

[Michael Barton]

Jachym,

I don't know what the problem is, but this kind of error is what is commonly
reported when GRASS cannot set the region properly. Often this is due to
problems installing/accessing gdal.

Michael


On 3/30/07 1:02 AM, "Jachym Cepicky" <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> 
> 2007/3/29, Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>:
>> This is probably due to a problem with your gdal installation (there is a
>> more informative error trapping in 6.3). Try g.region -p and see what you
>> get.
>> 
>> Michael
> 
> strange, nobody else reported any problem with the packages. what does
> this mean for me as package generator?
> 
> there are gdal 1.4.0 with grass 6.2.1 in the repository. shall I
> change something/update from cvs, so the packages are all working
> well?
> 
> thanks for hints
> 
> jachym
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/29/07 4:08 AM, "António G Rodrigues" <agrodrigues at ipt.pt> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi folks,
>>> 
>>> I apdated to grass6.2 in my ubuntu system using the repositories in...
>>> 
>>> deb http://les-ejk.cz/ubuntu edgy multiverse
>>> deb-src http://les-ejk.cz/ubuntu edgy multiverse
>>> 
>>> The problem is that when opening grass it crashes everytime. The error
>>> message
>>> is:
>>> 
>>> GRASS 6.2.1 (Europe):~ > Error in startup script: bad variable name
>>> "coords(1)": upvar won't create a scalar variable that looks like an array
>>> element
>>>     while executing
>>> "global coords($mon)"
>>>     (procedure "MapCanvas::pointer" line 5)
>>>     invoked from within
>>> "MapCanvas::pointer $mon"
>>>     (procedure "MapCanvas::create" line 226)
>>>     invoked from within
>>> "MapCanvas::create"
>>>     (procedure "Gm::startmon" line 11)
>>>     invoked from within
>>> "Gm::startmon"
>>>     (procedure "Gm::create" line 69)
>>>     invoked from within
>>> "Gm::create"
>>>     (procedure "main" line 30)
>>>     invoked from within
>>> "main $argc $argv"
>>>     (file "/usr/lib/grass/etc/gm/gm.tcl" line 521)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Any clues?
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> António
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

phone: 480-965-6213
fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton