[GRASS-user] Re: Problem grass-6.4.0 error setting region: child process exited abnormally

[Glynn Clements]

Elvis Dowson wrote:

> > I click on Add a Raster Layer and select the aspect file from the  
> > spearfish60 permanent dataset.
> >
> > After that I click on Display Active Layers and I get an error  
> > message "Error setting region: child process exited abnormally"
> >
> > <pastedGraphic.png>
> >
> >
> > After that I get an error message saying" Error can't read  
> > parts(projection)": no such variable

> > What could be causing it?

99.9% of the time, this error is related to the GDAL library.

If you start GRASS in text mode then run "g.region -p", you may get a
more informative error message.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>