[GRASS-user] GRASS error with QGIS Standalone Installer (64 bit)

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Venka,

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan
<raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> "QGIS Standalone Installer Version-2.2 (64Bit)" installs GRASS-6.4.3.
> When I try to use GRASS and add a raster or vector layer from my
> mapset for display, the raster or vector selection window does not
> come up. The Command console in GRASS Layer Manager shows
> error message as below.
>
> No issue with "QGIS Standalone Installer Version-2.2 (32Bit)" or
> "winGRASS 6.4 standalone installer".
>
> My OS is Windows-7 (Japanese).
>
> Do not know if this is a QGIS issue or GRASS.
>
> Venka
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISVA~1\apps\grass\grass-6.4.3\etc\wxpy
> thon\lmgr\frame.py", line 1535, in OnAddRaster
>
> self.curr_page.maptree.AddLayer('raster')
>   File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISVA~1\apps\grass\grass-6.4.3\etc\wxpy
> thon\lmgr\layertree.py", line 924, in AddLayer
>
> self.PropertiesDialog(layer, show = True)
>   File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISVA~1\apps\grass\grass-6.4.3\etc\wxpy
> thon\lmgr\layertree.py", line 1036, in PropertiesDialog
>
> completed = (self.GetOptData,layer,params))
>   File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGISVA~1\apps\grass\grass-6.4.3\etc\wxpy
> thon\gui_core\forms.py", line 1873, in ParseCommand
>
> raise gcmd.GException(e.value)
> core.gcmd
> .
> GException
> :
> Unable to fetch interface description for command 'd.rast'.
> Details:


Perhaps you could try to get a more detailed error message with

g.gisenv set="DEBUG=1"
?

Not sure if it tells us more in this case but perhaps worth a try.

Markus