[winGRASS] d.mon socket problem

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 05:54:47PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Markus Neteler wrote:
> 
> > A winGRASS problem still present is:
> > 
> > GRASS >d.mon x0
> > Socket is already in use or not accepting connections.
> > Use d.mon to select a monitor
> > Problem selecting x0. Will try once more
> > 
> > -> the monitor window opens, but is not yet accessible.
> >    The socket file in /tmp/grass-$USER/ is generated
> > 
> >    The background is grey
> > 
> > GRASS: > d.mon select=x0
> > 
> > -> now the monitor works (d.rast etc)
> >    The socket file is not touched a second time.
> >    The background is black as expected.
> 
> 1. Is this with the "generic" version or the X11 version?

Sorry. I think it appears with both versions (which we tried on
Win2000 and XP).

The  today's test was under Win2000 and winGRASS/XServer/Xfree86.

> 2. Are you saying that display commands don't work until you have
> performed an explicit "d.mon select..."?

Exactly.

Markus