[GRASS-windows] please help - GRASS crashes at start-up

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Peter,

does
g.region -p
work? That's essentially a test if GDAL works.

Markus

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Peter Sullivan<sullivan232 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello -
>
> I am trying to launch GRASS GIS 6.4.0svn(TclTk) for the first time on
> Windows Vista-32 Home Premium, and am receiving a sequence of error messages
> following  location/mapset window.
>
> (I ran an advanced install of all applications on 6/26/09, downloaded sample
> data sets for both SD and NC, and specified directories for location/mapset
> as shown in the first-timse user tutorial).
>
> The error occurs after I click "Enter GRASS". Program starts to launch, then
> I get an error message:
> "g.region.exe has stopped working"
>
> I have two options: 'Check online for a solution and close' or just
> 'close'.
>
> After clicking either of above, I then get:
> "Error setting region (Problem with g.region?): child killed: unknown
> signal"
>
> Again I get the same options to close as above, and another error message:
> "g.proj.exe has stopped working"
>
> Then a final message:
> g.proj or projection error: child killed: unknown signal
>
> An "Error in startup script" then appears, listing approx. 8
> application/programming areas where errors seem to have occurred.
>
> Then the program shuts down, except the command prompt screen remains.
>
> I am not new to GIS, but have little background in programming and no idea
> how to troubleshoot this. None of the issues or tickets within the GRASS
> site appear to address this problem either.
>
> Any suggestions out there?  I look forward to digging into the GRASS, so
> help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Pete Sullivan
>
>
>
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