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Jonathan, I have run the IDV successfully from a remote linux system from my Mac laptop. I wonder if the problem is on the cygwin side. (Is everything up-to-date on your windows machine?) Your best bet may be to use the IDV locally on your laptop/desktop. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Yes, I can display remote graphics via my Cygwin setup. I must admit, > however, that IDV often crashed in the past when I've run it via the remote > access x-terminals. > > -Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 2:56 PM > To: Case, Jonathan (MSFC-ZP11)[ENSCO INC] > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [IDV #FVM-820950]: IDV cannot run: unable to create graphics > configuration > > Jonathan, > > Such remote display scenarios could be problematic for the IDV. > > Out of curiosity, can you open an xterm on the linux system in question and > have it displayed back to the cygwin environment? > > Best, > > Julien > > > Yes, I have a Cygwin session with $DISPLAY set to localhost. That had > > worked in previous versions of IDV (at least v3). It's been a while since > > I updated IDV.... > > > > -Jonathan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:26 PM > > To: Case, Jonathan (MSFC-ZP11)[ENSCO INC] > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: [IDV #FVM-820950]: IDV cannot run: unable to create graphics > > configuration > > > > Jonathan, > > > > Are you running the IDV in some sort of remote display scenario? If yes, > > what are the details? It is best is to run the IDV locally on your desktop. > > > > Best, > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > > > > > Unidata IDV Support: > > > > > > Below is the output you requested. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Jonathan > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > -------------------------------------------- > > > wib1:/raid1/casejl/IDV_5.0u2 > ./runIDV Jan 14, 2015 2:34:01 PM > > > ucar.nc2.util.DiskCache2 setRootDirectory > > > INFO: DiskCache2 create directory > > > /usr/people/casejl/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv/tmp/nj22/ > > > 3D [dev] 1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > > > > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > at > > > javax.media.j3d.JoglGraphicsConfiguration.<init>(JoglGraphicsConfigu > > > ra > > > tion.java:67) at > > > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.getBestConfiguration(JoglPipeline.java: > > > 84 > > > 32) at javax.media.j3d.Renderer.doWork(Renderer.java:496) > > > at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:271) > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > at > > > javax.media.j3d.JoglGraphicsConfiguration.<init>(JoglGraphicsConfigu > > > ra > > > tion.java:67) at > > > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.getBestConfiguration(JoglPipeline.java: > > > 84 > > > 32) at javax.media.j3d.Renderer.doWork(Renderer.java:496) > > > at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:271) > > > X11Util.Display: Shutdown (JVM shutdown: true, open (no close > > > attempt): 2/2, reusable (open, marked uncloseable): 1, pending (open > > > in creation order): 3) > > > X11Util: Open X11 Display Connections: 2 > > > X11Util: Open[0]: NamedX11Display[localhost:12.0, 0xda37100, > > > refCount 1, unCloseable true] > > > X11Util: Open[1]: NamedX11Display[localhost:12.0, 0xd7707f0, > > > refCount 1, unCloseable true] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 2:29 PM > > > To: Case, Jonathan (MSFC-ZP11)[ENSCO INC] > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > Subject: [IDV #FVM-820950]: IDV cannot run: unable to create > > > graphics configuration > > > > > > Jonathan, > > > > > > Please run the IDV with the "runIDV" command from the command line (which > > > is what you did, I think). > > > > > > Please copy and paste the output from the command line and send it back > > > to us. > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > > > > > Full Name: Jonathan Case > > > > Email Address: address@hidden > > > > Organization: ENSCO, Inc > > > > Package Version: 5_0u2_linux64 > > > > Operating System: Linux x86_64 > > > > Hardware: head node of a cluster > > > > Description of problem: Dear idv-support, > > > > > > > > After installing the latest version of IDV, I received the following > > > > error upon start-up with "runIDV" (see attachment). Please let me know > > > > what I may need to configure in order to have IDV start up properly on > > > > our system. > > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Jonathan Case @ NASA/SPoRT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > =================== > > > Ticket ID: FVM-820950 > > > Department: Support IDV > > > Priority: Normal > > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: FVM-820950 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: FVM-820950 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Closed > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: FVM-820950 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed