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> I've playing around with the Unidata version of AWIPS2 and I keep noticing > a problem. When try to load METAR data (for example Surface --> METAR > Station Plot), Cave crashes. This is the Linux version. I have tried on > Centos/Red hat 6, 7 among other Linux distributions and always have the > same result. I have also tried different desktop environments too (Gnome, > XFCE, Mate, etc.) with the same result. I've tested this using computers > powered by an NVIDIA video card. > > Any clues as to what could be going on? Let me know if you need any log > files. Thank you for your time. Sounds like the Jep/PyDev error that users are experiencing on CAVE for Mac and Windows. * Check PyDev: CAVE > Preferences > PyDev > Interpreters > Python Interpreters that the /awips2/python/bin/python2.7 binary is selected? * Check Jep: rpm -qa |grep awips2-python-jep locate libjep.so Finally, check the end of the log files in ~/caveData/logs/consoleLogs/<machine name>/ for any stacktrace that can give us a clue. -Michael Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: OSC-423144 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.