19990127: ps problem

Steve,

The PS driver should be fairly simple since it doesn't require 
any X displays etc.

The ps driver is supposed to be in $GEMEXE and executable.
Assuming thats all correct, I'd check to make sure you 
don't have a file or subdirectory in your current woring directory 
called "ps". I've seen wierd stuff when people have subdirectories
called "nc" for example, and try to use the nc driver. The programs
end up trying to execute the subdirectory rather than the driver.

If all thats ok, then check to make sure you don't have a bunch of
dead gplt and/or ps programs in your proces table- as well
as hung messsage queues.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Steven L. Mullen wrote:

> Steve,
> 
>     I am running gdplot, and I want to produce
> ps plots. Below are my settings. I run gdplot and it
> hangs on our SGI with the message shown below.
> Any suggestions on what to explore first for a solution?
> PS  driver problems?
> 
> Steve
> 
> cyclone 4% gdplot
> Creating process: gplt for queue 403
>  GDFILE    Grid file                         global1.gem
>  GDATTIM   Grid date/time                    760106/1200F12031
>  GLEVEL    Grid level                        0
>  GVCORD    Grid vertical coordinate          PRES
>  PANEL     Panel loc/color/dash/width/regn   b/1/1/6/plot
>  SKIP      Skip_cntr/skip_plt_x;skip_plt_y   0
>  SCALE     Scalar scale / vector scale       -1!0
>  GFUNC     Scalar grid
> sub(hght@500,mul(8,sub(pmsl,1000)))!pmsl!pmsl
>  CTYPE     Contour type:  C/F                c/f!c
>  CONTUR    Subbox/smooth                     3
>  CINT      Contour interval/min/max
> 6!4/920/1060!928;952;976;1000;1024
>  LINE      Line color/type/width/label       2/5/3/0!1/1/3/0!1/1/5/0
>  FINT      Fill interval/min/max             504;516;534;546
>  FLINE     Fill colors                       0;19
>  HILO      Color/symbol/rng/rad/cnt/intp
> 4;2/H#0;L#0/1010-1060;900-1020/3;2/99/y
>  HLSYM     HILO txt size/posn/font/wdth/hw   2;1.5/2;2/21;21/6/hw
>  CLRBAR    Color/ornt/anch/x;y/ln;wd/freq
>  GVECT     Vector grid
>  WIND      Wind symbol/siz/wdth/typ/hdsz     BM1
>  REFVEC    Mag;x;y;txtsiz/font/wdth/HW;labl
>  TITLE     Title color/line/title            1/-1/IT=97.5 VT=102.5
> MEMBER=31 !1/-2/SLP 1000-500mb Thck !0
>  TEXT      Text size/font/width/hw flag      1//3
>  CLEAR     Clear screen flag                 no
>  GAREA     Graphics area                     5.5;130.2;46.3;-71.8
>  PROJ      Map projection/angles/margins|dr  LCC/30.0;180.0;60.0
>  MAP       Map color/dash/width              8/10/6
>  LATLON    Line color/dash/width/label/inc   1/20/3/1;1/10;10
>  DEVICE    Device|name|x size;y size|color   ps
>  STNPLT    Txc|mkc/mkt/mks/mkwd/hwfl|stnfil
>  SATFIL    Satellite image filename(s)
>  RADFIL    Radar image filename(s)
>  LUTFIL    Enhancement lookup table filenam
>  Parameters requested:
> GDFILE,GDATTIM,GLEVEL,GVCORD,PANEL,SKIP,SCALE,GFUNC,
>  CTYPE,CONTUR,CINT,LINE,FINT,FLINE,HILO,HLSYM,CLRBAR,GVECT,WIND,REFVEC,TITLE,
> 
>  TEXT,CLEAR,GAREA,PROJ,MAP,LATLON,DEVICE,STNPLT,SATFIL,RADFIL,LUTFIL.
>  GEMPAK-GDPLOT>r
> Creating process: ps for queue 9
> Error in execl to ps = 13
> 
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