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Mike, Glad to hear that you got this figured out. I was about to send you the URL for a new 5.9.3 version to try out to isolate all tables for the current release- but.... Thanks for letting me know how you resolved the issue, Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support > Steve, > This appears to be a permission problem, albeit strangely manifested. I was > able to run NAMP2 as user root and gempak, so I figured it had to be > permissions. So, I just did a "chmod -R 775 GEMPAK5.9.2" from the top and > now it works for all users. I guess there is some file in there somewhere > that NMAP2 needs that does not have the right permissions, but I'll let you > figure that out. > cheers, > -Mike > > > At 11:53 AM 6/20/2006, you wrote: > >Mike, > > > >Check the date on the executable. If its before Jun 6, then it was > >compiled under FC3. I posted an FC4 compiled tarfile at: > >http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/gempak/nawips-5.9.2/binary/index.jsp > >This fixed one memory leak and some nsharp bugs. If you didn't download > >the file > >recently, try the newest since it is closer to your kernel version. > > > >Steve Chiswell > >Unidata User Support > > > > > > > Steve, > > > That shouldn't matter because I have a link from gempak5.6 to GEMPAK5.9.2, > > > but I changed it anyway....and I still get the same error. (see attached) > > > > > > And, to verify another version, I just changed my Gemenviron to be "setenv > > > NAWIPS /usr/local/gempak/GEMPAK5.8.2a and this version of NMAP2 works fine > > > on the same machine. Hmmm..... > > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > At 09:25 AM 6/20/2006, Unidata GEMPAK Support wrote: > > > > > Institution: SJSU > > > > > Package Version: 5.9.2 > > > > > Operating System: Linux FC4 , kernel 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 > > > > > Hardware Information: PC > > > > > Inquiry: Hi Steve, > > > > > I installed the binary version of Gempak like I always do on these lab > > > > machines. Everything seems to work except NMAP2. It crashes upon startup > > > > leaving the attached info in my terminal window. > > > > > > > > > > Other particulars on the system: > > > > > gcc-4.0.0-8 > > > > > libgcc-4.0.0-8 > > > > > > > > > > Please let me know if there is other info on the system you would like > > > > to see. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > >Mike, > > > > > > > >Your error messages indicate your Gemenviron file has $NAWIPS pointing > > to a > > > >GEMPAK 5.6 directory tree: > > > >Resource File: /usr/local/gempak/gempak5.6/resource/Ntop > > > >graphic, satellite, radar, fax -- 33 95 20 2 > > > > Invoke ... /usr/local/gempak/gempak5.6/os/linux/bin/nmap2 > > > > > > > >Since the tarfile will unpack into a GEMPAK5.9.2 tree, either your > > > >sourcing of Gemenviron isn't getting the correct location, or you have > > > >modified > > > >the tree name. > > > > > > > >Since many of the NMAP2 tables would be quite different between 5.6 and > > > >5.9.2, > > > >that would be the first place to look. Verify that your > > GEMPAK5.9.2/Gemenvion > > > >file has the correct NAWIPS location, and your shell environment is > > sourcing > > > >the current 5.9.2 Gemenviron. > > > > > > > >Steve Chiswell > > > >Unidata User Support > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Ticket Details > > > >=================== > > > >Ticket ID: PKQ-404843 > > > >Department: Support GEMPAK > > > >Priority: Normal > > > >Status: Closed > > > > > > -------------------------- > > > Mike Voss > > > Department of Meteorology > > > San Jose State University > > > One Washington Square > > > San Jose, CA 95192-0104 > > > > > > 408.924.5204 voice > > > 408.924.5191 fax > > > > > > > > >Ticket Details > >=================== > >Ticket ID: PKQ-404843 > >Department: Support GEMPAK > >Priority: Normal > >Status: Closed > > -------------------------- > Mike Voss > Department of Meteorology > San Jose State University > One Washington Square > San Jose, CA 95192-0104 > > 408.924.5204 voice > 408.924.5191 fax > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PKQ-404843 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Closed