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[GEMPAK #LVL-683174]: Help! with N-AWIPS (NMAP2) failing to launch

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #LVL-683174]: Help! with N-AWIPS (NMAP2) failing to launch
  • Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:29:51 -0600
Mike,

When in doubt, I could suggest installing a current 5.9.3 in a fresh directory.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


> Steve,
> 
> I will check today. I didn't install NAWIPS on these machines. I will I
> have to get with the sys admin and try to debug it. I will let you
> know. Thanks.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> Unidata GEMPAK Support wrote:
> 
> 
> >Mike,
> >
> >Possibilities are:
> >1) an invalid configuration file for NMAP2
> >  -- this would most likely occur if you either copied an older set
> >     of tables to that distribution, and one or more of the required
> parameters
> >     or entries is missing, or the GEMTBL/GEMEXE variables were
> pointing to a
> >      different version than is being found in the PATH variable.
> >
> >2) editing the configuration files with a typo
> >
> >Can you determine if any files have been edited? Is this a stock binary
> >distribution, built locally, or modified for other entries you might
> have had in
> >previous distributions?
> >
> >Steve Chiswell
> >Unidata User Support
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> At UNCC we have a new met lab and have installed the N-AWIPS version
> >> 5.9.2.  Ntl launches but when I try to launch nmap2 the windows comes
> >> up, but quickly dies. The message I am getting is:
> >>
> >> [mwdross@metlabpc9 local]$ nmap2
> >> Finished reading tables...
> >> Resource File:  /usr/local/GEMPAK5.9.2/resource/Nmap
> >> *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x1bf28ec8 ***
> >> Aborted
> >> [mwdross@metlabpc9 local]$
> >>
> >> The OS is Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 3)
> >>
> >> The screen resolution is 1280x1024 with 24 bit color depth.
> >>
> >> btw, Nsharp launches without crashing.
> >>
> >> Thanks for  any help!
> >>
> >> We have guest speacker from the NWS Monday that needs to use N-AWIPS. I
> >> hope we can get this resolved today if possible.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Michael Dross
> >> UNC-Charlotte
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Ticket Details
> >===================
> >Ticket ID: LVL-683174
> >Department: Support GEMPAK
> >Priority: Normal
> >Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: LVL-683174
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed