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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