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> Thanks for the help! > The problem that I found was the language. > My system was using Portuguese(BR) as default language. I changed it to > English(US) and NMAP2 worked correctly. > The cause for that is the fact that here in Brazil, the decimal > separator is ',' (comma) not '.' (dot). > > Older versions probably worked cause they're were using fortran. Now is > C, correct? Marcus, A substantial part of the grid handling part of GEMLIB has been rewritten in C from Fortran. This now complicates the language differences! Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support > > Att. > Marcus Vin�cius S. Mendes > Cachoeira Paulista / SP - Brazil (GMT-3) > National Institute for Space Research - INPE > Center for Weather Forecast and Climatic Analysis - CPTEC > (+55) (12) 3186-8676 > > > > Unidata GEMPAK Support escreveu: > > Marcus, > > > > The [GG-2] error you show below has "," (aka comma characters) rather than > > "." (aka decimal > > points) in the lat/lon entries. This seems to indicate that some table that > > has been incorrectly > > edited locally (eg your $GEMTBL/stns/geog.tbl file "LOCAL" entry perhaps). > > > > The XmScale messages probably indicate that a data set is missing, but > > generally can be ignored > > so long as you are linking against openmotif. If they are a result of using > > lesstif, then > > you may have other problems there. > > > > > > See if you can "grep" for the comma separate string in > > $GEMTBL/stns/geog.tbl and > > fix if you find it. Otherwise, search the files in $GEMTBL/config/* and > > $GEMTBL/nmap/* > > as starting points. > > > > > > Steve Chiswell > > Unidata User Support > > > > > > > > > >> Hello, > >> I'm trying to compile GEMPAK5.9.4 on OpenSuse 10.2 in a x86_64 with > >> kernel 2.6.18.2-34-default > >> I have configured the Gemenviron,profile (I'm using bash) and the > >> etc/Makeinc.common and etc/Makeinc.linux64 > >> When I do 'make all' and 'make install' seems to have no problems. But > >> when I run 'nmap2', I get the following errors: > >> > >> bash> nmap2& > >> [1] 21283 > >> bash> Finished reading tables... > >> Resource File: /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.9.4/resource/Nmap > >> Warning: > >> Name: scale > >> Class: XmScale > >> The specified scale value is less than the minimum scale value. > >> > >> Warning: > >> Name: scale > >> Class: XmScale > >> The specified scale value is less than the minimum scale value. > >> > >> Warning: > >> Name: scale > >> Class: XmScale > >> The specified scale value is less than the minimum scale value. > >> > >> Into the nmap2 I get this error: > >> 070216/1104[GG-2] Area -60,00;-120,00;20,00;-20,00 is an invalid > >> graphics area. > >> > >> Every map I switch or tryies to zoom produces this errors. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> PS: Attached is the make.out, install.out and the libraries on my system. > >> > >> -- > >> Att. > >> Marcus Vin�cius S. Mendes > >> Cachoeira Paulista / SP - Brazil > >> National Institute for Space Research - INPE > >> Center for Weather Forecast and Climatic Analysis - CPTEC > >> (+55) (12) 3186-8676 > >> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: XLM-276324 > > Department: Support GEMPAK > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XLM-276324 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Closed