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20051011: IDV - IDV Null Graphics Configuration

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  • Subject: 20051011: IDV - IDV Null Graphics Configuration
  • Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:11:23 -0600
>From: "Leslie H. Boyd" <address@hidden>
>Organization: EPA
>Keywords: 200510111747.j9BHlE9S006497

Hi Pete-

>Institution: US EPA
>Package Version: 1.1 & 1.2
>Operating System: Redhat 8.0
>Hardware Information: Dell 2650
>Inquiry: I have downloaded the "install anywhere" binaries 
>for IDV version 1.1 and 1.2.
>
>When launched, versions 1.2 displays the following
>error:
>
>An error has occurred in: getViewManager Canvas3D:
>null Graphice Configureation.
>
>And version 1.1 displays:
>
>java.lang.NullPointerException: Canvas3D: null GraphicsConfiguration
>
>Could you please tell me how to get around this
>problem?

Are you running from the console of the machine that IDV is
installed on?  If so, are you running as the user logged into
the console?

If you are on a remote system, do you have permission to access
the X server?  

Don
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