20060118: IDV - Error on IDV startup

>From: "Beau Gjerdingen" <address@hidden>
>Organization: St. Cloud State University
>Keywords: 200601181541.k0IFfQx3014870  IDV Java 3D

>Institution: St. Cloud State University
>Package Version: 1.3b1
>Operating System: os.name:SunOS; os.arch:sparc; os.version:5.9;
>Hardware Information: java.vendor:Sun Microsystems Inc.; java.version:1.4.2_08
> ; java.home:/IDV_1.3B1/jre; j3d.version:1.3.2 fcs (build12); j3d.vendor:Sun M
> icrosystems, Inc.; j3d.renderer:OpenGL;
>Inquiry: Currently running IDV on a solaris box, just curious as to how to neg
> ate this error on startup.
>Thanks. _Beau

Are you running on the console, or through a remote login?  What
is your DISPLAY environment variable set to?

Don

>An error has occurred:
>In getViewManager
>Canvas3D: null GraphicsConfiguration
>
>******************
>Stack trace:
>java.lang.NullPointerException: Canvas3D: null GraphicsConfiguration
>       at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.<init>(Unknown Source)
>       at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.<init>(Unknown Source)
>       at visad.java3d.VisADCanvasJ3D.<init>(VisADCanvasJ3D.java:167)
>       at visad.java3d.DisplayPanelJ3D.<init>(DisplayPanelJ3D.java:57)
>       at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:355)
>       at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:330)
>       at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:227)
>       at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:215)
>       at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:209)
>       at ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.<init>(MapProjectio
> nDisplayJ3D.java:176)
>       at ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProject
> ionDisplay.java:316)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.init(MapViewManager.java:466)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.init(ViewManager.java:446)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.<init>(MapViewManager.java:405)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.VMManager.createViewManager(VMManager.java:517)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:302)
>       at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1350)
>       at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1554)
>       at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:1877)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:317)
>       at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1350)
>       at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1554)
>       at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:1877)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:317)
>       at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1350)
>       at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.doMakeContents(XmlUi.java:1284)
>       at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.getContents(XmlUi.java:1244)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:2
> 618)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:2
> 536)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.doMakeInitialGui(IdvUIManager.java:
> 2418)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer
> .java:433)
>       at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$2.run(IntegratedDataViewer.jav
> a:353)
>       at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:806)
>
>
>
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> Date:    Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:51:41 CST
> To:      "Unidata Support" <address@hidden>
> From:    <address@hidden>
> Subject: RE: 20060118: IDV - Error on IDV startup 
> 
> I am running from the console, I reinstalled Java 3d and all is now well.  
> Thank
> s for the quick response! _Beau