[IDV #FAV-932592]: IDV install

Hi Ben-

> Yes, I got it to build and run on a local Linux box here at
> hao. It read a tiegcm history file, and stopped with the expected
> error saying it did not understand the vertical coordinate array.

The code to handle that was not yet released.
 
> In the meantime, the new dimensionless vertical coordinate has
> been approved by the CF group (including Jonathan Gregory and
> Brian Eaton), and added to Appendix D of the CF document:
> 
> http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/cf-metadata/CF-current.html#sname

Yes, I saw that on the list. Unfortunately, it will not be in
the next release (next week) since we're in a code freeze now.
We can probably code it up shortly after the release and have
you test it once you redo your files.

Don Murray
 
> ====================================================================
> Atmosphere natural log pressure coordinate
> 
> standard_name = "atmosphere_ln_pressure_coordinate"
> 
> Definition:
> 
> p(k) = p0 * exp(-lev(k))
> 
> where p(k) is the pressure at gridpoint (k), p0 is a reference pressure, 
> lev(k)
> is the dimensionless coordinate at vertical gridpoint (k).
> 
> The format for the formula_terms attribute is
> 
> formula_terms = "p0: var1 lev: var2"
> ====================================================================
> 
> The only change from the original proposal is the use of "ln" in the
> standard name instead of "log".  I will fix our code and write some
> sample history files with this change, and give them to you.  I presume
> the next step is to add the necessary code to IDV to allow it to accept
> this new coordinate.  Let me know if there is anything else I can do to
> help. Thanks,
> 
> --Ben
> 
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> >Hi Ben-
> >
> >Jeff and I have been in and out of town over the past few weeks.  Did
> >you get anywhere with this?
> >
> >Don
> >
> >> >Hi Ben-
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> I installed IDV on one of our Linux systems using install-anywhere.
> >> >> It installed without error, but when I attempted to run it by
> >> >> executing runIDV, I got the following error message:
> >> >>
> >> >> (callisto) IDV_1.3B1 : runIDV
> >> >> Failed to make directory /home/foster/.metapps/DefaultIdv/plugins
> >> >> Failed to make directory /home/foster/.metapps/DefaultIdv/extensions
> >> >> Failed to make directory /home/foster/.metapps/DefaultIdv/datacache
> >> >> Failed to make directory /home/foster/.metapps/DefaultIdv/tmp
> >> >> Failed to make directory /home/foster/.metapps/DefaultIdv/tmp/nj22
> >> >> Failed to make directory /home/foster/.metapps/jython
> >> >> *sys-package-mgr*: can't create package cache dir,
> >> >> '/home/foster/.metapps/jython/cachedir/packages'
> >> >> Failed to make directory /home/foster/.metapps/DefaultIdv/tmp
> >> >> ERROR: An error has occurred:
> >> >> Initializing the IDV
> >> >> java.lang.NullPointerException
> >> >> java.lang.NullPointerException
> >> >> at
> >> >>
> ucar.unidata.xml.XmlObjectStore.cleanupTmpDirectory(XmlObjectStore.java:195)
> >> >> at
> >> >>
> ucar.unidata.xml.XmlObjectStore.cleanupTmpDirectory(XmlObjectStore.java:182)
> >> >> at
> >> >>
> >>
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:404)
> >> >> at
> >> >> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$2.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:353)
> >> >> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:806)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> The system uname -a for callisto is as follows:
> >> >>
> >> >> Linux callisto 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3 #1 Fri Oct 21 03:46:55 EDT 2005 i686
> >> >> i686 i386
> >> >> GNU/Linux
> >> >>
> >> >> Since I don't have root, I installed on a local disk that I own
> >> >> (not under my home).
> >> >>
> >> >> It did make the directory /home/foster/.metapps/DefaultIdv, but the
> >> >> only file in it is idv.rbi and it is an empty file. I have no idea
> >> >> why it could not make subdirs under ~/.metapps/DefaultIdv. Can you help?
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >
> >> >I'm stumped on this one.  I would say it's either a permission problem
> >> >or a disk space problem.  Since it created the .metapps/DefaultIdv
> >> >directory, it should have been able to create the subdirectories (which
> >> >are empty).  The idv.rbi file should be more than an empty file.
> >> >
> >> >Can you do:
> >> >
> >> >cd /home/foster
> >> >ls -lg .metapps
> >> >cd .metapps
> >> >ls -l
> >> >cd DefaultIdv
> >> >ls -l
> >> >
> >> >and send the output to me.  Also, could you check to make sure there's
> >> >enough disk space on /home/foster?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks.
> >> >
> >> >Don
> >>
> >>
> >> Don, thanks for the fast reply, here's the info. Permissions
> >> on the dirs look ok, and if I interpret df -k correctly, I have
> >> about 3.5 GB remaining under my home:
> >>
> >>
> >> (callisto) foster : ls -lg .metapps
> >> total 1
> >> drwxrwsr-x  2 tgcm 512 Mar  2 16:10 DefaultIdv/
> >> (callisto) foster : cd .metapps
> >>
> >> (callisto) .metapps : ls -l
> >> total 1
> >> drwxrwsr-x  2 foster tgcm 512 Mar  2 16:10 DefaultIdv/
> >> (callisto) .metapps : cd DefaultIdv
> >>
> >> (callisto) DefaultIdv : ls -l
> >> total 0
> >> -rw-rw-r--  1 foster tgcm 0 Mar  2 16:10 idv.rbi
> >> (callisto) DefaultIdv :
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> (callisto) DefaultIdv : df -k /home/foster
> >> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> >> jabba:/export/home/foster
> >> 25557120  21800160   3501376  87% /home/foster
> >> (callisto) DefaultIdv :
> >>
> >>
> >> --Ben
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Ticket Details
> >> >===================
> >> >Ticket ID: FAV-932592
> >> >Department: Support IDV
> >> >Priority: Normal
> >> >Status: Open
> >> >
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Ben Foster                 High Altitude Observatory (HAO)
> >> address@hidden                     phone: 303-497-1595  fax: 303-497-1589
> >> Nat. Center for Atmos. Res.     P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307 USA
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Ticket Details
> >===================
> >Ticket ID: FAV-932592
> >Department: Support IDV
> >Priority: Critical
> >Status: Open
> >
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ben Foster                    High Altitude Observatory (HAO)
> address@hidden                        phone: 303-497-1595  fax: 303-497-1589
> Nat. Center for Atmos. Res.     P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307 USA
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: FAV-932592
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Critical
Status: Open