[IDV #MLR-743797]: IDV on 64 bit linux

Hi Ralph-

> My apologies if this is covered elsewhere in the FAQs/mailing lists - I
> have checked, honestly!

Thanks for checking first.  I don't think you missed anything.

> I am trying to setup IDV on a 64-bit Cray XT4 machine under linux, and
> it "nearly" works....but then hangs during initialisation. The error
> messages are detailed below. It seems like it is a problem with the 64
> bit aspect.
> 
> I would be very grateful if you had any ideas about how to install IDV
> on this architecture, as we use IDV a lot and are currently installing a
> lot of software on the new HECTOR supercomputer here in the UK. We would
> like IDV on there too as it is so useful!

We don't have any experience using the IDV on the 64 bit system.  It
looks like you are using the Java that is from the installer which is
32bit.  I would try using a 64 bit version of Java and Java 3D.   You
can download Java for 64 bit Linux:

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/?intcmp=1281

and Java 3D from:

https://java3d.dev.java.net/binary-builds.html

You would then need to change the runIDV script to not look in the
local jre directory, but instead look for Java wherever you installed
it.

Let me know if you need more info.

Don Murray

> All the best,
> Ralph Burton
> 
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> Dr R R Burton
> Institute for Atmospheric Science
> Environment; School of Earth and Environment
> University of Leeds, Leeds UK LS2 9JT
> Tel. +44 0113 3436744 address@hidden
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> An error has occurred:
> createNewWindow-1
> /nfs01/n02/n02/wrf/IDV/IDV_2.3/jre/lib/i386/libJ3D.so:
> Can't load IA 32-bit .so on a IA 32-bit platform
> 
> The details are:
> java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
> /nfs01/n02/n02/wrf/IDV/IDV_2.3/jre/lib/i386/libJ3D.so: Can't load IA
> 32-bit .so on a IA 32-bit platform
> at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1751)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1668)
> at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:822)
> at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:993)
> at javax.media.j3d.MasterControl$22.run(MasterControl.java:894)
> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> at javax.media.j3d.MasterControl.loadLibraries(MasterControl.java:891)
> at javax.media.j3d.VirtualUniverse.<clinit>(VirtualUniverse.java:229)
> at
> javax.media.j3d.NativeConfigTemplate3D.<clinit>(NativeConfigTemplate3D.java:243)
> at
> javax.media.j3d.GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.<clinit>(GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.java:55)
> at
> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.makeConfig(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:485)
> at
> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.<clinit>(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:473)
> at
> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:346)
> at
> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:321)
> at
> ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.doMakeDisplayMaster(MapViewManager.java:287)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getMaster(ViewManager.java:3927)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.init(ViewManager.java:694)
> at
> ucar.unidata.idv.NavigatedViewManager.init(NavigatedViewManager.java:302)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.init(MapViewManager.java:329)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.VMManager.addViewManager(VMManager.java:448)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:461)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1483)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1711)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2054)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:491)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1483)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1711)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2054)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:491)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1483)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.doMakeContents(XmlUi.java:1397)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.getContents(XmlUi.java:1356)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:3715)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:3646)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:3556)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.doMakeInitialGui(IdvUIManager.java:479)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.initDone(IdvUIManager.java:811)
> at
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:559)
> at
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:463)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:947)
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MLR-743797
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open