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> > Hello, > > I have a couple of questions for which I am aware antecedents are > discussed on your forum, support archives and documentation, but they > unfortunately did not bring me much further with my issues. > > I succeed in running IDV 2.8 and 2.9 locally on a 64bit linux box > operating under openSUSE 11.1 and equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce 7300 > graphics card with a 2.1.2 NVIDIA 190.42 driver. I have 4 GB available > memory and increased memory available to java in runIDV to 2560m. > Still I have memory problems (java heap space error) displaying > cross-sections or isosurfaces of 3D data fields taken out of a 1.7 GB > netCDF file (the field itself takes up a fraction only of that space). > Is this normal and is there a workaround without decreasing the domain > size or resolution (via region or stride)? When you are displaying the cross section or isosurfaces of 3D dataset, depending on the size of each dimension, it could consume a lot memory. If it is a large grid, you would be advised to subset it. See the following information: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv//docs/userguide/misc/PerformanceTuning.html > > Since I did not succeed with the previous, I installed the IDV on a > server with more memory available (also operating under openSUSE) and > tried to run it remotely (using -Y) and the application does not launch > properly and gives the 'could not create a graphics configuration' > error. 3D rendering also does not seem to work for other application > such as VisIt. I can run the IDV remotely on the server from another > O/S such as Fedora, however. I assume that this is mainly a system > configuration problem but thought that you might have a suggestion? > In some 64bit machine, remotely running the IDV may have some issues. The other option is VNC. Yuan > Many thanks in advance for your help, best wishes, > > Lex > > -- > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RJN-525466 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed