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> > On Sep 15, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > >> Full Name: Dave Dempsey > >> Email Address: address@hidden > >> Organization: San Francisco State University > >> Package Version: 2.9u1 build date:2010-09-02 19:36 UTC > >> Operating System: Mac OS X > >> Hardware: Java: home: > >> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home version: > >> 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.3.1 > >> Description of problem: Making jython lib directory > >> Could not load resource:/jythonlib.jar error:java.util.zip.ZipException: > >> error in opening zip file > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> I've just installed the official release of IDV v2.9u1 on an iMac running > >> OS X v10.6.4. (This machine is different from the one on which I tried > >> something similar yesterday and reported the same error.) > >> > > > > Hi Dave, > > I tried on the Mac locally with the same OS version, I cann't reproduce > > this error. I can see the jython jar file in the folder I installed the > > IDV, did you see this file? > > > Yuan, > > The jython.jar file is in there, along with everything else that gets > installed automatically: > > admin_sundog% cd /Applications/IDV_2.9u1 > /Applications/IDV_2.9u1 > admin_sundog% ls -l Hi Dave, The problem now is J3D, no longer Jython library. The J3D version 1.3 is bit old to me, is the 1.5 version available in your machine? When you installed the IDV, I remembered there is option of 1.3 and 1.5, please try to reinstall the IDV with J3D 1.5 version. Yuan > total 129712 > drwxr-xr-x 3 admin admin 102 Sep 15 14:29 IDV.app/ > drwxr-xr-x 3 admin admin 102 Sep 15 14:29 Integrated Data Viewer > Uninstaller.app/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 1322 Sep 14 01:17 NOTICE > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 17021356 Sep 14 01:17 auxdata.jar > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 4438 Sep 15 14:30 error.log > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 23005335 Sep 14 01:17 external.jar > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 6795 Sep 14 01:17 idv.gif > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 6515254 Sep 14 01:17 idv.jar > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 1204789 Sep 14 01:17 jython.jar > drwxr-xr-x 8 admin admin 272 Sep 15 14:29 licenses/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 100936 Sep 14 01:17 local-visad.jar > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 6719086 Sep 14 01:17 macos-java3d_jogl.zip > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 6701005 Sep 14 01:17 ncIdv.jar > -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin 506 Sep 14 01:17 runIDV* > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 2238 Sep 14 01:17 runIDV.ico > -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin 540 Sep 14 01:17 simpleIDV* > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 8680 Sep 14 01:17 simpleidv.jar > -rwx------ 1 admin admin 10181 Sep 2 13:43 uninstall* > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 5072944 Sep 14 01:17 visad.jar > > > I tried running the IDV v2.9u1 executable from the command line, which > provides more feedback about what's going on (though I don't understand it, > since I'm not a Java programmer)--maybe it'll mean something useful to you: > > student_sundog% cd IDV.app/Contents//MacOS/ > /Applications/IDV_2.9u1/IDV.app/Contents/MacOS > student_sundog% JavaApplicationStub > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/Applications/IDV_2.9u1/.install4j/i4jruntime.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, '/Applications/IDV_2.9u1/idv.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/classes.jar' > ERROR: createNewWindow-1 > javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup.setName(Ljava/lang/String;)V > java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: > javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup.setName(Ljava/lang/String;)V > at > visad.java3d.DisplayRendererJ3D.createBasicSceneGraph(DisplayRendererJ3D.java:522) > at > visad.java3d.DefaultDisplayRendererJ3D.createSceneGraph(DefaultDisplayRendererJ3D.java:133) > at visad.java3d.DisplayPanelJ3D.<init>(DisplayPanelJ3D.java:60) > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:391) > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:366) > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:263) > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:251) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.<init>(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:211) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:355) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:326) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.doMakeDisplayMaster(MapViewManager.java:449) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getMaster(ViewManager.java:4935) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.init(ViewManager.java:791) > at ucar.unidata.idv.NavigatedViewManager.init(NavigatedViewManager.java:301) > at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.init(MapViewManager.java:564) > at ucar.unidata.idv.VMManager.addViewManager(VMManager.java:515) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.getViewManager(IdvXmlUi.java:644) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:508) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.doMakeContents(XmlUi.java:1427) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.getContents(XmlUi.java:1382) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4367) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4191) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.doMakeInitialGui(IdvUIManager.java:623) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.initDone(IdvUIManager.java:948) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:646) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:550) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: > javax.media.j3d.TransformGroup.setName(Ljava/lang/String;)V > at > visad.java3d.DisplayRendererJ3D.setTransform3D(DisplayRendererJ3D.java:1395) > at visad.java3d.ProjectionControlJ3D.setMatrix(ProjectionControlJ3D.java:132) > at > visad.java3d.DisplayRendererJ3D.render_trigger(DisplayRendererJ3D.java:1553) > at visad.java3d.DisplayRendererJ3D.setWaitFlag(DisplayRendererJ3D.java:1564) > at visad.DisplayImpl.doAction(DisplayImpl.java:1905) > at visad.ActionImpl.run(ActionImpl.java:413) > at visad.util.ThreadPool$ThreadMinnow.run(ThreadPool.java:136) > ERROR: Initializing the IDV > javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup.setName(Ljava/lang/String;)V > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaRuntimeSupport.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Java/JavaRuntimeSupport.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/ui.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jsse.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/jce.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/charsets.jar' > java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: > javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup.setName(Ljava/lang/String;)V > at > visad.java3d.DisplayRendererJ3D.createBasicSceneGraph(DisplayRendererJ3D.java:522) > at > visad.java3d.DefaultDisplayRendererJ3D.createSceneGraph(DefaultDisplayRendererJ3D.java:133) > at visad.java3d.DisplayPanelJ3D.<init>(DisplayPanelJ3D.java:60) > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:391) > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.initialize(DisplayImplJ3D.java:366) > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:263) > at visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D.<init>(DisplayImplJ3D.java:251) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.<init>(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:211) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:355) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:326) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.doMakeDisplayMaster(MapViewManager.java:449) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getMaster(ViewManager.java:4935) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getComponent(ViewManager.java:4844) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.toFront(ViewManager.java:4181) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.guiInitializationDone(ViewManager.java:1888) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.initDone(IdvUIManager.java:969) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:646) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:550) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/JavaApplicationLauncher.framework/Versions/A/Resources/LauncherSupport.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/Library/Java/Extensions/postgresql-8.2-506.jdbc3.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/AppleScriptEngine.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/dns_sd.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/j3daudio.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/j3dcore.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/j3dutils.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/jai_codec.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/jai_core.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/mlibwrapper_jai.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/MRJToolkit.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/QTJava.zip' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Java/Extensions/vecmath.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/ext/apple_provider.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/ext/dnsns.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/ext/localedata.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/ext/sunjce_provider.jar' > *sys-package-mgr*: processing new jar, > '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib/ext/sunpkcs11.jar' > > -- Dave > > ************************************************************ > * Dr. Dave Dempsey | ^ ___ \|/ * > * Dept. of Geosciences | ) ^ /||_||\ --0-- * > * San Francisco State University | ) ) / ||_|| \ /|\ * > * 1600 Holloway Ave. | ) ) / ||_|| \ * > * San Francisco, CA 94132 | ) ) / ||_|| \ ^ * > * | ) ) ) > ||_|| \ * > * Phone: (415) 338-7716 | ) ) )~||~||~~~~ \~~* > * FAX: (415) 338-7705 | ) ) ) ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~* > * Email: address@hidden | ) ) ) ) ) ~ ~ ~ ~ * > ************************************************************ > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SSC-922139 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open