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> Yuan, Julian: > > Have you guys experienced the following on VM installs of the IDV? The IDV > seems to be complaining that it cannot find the java3d lib, but we used the > -Dj3d.rend=d3d flag to force it to use the java3d distributed with the IDV > (64-bit linux install, not generic). > > Thanks! > > Sean > Is this a headless machine or some kind remote access? Yuan > > Sean, > > Here is the output. > > > > vu022346-vm:~ # cd /root/IDV_3.0b1/ > > vu022346-vm:~/IDV_3.0b1 # java -server -Xmx512m -Didv.enableStereo=false > > -Dj3d.rend=d3d -jar idv.jar > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > > javax/media/j3d/SceneGraphObject > > at visad.util.Util.<clinit>(Util.java:299) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.checkSystem(IntegratedDataViewer.java:391) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:285) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:243) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.<init>(DefaultIdv.java:84) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.main(DefaultIdv.java:165) > > Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > > javax.media.j3d.SceneGraphObject > > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) > > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307) > > at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248) > > ... 6 more > > > > > > > > Matthew Sweet, Systems Administrator > > Valparaiso University > > Office of Information Technology > > Phone: 219.464.6101 > > > > This message may contain confidential and/or proprietary information and is > > intended for the person/entity to whom it was originally addressed. Any use > > by others is strictly prohibited. > > >>> On 8/9/2011 at 1:56 PM, in message <address@hidden>, "Unidata IDV > > >>> Support" <address@hidden> wrote: > > > > Greetings Matt, > > > > Let's try this: > > > > java -server -Xmx512m -Didv.enableStereo=false -Dj3d.rend=d3d -jar idv.jar > > > > This will tell the IDV to use the Java3d that came with the IDV > > distribution. > > > > Let me know what happens with that command. Thanks! > > > > Sean > > > > > Sean, > > > > > > Yes, I did use the "Installer for IDV under 64bit Linux" what option do i > > > use instead of -server to direct it to the JRE files? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthew Sweet, Systems Administrator > > > Valparaiso University > > > Office of Information Technology > > > Phone: 219.464.6101 > > > > > > This message may contain confidential and/or proprietary information and > > > is intended for the person/entity to whom it was originally addressed. > > > Any use by others is strictly prohibited. > > > >>> On 8/8/2011 at 3:48 PM, in message <address@hidden>, "Unidata IDV > > > >>> Support" <address@hidden> wrote: > > > > > > Ok, my bad. You used the linux install for IDV, right (not the generic > > > install where you supply your own java and java3d)? If you did use the > > > linux install package, let's use the java that comes bundled with the it. > > > Inside the directory with the idv.jar there should be a jre directory. I > > > *think* there is a java that lives in there (I can't get to my linux > > > machine to confirm at the moment - we are in the middle of a move and it > > > looks like my box is down). Please try the same command, but use that > > > version of java and see what happens. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Sean > > > > > > > Sean, > > > > > > > > Here is the output. > > > > > > > > vu022346-vm:~/IDV_3.0b1 # java -server -Xmx512m -Didv.enableStereoulse > > > > -jar idv.jar > /javaoutput.txt > > > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > > > > javax/media/j3d/SceneGraphObject > > > > at visad.util.Util.<clinit>(Util.java:299) > > > > at > > > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.checkSystem(IntegratedDataViewer.java:391) > > > > at > > > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:285) > > > > at > > > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:243) > > > > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.<init>(DefaultIdv.java:84) > > > > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.main(DefaultIdv.java:165) > > > > Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > > > > javax.media.j3d.SceneGraphObject > > > > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) > > > > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > > > > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) > > > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307) > > > > at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) > > > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248) > > > > ... 6 more > > > > > > > > Matthew Sweet, Systems Administrator > > > > Valparaiso University > > > > Office of Information Technology > > > > Phone: 219.464.6101 > > > > > > > > This message may contain confidential and/or proprietary information > > > > and is intended for the person/entity to whom it was originally > > > > addressed. Any use by others is strictly prohibited. > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> On 8/8/2011 at 3:07 PM, in message <address@hidden>, "Unidata IDV > > > > >>> Support" <address@hidden> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Full Name: Matthew Sweet > > > > > Email Address: address@hidden > > > > > Organization: Valparaiso Univeristy > > > > > Package Version: 3.0B1 > > > > > Operating System: OpenSuSE 11.2 X86_64 > > > > > Hardware: VMware WOrkstation > > > > > Description of problem: Start up IDV everything loads the message of > > > > > the day appears then the program shutsdown. I dont seee any logs to > > > > > find out where the issue is. I know i am trying this on a VM so > > > > > things might not work at all but, i'm still trying. 3D acceleration > > > > > is enabled for the VM. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings Matt, > > > > > > > > Would you mind opening a terminal and executing the following command > > > > in the directory that contains idv.jar: > > > > > > > > java -server -Xmx512m -Didv.enableStereo=false -jar idv.jar > > > > > > > > Please let me know what happens when you do this. > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > Sean > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > =================== > > > > Ticket ID: IJI-668187 > > > > Department: Support IDV > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > =================== > > > Ticket ID: IJI-668187 > > > Department: Support IDV > > > Priority: Normal > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: IJI-668187 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: IJI-668187 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open