[IDV #ZLV-456042]: line drawing on VMPlayer using Fedora Core 16

> > To clarify a bit, the color shading and even three-dimensional surfaces 
> > work fine. It is only when a line is drawn, either in the countour plan 
> > display or the label of said display, where there is a problem. Also, it 
> > goes away when I zoom in close enough, which makes me think there is a 
> > world -> display coordinate conversion problem with the 3D graphics driver. 
> > I found some vauge forum discussions on problems with GLX on a virtual 
> > machine running RedHat Linux, but don't know where to go from there.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> 
> Brain,
> 
> The only thing I can think of is to update your graphic card driver to see if 
> this help.  Is it possible to install and run the IDV outside the VM?
> 
> 
> Yuan

Brain,
     I checked with other VM users, and the feedback is that the Fedora Core 16 
VM is not a stable release, you may want to consider 15, or CentOS 6.


Yuan
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:06 AM
> > To: Billings, Brian J.
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: [IDV #ZLV-456042]: line drawing on VMPlayer using Fedora Core 16
> >
> > > Full Name: Brian BIllings
> > > Email Address: address@hidden
> > > Organization: Saint Cloud State University
> > > Package Version: 3.0b1 build date:2011-07-01 17:24 UTC
> > > Operating System: Windows 7
> > > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Users\bjbillings\Desktop\IDV_3.0b1\jre version: 
> > > 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> > > Description of problem: I'm attempting to run the WRF EMS in a computer 
> > > lab which uses Windows machines. To do this, I'm using VMPlayer to 
> > > virtualize a Fedora Core 16 operating system. The WRF runs okay, but I 
> > > hit a snag when trying to view the netCDF files using IDV.
> > >
> > > Attached are three files illustrating the problem with the default 
> > > background maps. The first shows the startup fiew, while the second two 
> > > are zooms into southern California. This issue also occurs when display 
> > > countours are plotted and even is in the data labels. I assume this is 
> > > related to running IDV on a virtual machine, but don't know where to go 
> > > from here. Thanks for your assistance.
> > >
> > >
> > Brain,
> > There are always some kind of issues associated with the Virtual OS, most 
> > likely due to missing some system library in the virtual OS. There is not 
> > any label display in the background map, so probably not an issue. If you 
> > did see the labeling problem, you can try to change the display font in the 
> > contour display control.
> > Two things you can try to see if any one can help: one is to uncheck the 
> > geometry by reference, it is under Edit > User Preference > System. And the 
> > other is in display control of the background map, check the "Fast 
> > rendering" check box.
> >
> > Let me know what you see after these changes.
> >
> >
> > Yuan
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
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> > Ticket ID: ZLV-456042
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ZLV-456042
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed