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