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Manfred, Unfortunately, IDV < 5.0 will not work with Java 7. You have 2 options: 1. Install Java 6 on your OS X machine and run IDV < 5.0 with that. 2. Download and install a relatively stable, but still in beta IDV 5.0 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly/index.jsp In some situation we have had problems with IDV 5.0 not running smoothly on OS X 10.9. It just freezes after creating the initial map view. Please keep us up-to-date on your progress by letting us know if you run into this problem. Best Wishes, Unidata IDV Support > I just tried to install and start IDV and get the following error message on > startup and if I want to create a new display: > > createNewWindow-1 apple.awt.CGraphicsDevice > > Please find below the details. > > Looks like a mssing library to me, however I do not how to solve the problem. > Maybe you can give me a hint. > > MacOS 10.9.2 > Java 7 - Update 55 > Integrated Data Viewer 4.1 > > Looks all to me pretty up to date. > > Best, > > Manfred > > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: apple.awt.CGraphicsDevice > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366) > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358) > at > javax.media.j3d.GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.<clinit>(GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.java:55) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.makeConfig(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:501) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.<clinit>(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:489) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:406) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:375) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.doMakeDisplayMaster(MapViewManager.java:483) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getMaster(ViewManager.java:5304) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.init(ViewManager.java:912) > at ucar.unidata.idv.NavigatedViewManager.init(NavigatedViewManager.java:291) > at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.init(MapViewManager.java:598) > 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:4402) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4226) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.doMakeInitialGui(IdvUIManager.java:645) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.initDone(IdvUIManager.java:977) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:628) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:532) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1251) > > -- > > > *************************************************************** > * Prof. Manfred Radmacher Tel. +49 (0) 421 218 62280 * > * Institut fuer Biophysik Fax. +49 (0) 421 218 98 62280 * > * Fachbereich 1 * > * Universitaet Bremen * > * Otto Hahn Allee 1 Gebaeude NW1, Raum O 4050 * > * 28359 Bremen, Germany * > *************************************************************** > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GQT-259781 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed