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> Full Name: steve kirby > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: arl > Package Version: > Operating System: redhat linux > Hardware: x86_64 > Description of problem: IDV compiled ok for me (although I did have to > augment the classpath in the build.xml, or else it was complaining about not > finding some j3d stuff. But when I try to run IDV, per instructions, I get: > > $ java -Xmx512m -jar idv.jar > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > javax/media/j3d/SceneGraphObject > at visad.util.Util.<clinit>(Util.java:300) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.checkSystem(IntegratedDataViewer.java:373) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:267) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:225) > 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:372) > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:360) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) > at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) > ... 6 more > > So I added to my environment CLASSPATH, the exact jars, as I have them in the > build.xml, but it didn't help. Also tried adding them via -cp, in the > runtime call, but again, no luck. Please let me know if you have any ideas. > > TIA, > Steve > > What is the version of your java? Yuan Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PBQ-956479 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open