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Michael, Why don't you simply run the IDV on your windows machine? I am not sure the IDV will run in this client-server scenario. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Michael D McAtee > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: The Aerospace Corporation at the Air Force Weather Agency > Package Version: 5.0u2 > Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago) > Hardware: HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 > Description of problem: I am using Exceed on a windows PC to access my Linux > server. I installed IDV with using Linux installer. That went fine. However > when I execute the runIDV command I get the dashboard window just fine but > the main display window doesn't appear and I get the following error message: > > createNewWindow-1 > Profiles [GL4bc, GL3bc, GL2, GLES1] not available on > device null > > I clicked on details and got the following: > > avax.media.opengl.GLException: Profiles [GL4bc, GL3bc, GL2, GLES1] not > available on device null > at javax.media.opengl.GLProfile.get(GLProfile.java:957) > at javax.media.opengl.GLProfile.get(GLProfile.java:968) > at javax.media.opengl.GLProfile.getMaxFixedFunc(GLProfile.java:721) > at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.initialize(JoglPipeline.java:120) > at javax.media.j3d.Pipeline.createPipeline(Pipeline.java:92) > at javax.media.j3d.MasterControl.loadLibraries(MasterControl.java:837) > at javax.media.j3d.VirtualUniverse.<clinit>(VirtualUniverse.java:274) > at > javax.media.j3d.GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.getBestConfiguration(GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.java:317) > at java.awt.GraphicsDevice.getBestConfiguration(Unknown Source) > at > ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.makeConfig(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:507) > 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:494) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getMaster(ViewManager.java:5304) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.init(ViewManager.java:913) > at ucar.unidata.idv.NavigatedViewManager.init(NavigatedViewManager.java:309) > at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.init(MapViewManager.java:616) > at ucar.unidata.idv.VMManager.addViewManager(VMManager.java:515) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.getViewManager(IdvXmlUi.java:659) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:523) > 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:531) > 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:531) > 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:4468) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4292) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.doMakeInitialGui(IdvUIManager.java:666) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.initDone(IdvUIManager.java:998) > 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:1243) > > I've searched your idvusers and idvdevelopers email archives along with the > idv user's guide and did not find anything useful. So your help would be > greatly appreciated. I'm trying to get IDV running here at AFWA to help in > evaluating their data assimilation system and forecast model > > Mike > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TUB-902752 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed