[IDV #GXT-335489]: Fatal error after install

Robert,

Great. Glad it worked.

Best,

Unidata IDV Support

> Thanks for your advice. Unfortunately, this failed to solve the problem.
> I am sure you are correct in identifying the UNAVCO plugin as the problem.
> 
> I followed your instructions and removed the plugin. IDV opens properly.
> I closed it.
> 
> I ran the command
> C:\Program Files\IDV_53\runIDV.bat -installplugin
> unavco.org/software/visualization/idv/unavcoidv.jar
> 
> I get this Error message
> Loading plugins
> Unable to open:unavco.org/software/visualization/idv/unavcoidv.jar
> 
> I tried installing the plugin from the URL
> http://www. unavco.org/software/visualization/idv/unavcoidv.jar
> as advised in one of the IDV threads (Oct 7 2014). The first time this
> did not work.
> 
> I cannot find the unavcoidv.jar to copy it so that I can try to install
> the plugin directly from a file.
> 
> Finally, I tried deleting everything I could think of - all IDV folders
> and installations and restoring IDV 4.1 which had worked before I
> accepted the invitation to upgrade. This appears to install correctly,
> but IDV does not start. It simply opened a Command window with a
> blinking underscore icon and does nothing.
> 
> I finally repeated everything so I could provide a detailed log and
> again attempted to install from the URL (same as above)
> http://www.unavco.org/software/visualization/idv/unavcoidv.jar
> 
> For reasons not clear this has worked.
> 
> Thanks for your help. I hope in future upgrades the UNAVCO plugin
> location will be fixed.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> //EGHAM, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK/
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> 
> On 17/02/2015 19:49, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Robert,
> >
> > The UNAVCO plugin may be giving you trouble.
> >
> > Please delete the UNAVCO plugin in
> >
> > ~/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv/plugins/
> >
> > In order to reinstall the UNAVCO plugin please run the following command.
> >
> > C:\Program Files\IDV_53\runIDV.bat -installplugin 
> > unavco.org/software/visualization/idv/unavcoidv.jar
> >
> > In future versions of the IDV, you will also be able to install this plugin 
> > via
> > the plugin manager. (We had the wrong location for the plugin internally 
> > within
> > the IDV.)
> >
> > Let us know if you run into problem.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Unidata IDV Support
> >
> >
> >> Dear IDV Support
> >>
> >> You identified the problem that produced the last error. IDV (I used
> >> 5.0u3) installed correctly and then opened correctly.
> >>
> >> However, after I add the UNAAVCO IDV plugin, close down and restart IDV
> >> I get a new error.
> >> ERROR: Opening jars
> >> error in opening zip file
> >>
> >> The full error message is listed below. IDV continues to run but without
> >> the symbols I had planned to use.
> >>
> >> Any more ideas?
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file
> >> at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
> >> at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
> >> at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
> >> at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
> >> at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
> >> at
> >> ucar.unidata.util.PluginClassLoader.<init>(PluginClassLoader.java:102)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager$3.<init>(PluginManager.java:1737)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.loadJar(PluginManager.java:1736)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.handlePlugin(PluginManager.java:1508)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.loadPlugins(PluginManager.java:1460)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.<init>(PluginManager.java:246)
> >> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native
> >> Method)
> >> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown
> >> Source)
> >> at
> >> sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
> >> at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.makeManager(IdvBase.java:255)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.doMakePluginManager(IdvBase.java:1097)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.getPluginManager(IdvBase.java:1109)
> >> at
> >> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvResourceManager.init(IdvResourceManager.java:1200)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.StateManager.initState(StateManager.java:421)
> >> at
> >> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:305)
> >> at
> >> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:224)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.<init>(DefaultIdv.java:70)
> >> at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.main(DefaultIdv.java:151)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> /*SE Asia Research Group */http://searg.rhul.ac.uk//
> >> Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London//
> >> //EGHAM, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK/
> >> Tel : +44 1784-443897 Fax : +44 1784-434716
> >> address@hidden
> >>
> >> On 17/02/2015 15:23, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>> Robert,
> >>>
> >>> Hopefully the solution is straightforward here.
> >>>
> >>> Please simply move (or delete) your .unidata folder in your home directory
> >>> (in \Users\<username>\)
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Unidata IDV Support
> >>>
> >>>> Full Name: Robert Hall
> >>>> Email Address: address@hidden
> >>>> Organization: Royal Holloway University of London
> >>>> Package Version: 5.0u2 build date:2014-11-12 20:09 UTC
> >>>> Operating System: Windows 7
> >>>> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_53\jre version: 1.7.0_51 
> >>>> j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily
> >>>> Description of problem:
> >>>>
> >>>> Fatal error initializing resources
> >>>>
> >>>> ucar.unidata.util.ColorTable cannot be cast to 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.util.NamedObject
> >>>>
> >>>> I have been trying to install IDV on a Windows 8.1 64-bit PC. This
> >>>> install seems to run smoothly but when I start the program I get the
> >>>> error above. I have tried three versions, 4.1, 5.02 and 5.03. I have
> >>>> installed and uninstalled several times. Something seems to have been
> >>>> corrupted since I tried to add the UNAVCO IDV plugin. I have deleted the
> >>>> IDV folders before reinstalling, tried downloading the plugins 
> >>>> separately,
> >>>> tried renaming folder to different names other than the defaults, and
> >>>> searched the website. I have seen messages in the idv email threads
> >>>> that have a similar error to mine but the instructions to deal with it
> >>>> are aimed at Linux not Windows. I have previously run the application
> >>>> (v 4.1) on Windows 7 machines and cannot identify anything that I have
> >>>> done differently.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can you make any suggestions please? Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> ******************
> >>>> Stack trace:
> >>>> java.lang.ClassCastException: ucar.unidata.util.ColorTable cannot be 
> >>>> cast to ucar.unidata.util.NamedObject
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.util.ResourceManager.reloadResources(ResourceManager.java:224)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.util.ResourceManager.initDone(ResourceManager.java:248)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.util.ResourceManager.init(ResourceManager.java:169)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.StateManager.initState(StateManager.java:460)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:305)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:224)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.<init>(DefaultIdv.java:70)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.main(DefaultIdv.java:151)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Ticket Details
> >>> ===================
> >>> Ticket ID: GXT-335489
> >>> Department: Support IDV
> >>> Priority: Normal
> >>> Status: Closed
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: GXT-335489
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: GXT-335489
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed