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Juan, Great. Glad to be of help. Best, Unidata IDV Support > I allready done that and all works fine now, thanks! > > 2015-05-26 8:06 GMT-06:00 Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> > : > > > Juan, > > > > Please update your Windows graphics card driver. > > > > Best, > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > > > Hi Tom, i am Juan José Amides Figueroa, i am "the problem and asking guy" > > > from the Costa Rica McIDAS V Workshop few weeks ago, i am trying to > > install > > > IDV and McIDAS in my brand new Windows 7 64bits instalation and both > > > programs crashes at start up, for IDV i get the cmd info: > > > > > > > > > *C:\Program Files\IDV_5.0u2>runIDV* > > > > > > *C:\Program Files\IDV_5.0u2>jre\bin\java -Xmx2956m -XX:PermSize=128m > > > -XX:MaxPermS* > > > *ize=128m -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -Didv.enableStereo=false -jar idv.jar* > > > *May 24, 2015 11:50:21 PM ucar.nc2.util.DiskCache2 setRootDirectory* > > > *INFO: DiskCache2 create directory > > > C:/Users/Figue_CPM/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv/tmp* > > > */nj22/* > > > *3D [dev] 1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily* > > > > > > *javax.media.j3d.IllegalRenderingStateException: Java 3D ERROR : OpenGL > > 1.2 > > > or be* > > > *tter is required (GL_VERSION=1.1)* > > > * at > > > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.setupCanvasProperties(JoglPipeline.java:* > > > *8082)* > > > * at > > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.access$800(JoglPipeline.java:87)* > > > * at > > > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$ContextQuerier.init(JoglPipeline.java:86* > > > *55)* > > > * at > > > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.doQuery(JoglPipeline.java:86* > > > *20)* > > > * at > > > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.access$100(JoglPipeline.java* > > > *:8568)* > > > * at > > > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.createQueryContext(JoglPipeline.java:655* > > > *0)* > > > * at > > javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:4618)* > > > * at > > javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:3611)* > > > * at javax.media.j3d.Renderer.doWork(Renderer.java:461)* > > > * at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:271)* > > > > > > *DefaultRenderingErrorListener.errorOccurred:* > > > *CONTEXT_CREATION_ERROR: Renderer: Error creating Canvas3D graphics > > context > > > for q* > > > *ueryProperties()* > > > *graphicsDevice = D3DGraphicsDevice[screen=0]* > > > *canvas = javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D[canvas0,0,0,0x0,invalid]* > > > *This version of Java3D can't query "textureWidthMax/textureHeightMax"* > > > *so they are being assigned the default values:* > > > *textureWidthMax: 1024* > > > *textureHeightMax: 1024* > > > *If images render as a 'grey-box', try setting these parameters* > > > *to a lower value, eg. 512, with '-DtextureWidthMax=512'* > > > *Otherwise check your graphics environment specifications* > > > *C:\Program Files\IDV_5.0u2>* > > > *C:\Program Files\IDV_5.0u2>* > > > > > > I dont know where in unidata web page is the "IDV Mailing list" because > > > that i am asking to you first, can you help? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -- > > > *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* > > > > > > * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Juan José Amides > > > Figueroa Urbano* > > > > > > *Técnico Meteorólogo* > > > *Servicio Meteorológico Nacional* > > > > > > > > > *Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de El Salvador.* > > > *jn 3:16* > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: NQA-901970 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > -- > *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* > > * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Juan José Amides > Figueroa Urbano* > > *Técnico Meteorólogo* > *Servicio Meteorológico Nacional* > > > *Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de El Salvador.* > *jn 3:16* > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NQA-901970 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed