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> Spooky, in class — several students and me cannot launch an IDV, the splash > screen just hangs at “creating user interface” > > One student got an error message in his Jupyter notebook that said something > about thredds.ucar.edu<http://thredds.ucar.edu> > > [cid:93B3FCEE-7E15-427C-8C2B-A7CBD4BDC642@wireless.miami.edu] > > I don’t see any problems at weather.rsmas (the Mapes IDV collection end of > things), it seems. > > Weird! > > Brian > > > I got the same problem here, it is the unidata's web server is down. If you disconnect the network of your computer, the IDV can be started. I am waiting for system Adm to restart the apache server. Yuan Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DFR-435820 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.