[ldmMcidas #OJB-462098]: Help! Things are not working

Hi Paul,

re: I _really_ don't have any theory how the REDIRECTion backing store file got 
damaged

> This is explainable by my trying to add a string where I did not do /"
> ahead of the string...it was only allowing me 12 characters...

No worries.  This would not damage the string table file STRTABLE.

re:
> but that was because I tried to create a string from the wrong directory. I
> am still amazed that there are two string tables.... so now things look to
> be remedied.

One should only modify/add strings to the string table from one's $MCDATA
directory.  Running TE (te.k) from a different directory will result
in another copy of STRTABLE being created.  Only one will be used,
however.

re: MCGUI not working
> This seems to be the last remaining problems.

I just solved this one... it was a typo in the distribution's
mcidas_env.sh file (installed in ~mcidas/admin/mcidas_env.sh).
The code was setting the environment variable MBIN instead
of MCBIN.  MCBIN is used in the MCGUI applications as the location
of Tcl/Tk files that need to be used by the GUI.  Since MCGUI was
not being set, its effective "value" was 'MCBIN=' (blank).  When
the MCGUI startup tried to use the value of MCBIN, it got
nothing, so it did not source the needed Tcl script files.

After correcting the typo in ~mcidas/admin/mcidas_env.sh and
then logging off and logging back on as 'mcidas', I was able
to bring up the MCGUI configuration GUI:

<as 'mcidas'>
cd $MCDATA
mcidas -config

Since this works, the full MCGUI should work also.

I will be updating the McIDAS-X distribution to include the fix
for my typo.

Sorry for the incredible hassles!!

Thanks for coming to our
> rescue. I would like to help you shovel. Yech!
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ============================
> > > Dave Bukowski -- NREMT-B
> > > BLS Instructor (CPR & AED)
> > > N9KPD
> > > http://davebb.deviantart.com/
> > > address@hidden
> > > address@hidden
> > >
> > >
> > > address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Paul,
> > > >
> > > > re:
> > > > > 1) OK...I think we fixed a few things too...The radar was not working
> > > > > because it searched for the wrong directory. I found that our copy of
> > > > > NEXRADDE.BAT was pointing to the wrong directory. I copied that to
> > > > > NEXRADDE.BAT.OLD and took the old copy from the old server over. Now
> > the
> > > > > data files are where they are supposed to be.
> > > >
> > > > The DSSERVE invocations in files like NEXRADDE.BAT do not become active
> > > > until 'mcidas' makes them active through actions like:
> > > >
> > > > <as 'mcidas'>
> > > > cd $MCDATA
> > > > batch.k NEXRADDE.BAT
> > > >
> > > > Also, if you copied over a file from the old machine, did you put it
> > > > in the MCDATA directory for the user 'mcidas'?  This is where
> > > > files that get locally modified should live, not in ~mcidas/data.
> > > >
> > > > re:
> > > > > Does this batch file get
> > > > > replaced with new versions? Should my modifications be named
> > something
> > > > else?
> > > >
> > > > Not in the $MCDATA directory of 'mcidas'.  It does get replace by new
> > > > installations/updates if it is in ~mcidas/data.
> > > >
> > > > re:
> > > > > 2) What does XCD.BAT do? I have this
> > > > > mcidas@climate:~/data$ less XCD.BAT
> > > > > REDIRECT ADD *.PRO          "#MCDATA
> > > > > REDIRECT ADD *.PTR          "#MCDATA
> > > > >
> > > > > REM
> > > > > REM Define needed REDIRECTions
> > > > > REM
> > > > >
> > > > > REDIRECT ADD HRS.SPL        "#XCDDATA
> > > > > REDIRECT ADD *.IDX          "#XCDDATA
> > > > > REDIRECT ADD *.IDT          "#XCDDATA
> > > > > REDIRECT ADD *.XCD          "#XCDDATA
> > > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > XCD.BAT sets up McIDAS-XCD processing.
> > > >
> > > > re:
> > > > > when I ran the command by hand, there were no strings defined. On
> > the old
> > > > > servers, it was XCDDATA =: /home/mcidas/data
> > > > > I tried to enter the strings by hand using te.k but it would not let
> > me
> > > > use
> > > > > more than 12 characters.
> > > >
> > > > The invocation from the Linux command line would be:
> > > >
> > > > <as 'mcidas'>
> > > > cd $MCDATA
> > > > te.k XCDDATA \"/home/data/mcidas
> > > >
> > > > re:
> > > > > I was not sure what to do.
> > > >
> > > > I thought that decoding was working correctly on the new climate.
> > > > Are you saying that it wasn't?
> > > >
> > > > re:
> > > > > 3) When I run "mcidasx" I get two windows but do not get the menu. I
> > get
> > > > >
> > > > > Error in startup script: couldn't read file
> > "./tcl/lib/tk8.5/xmfbox.tcl":
> > > > > no such file found..
> > > > >
> > > > > That is weird.
> > > >
> > > > The error message is, indeed, weird.  The Tcl/Tk widgets, etc. should
> > > > get installed in ~mcidas/tcl/...
> > > >
> > > > re:
> > > > > This is what I have so far.
> > > >
> > > > OK.
> > > >
> > > > Dave wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Paul, as I mentioned on the phone I just installed tcl8.5 and tk8.5.
> > Now
> > > > > if there is a MCIDAS binary that needs to be recompiled then I need
> > to
> > > > know
> > > > > what we are recompiling so I can add it to weather
> > > >
> > > > Tcl/Tk is included as part of the McIDAS distribution.  The versions
> > > > of tclsh and mcwish (a McIDAS-modified version of 'wish') get created
> > > > as part of the McIDAS build process.  Installations of Tcl/Tk in the
> > > > OS are not needed as they should not be used by the McIDAS GUI/MCGUI
> > > > if the user's environment is setup correctly, and if the McIDAS build
> > > > succeeded with no errors.
> > > >
> > > > Comment:
> > > >
> > > > With three people making modifications, it is hard to know what works
> > > > and what doesn't because of the rapidly moving target that is
> > > > trying to be addressed.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Tom
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> Professor of Meteorology
> College of DuPage - NEXLAB
> http://weather.cod.edu
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> 

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket ID: OJB-462098
Department: Support ldm-mcidas
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