Re: Trouble Running idt

From: NCAR G Talk (ncargt@XXXXXX)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 09:14:43 MDT


>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm new to NCAR Graphics and have run into a problem. I'm trying to
> display a metafile using idt. (The metafile was generated by a run of
> MM5). When I run idt the display panel comes up but the display fails
> with the following error message:
>
> % idt gmeta
> reading stdout of translator: Error 0
> Translator aborted
>
> Does anyone know what this error message means?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Russ Todd

Dear Russ,

Usually, when you get an error message from idt about the translator,
this means that it is having trouble running "ictrans". You need to
make sure that your NCARG_ROOT environment variable is set correctly.
Check with the person who installed NCAR Graphics on your system for
information on what to set NCARG_ROOT to. Secondly, you need to make
sure that $NCARG_ROOT/bin is on your search path so that it can find
ictrans. Type:

    which ictrans

at the UNIX prompt to find out if the path to ictrans is on your
search path. "ictrans" should be in the same location as "idt", so if
your system is finding "idt" okay, it should also be finding "ictrans"
okay.

--NCARG Talk Staff



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