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Hi Alex,My reply is interspersed with your message below:
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:50:49 +0200
"iron maiden" <pakojaja@email.si> wrote:> Hello!
>
> ...i followed ure instructions and did the installation of x11iraf
> again...
>
> ... my problem about "starting Iraf in graphical terminal" still
> remains due to me beeing a beginer in Linux. So i ask u about almost
> the same problem but described by steps taken in terminal:
> ...> iraf@localhost.localdomain% cl
> setting terminal type to xgterm...
> timeout - terminal type set wrong? (`stty termtype' to reset)You should start an xgterm before running the cl. You can do this from
any terminal, or by creating an icon on your desktop.I should let you know that although x11iraf provides more graphically
oriented utilities, you still must learn the command-line that is the
cl.(As a sidenote, you may want to experiment with PyRAF, which is a
graphical interface to IRAF written in Python. However, we do not
support PyRAF as it was created and is maintained by STScI. See
http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyraf for more
details. If you do decide to use PyRAF, then please contact
help@stsci.edu for support.)
...> cl> tv.display
> image to be displayed: Messeier105
> ERROR: Cannot open device (node!imtool,,512,512)
> cl> logoutYou must have an image display tool running before using display. You
can use ximtool (see my reply to your problems below), or ds9, which
can be run in 24-bit environments such as yours, which is available from
SAO: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/We also do not support ds9, and can contact the people at SAO for
questions or problems with ds9.>
> ................................
>
> iraf@localhost.localdomain% xgterm
>
> ############################################################################
> #xgterm opens in terminal ok, problem is graphic mode - i am
> #beginning to think that i made a mistake in instaling
> #x11iraf-v1.3.2-bin.redhat.tar.gz or that only this patch isnt
> #enough to run IRAF in display mode? I followed these steps:
>
> # 1) Download the appropriate 'x11iraf-v1.3.2-bin.<arch>.tar.gz'
> # file , be sure to set 'binary' mode in FTP prior to downloading
> # the file.
>
> # 2) Unpack the X11IRAF files in a scratch directory using a
> # command like
>
> # % cat x11iraf-v1.3.1-bin.<arch>.tar.gz | gunzip | tar
> # -xf -
>
> # 3) To install the files you can use the new 'install' script by
> # logging in as the root user and issuing the command
>
> # # ./install
>
> # Just answer the questions about path destinations and the
> # files will be moved automatically. If you have already installed
> # X11IRAF there is no need to update the app-defaults with this
> # release, man pages should be updated however. The CDL library has
> # been updated and will be installed in a local lib directory,
> # applications which link this in their sources directly should get
> # a new version of the library to pick up any bug fixes.
> #
> # ...
> # after ending ./install script i also copy-pasted a patched
> #version of the XGterm binary “xgterm.fedora” (and renamed it to
> #xgterm) available from the http://iraf.noao.edu iraf homepage in to
> #directory /usr/local/bin and so replaced the old one ...but it didnt
> #work any diferently in both cases... so i dont
> #know ...is what missing?
> ###############################################################################
When running xgterm, you will be presented with a terminal window
where you can start the cl. Hence I believe your experience is
consistent with functionality. The purpose of xgterm is to provide
an extended graphics library than what is available in, e.g., xterm.> ..................................
>
> iraf@localhost.localdomain% ximtool
>
>
> ERROR: Detected incorrect X visual: depth=24 class=TrueColor
> ...> iraf@localhost.localdomain% startx -- :1 -depth 8...>
> (EE) VESA(0): No Display subsection in Screen section "Screen0" for
> depth/fbbpp 8/8
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found...>
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> #after uper comands the window apears in black covering the whole
> #screen and flashes and then disapears! i tried the commands in Note
> #for RedHat 8 users...but it promps that xgterm does not exist – when
> #trying it again later writting this report it seemed that it fixed
> #this problem, but the window flashed & closed again when
> #repeated...
> ############################################################################# The problem with all of the above issue with the color depth is that an
8-bit setting is not specified in your XF86Config file in /etc/X11.
You can rerun your X Server setup using the redhat utilities, to
include an 8-bit setting, or reconfigure your X Server to run in 8-bit
mode.I think the easier alternative is to run ds9, as you will not have any
issues with the color depth.Be sure to start ds9 (or ximtool, in the event that you reconfigure
your X Server for 8-bit mode) before running display. The display task
attempts to "talk" to the display tool, and if it's not available, it
will print the error that you are seeing.I would also like to point you to further documentation, namely: http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/pub/beguide.ps.Zas well as other documentation at the following URL: http://iraf.noao.edu/docs/recommend.htmlI hope that helps. Let us know if you have further questions or
problems.Cheers,Phillip