#118: r.patch fails on Vista -----------------------+---------------------------------------------------- Reporter: cmbarton | Owner: [email protected] Type: defect | Status: new Priority: critical | Milestone: 6.4.0 Component: default | Version: 6.3.0 RCs Resolution: | Keywords: -----------------------+---------------------------------------------------- Comment (by marcopx):
Replying to [comment:5 jrobins]: > Marco, > > I'm running winGRASS version 6.3.0RC6 on Vista. I configured GRASS with the windows installer program. I tried r.patch using the spearfish dataset, but when I > try to launch r.patch from the wxPython GUI's menus, I first get a security alert which > prompts me to allow or deny r.patch.exe access to my computer. When I press 'Allow', I > get the following error message: > > This application has failed to start because libgrass_gis.6.3.0RC6.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. > > Then r.patch.exe crashes and Vista automatically kills it in the same manner that it > would kill a hung program. The GUI seems to work fine afterwards. > > When I run r.patch from the menu in the Tcl/Tk GUI, I get this error: > > couldn't execute r.patch: invalid argument. > > Running r.patch from the Output-Gis.m window fails without an error message. > > I hope this helps, > > John Hi John, I just built GRASS 6.3.0 on Windows Vista (Home Premium) through the MSYS/MinGW environment, exactly as I built it on XP. I made only few tests, but both r.patch and v.patch worked fine for me. This said, I don't think that it depends on the new build: I think that the problem lies on the UAC system, because it forbids third party apps to write outside the "Program Files" and "Users/Account Name" folders, specially if the destination folder is directly in the unit root (such as C:\), and sometimes even if the user gives the permission after the UAC alert prompt message; So, disable the UAC (see http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-disable- UAC) and then try r.patch with the current WinGRASS binary release (still built on XP); Let me know if it works :-) Marco -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/118#comment:11> GRASS GIS <http://grass.osgeo.org>
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