I run Ubuntu gutsy. I just play around with data on my own machine... copied from one folder to another.
> if data was copied from a CD make sure that the GRASS database, > locations, etc. have been given back write permissions, recursively. > (the filesystem cares) I dit that. > > also check that the current user owns the mapset you are trying to > load. (by default GRASS lets you read from anyone mapset but only you > can write to your own) But, what if I want to start from the scratch? I am trying to create a new empty directory and grant rwx access. And then create with the GUI a new LOCATION. It only works when I use the text mode. > > for the file system test try going to where you are trying to make the > new location and create a new directory, files, etc. No problems to create folders as "nik" > That is all GRASS > is trying to do and if you can do that as a normal user, and the same > user as starts grass6, GRASS should be able to it as well. I think there something wrong with... ? Why grass (grass62) is problematic but grass63 (the compiled from source bin) does its job without hanging anywhere(?) > > > Also follow up that x-terminal-emulator error. Is this Ubuntu or > Debian? > What version(s) of OS & GRASS? > > ls -l /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2008-02-06 04:42 /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator -> /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator > ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2008-02-06 04:42 /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator -> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper > > > Hamish Thanks for the detailed mail. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > -- Nikos Alexandris . Department of Remote Sensing & Landscape Information Systems Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg . Tel. +49 (0) 761 203 3697 / Fax. +49 (0) 761 203 3701 / Skype: Nikos.Alexandris . Address: Tennenbacher str. 4, D-79106 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
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