Katie Urey wrote: > A novice question follows. (new to cygwin, new to GIS, ok with UNIX, > not a programmer) > > Answers might be- > directions about which FAQ/archive etc to read > > I'm starting grass63 in an xterm on a Windows (XP professional) box. > > I'm attempting to use defaults, though I do have a spearfish60 directory > installed. > > I'm running as user=Katie. > > there seem to be 3-4 GRASS windows opened > 1 an output window- hidden by > 1 window with a pretty medieval looking map-- not an xterm??
This: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk/gui/tcltk/gis.m/intro.gif is the splash screen. It should pop up for a few seconds then disappear, but if there is an error starting the GUI, it may fail to disappear. > 1 an error window > 1 the initial text window > > >>>>>>>The Error window states: > >>>>>>> > > Do I need a Katie directory? Do I need to open up perms on user1 > directories? I suggest using the text startup at first; type "grass63 -text", and you should get a curses-based screen in the xterm from which you started GRASS. If you don't even get that, "rm ~/.grass63" then try again. The database line should be the directory containing the GRASS directory (in Cygwin format; use e.g. /cygdrive/c/... if the directory isn't inside the Cygwin hierarchy). The location should be spearfish60. The mapset can be whatever you wish; it will be created if it doesn't already exist. Assuming that goes okay, and you can run GRASS commands ("g.region -p" and "g.list rast" are useful tests), you can try starting the GUI with "gis.m". -- Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
