#499: fresh windows startup not very friendly ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Reporter: hamish | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: 6.4.0 Component: default | Version: 6.4.0 RCs Keywords: wingrass startup | Platform: MSWindows XP Cpu: x86-32 | ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Hi,
after a brand new OSGeo4W install on XP, the user gets a nice GRASS icon to double click on. when they click it though they get a system error beep, and a DOS box error which says: {{{ access: Invalid arguement ERROR: LOCATION << C:"/UNKNOWN >> not available }}} then the Tcl/Tk startup window opens and a Tk Error window box pops up saying {{{ Warning: Invalid database. Finding first valid directory in parent tree }}} then another: {{{ Warning: location <<UNKNOWN>> at GISDBASE <C:> is not a directory or does not exist }}} not a very warm welcome! Even then there is no way to create a new GISDBASE dir from the startup GUI. you have to exit GRASS, go into the file manager, create C:\Docs&settings\Username\grassdata manually then restart (same beeps and errors again) and select it. +you have to know to do that! Maybe add a link to Lorenzo's new-user getting started tutorial? http://grass.bologna.enea.it/tutorial/01-tutorial/ I suggest if .grassrc6 is missing to pop up a GUI asking to browse for the data directory, or give an option to create a new one. With a big blinking red [Help] button along side it. thanks, Hamish -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/499> GRASS GIS <http://grass.osgeo.org>
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