Detailed solution for FAST_CWD pointer error in GRADS in win10

A lot of users have upgraded the win10 system now, but there are still some problems in the system. Due to work requirements, many designers will install GrADS (Grid Analysis and Display System) on the win10 system computer. However, some users have installed the GrADS and configured the environment variables, but found that when using grads -l on the command line, the FAST_CWD pointer error will occur. What should I do? How to solve it? The following small series will give you a detailed solution, I hope to help everyone!

Prompt error:

D:\\>grads -l

0 [main] grads 7900 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem To

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Starting grads under D:\\program\\OpenGrADS\\Contents\\Cygwin\\Versions\\2.1.a2.oga.1\\i686 ...

Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.1.a2.oga.1

Copyright (c) 1988-2013 by the Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)

GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY

See file COPYRIGHT for more information

Config: v2.1.a2.oga.1 little-endian readline grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds hdf5 opendap-grids ,stn athena geotiff shapefile cairo

Issue 'q config' command for more detailed configuration information

Loading User Defined Extensions table ... ok.

GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5

Error in GXSTRT: Unable to connect to X server

Workaround:

1, right click on My Computer /Advanced System Settings /Advanced /environment variable .

2, add environment variables:

GADDIR

The variable values ​​are as follows:

D:\\program\\OpenGrADS \\Contents\\Resources\\SupportData

(Note the installation path of OpenGrADS)

3. Find the installation path of OpenGrads:

D:\\program\\OpenGrADS

Find this path:

Contents\\Resources\\Xming

That is:

D:\\program\\OpenGrADS\\Contents\\Resources\\Xming

Found XLaunch.exe.

4. Double-click XLaunch.exe and follow the prompts to configure it.

5, test results:

Start/cmd/grads -l

You can see the drawing window of grads It can be used normally.

Although it still prompts:

0 [main] grads 2640 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer.

FAST_CWD pointer appears in GRADS in win10 system The wrong solution is introduced here. The solution to this problem is not complicated. Just follow the above steps step by step, I believe it will be processed quickly!

In summary, it is a detailed solution to the FAST_CWD pointer error in GRADS in win10. You can refer to it, I hope it will help everyone! Welcome everyone to continue to pay attention to other information!