[Fwd: RE: [AG-TECH] ddvic error]

[Ed Ritenour]

Thanks for the message. This is interesting as there was someone in the
test room which had a room  identifer ending with -pig while we were
experencing the vic problem this morning. Unfortunately I don't remember
the site name.

Ed

Gregory Bell wrote:

> Ed,
>
> This is the latest of many messages this morning on ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> re: the problem you were describing.
>
> - Greg
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] ddvic error
> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:54:43 -0800
> From: "Brian Corrie" <brian.corrie at newmic.com>
> To: <darin at ucar.edu>, "Robert Olson" <olson at mcs.anl.gov>
> CC: <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>
>
> Hello all,
>
> We have seen this error as well in the Test Room. I seem to remember the
> mention of a problem with vic dying when someone in the venue changes
> video
> settings. If someone is in the room and tweaking the video this could be
> causing the problem. I have noticed with the PIG software that the
> settings
> for vic do not always work and we have to go in and configure before
> transmitting. If someone with a PIG node does a transmit and then tweaks
> the
> settings this may be the answer.
>
> No investigation on this done on our part, just rumour and some thoughts
> at
> this point...
>
> Cheers,
>
>         Brian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Darin Oman [mailto:darin at ucar.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:13 AM
> > To: Robert Olson
> > Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] ddvic error
> >
> >
> > Not sure. I'll pay closer attention next time it happens.
> >
> > The node op at NCSA got the error at the same time I did.
> >
> > Darin
> >
> >
> > Robert Olson wrote:
> >
> > > Hmmmm. Someone here mentioned that error as well.
> > >
> > > Does it look like an error message that came from ddvic itself?
> > >
> > > At 10:58 AM 11/6/2002 -0700, Darin Oman wrote:
> > >
> > >> Yes! I've had that error a few times over the last few
> > days. It would
> > >> mostly happen when I moved from the lobby to the test
> > room. I thought
> > >> it was a local problem (I deleted ag/agapps/bin directory and
> > >> reinstalled display software and have had the error only
> > once since)
> > >> but now I'm not so sure. Is something on the network causing the
> > >> error? Is there a bug in the software (I'm running AG
> > 1.2)? I, too,
> > >> would like to get this figured out.
> > >>
> > >> Darin Oman
> > >> NCAR
> > >>
> > >> Rabarison Monika Klara wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hello,
> > >>>
> > >>> Have anybody met the same problem as I have now in the lobby?
> > >>> Error on the display machine: "ddvic error, you need to restart
> > >>> the program..". I went to JSU venue and everything is fine.
> > >>>
> > >>> Any hint?
> > >>>
> > >>> Monika
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>> Monika Rabarison
> > >>> System Administrator
> > >>> HPVCI
> > >>> Jackson State University
> > >>> Office:(601)979-5933
> > >>> SciVis Lab:(601)979-1061
> > >>> jsuVisNode:(601)979-1056
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >

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