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Can not print from implot window.

nlo wrote on Jun 06, 2007

Hi
When I try the print command in Implot window I get this error.

"Fatal (sgidispatch): unable to access SGI translator `sgi2uapl.e'
lpr: Error - stdin is empty, so no job has been sent."


If I understand it correct I have to set som paths, to /iraf/iraf/unix/ (setenv or what you call it), but I have no clue to how to do that. I think I use the tcsh-shell as Iraf user. Where and what do I edit? :)

Regards
Magnus

Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Jun 06, 2007

The 'sgidispatch' command is a link created by the install script that points to the hbin$sgidispatch.e executable (where hbin$ is $iraf/unix/bin.<arch>). If you're on a system like SuSE or Debian that may be using the Redhat binaries (and where the hbin$bin.linux dir is empty) it will be expecting to find the sgi2uapl.e translator in the hbin$bin.redhat directory and not the hbin$bin.linux directory that would be correct for your platform. A common error is to 'mv' the contents of the bin.redhat to bin.linux instead of copying them.

Otherwise, something like an invalid $iraf defined in your .cshrc file could be causing the sgidispatch to look in the wrong place. If you still have problems please post your IRAF version and platform.

Cheers,
-Mike

Last post on Jun 06, 2007