[textOutput.C:1086] Warning: UNITS was not set in the parameter file: using TCB (tempo2)

[Former user]

when I running " tempo2 -gr plk -f test1.par test1.tim ", I get
[textOutput.C:1086] Warning: UNITS was not set in the parameter file: using TCB (tempo2) Notice: There were 1 warnings. Summaries are shown below, check logs for full details. Warning #1: UNITS was not set in the parameter file: using TCB (tempo2) PGPLOT /xw: Waiting for /home/wqd/pulsar_software/pgplot_build/pgxwin_server to start (timeout in 7 seconds).

The final result is follows: %PGPLOT, PGPTXT: no graphics device has been selected %PGPLOT, PGSCI: no graphics device has been selected %PGPLOT, PGBBUF: no graphics device has been selected %PGPLOT, PGEBUF: no graphics device has been selected %PGPLOT, PGSCI: no graphics device has been selected %PGPLOT, PGBBUF: no graphics device has been selected %PGPLOT, PGEBUF: no graphics device has been selected

[Michael Keith]

Hello - This is not so much a tempo2 bug, but more caused when pgplot cannot create an x-window display on your screen. Reasons for this might be:

• You are running on a remote machine and do not have an appropriate x-forwarding setup (e.g. ssh -Y to the remote machine), or x-forwarding is not setup properly (there are many reasons for this).
• You are not running X (e.g. on MacOSX without XQuartz or you are using something like Wayland

I often find it easier to debug this using the pgdemo1 program provided by pgplot. If you are connecting to a remote computer, it can be often easier to work using a VNC (virtual desktop) rather than x-forwarding over ssh.

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