grass7: cannot start grass with -text and no existing .grassrc7

[mlennert]

With no .grassrc7 file, starting grass7 with the -text parameter leads to the following error:

/home/mlennert/<UNKNOWN>/<UNKNOWN>/.gislock: No such file or directory
ERREUR :
        /home/mlennert/SRC/GRASS/grass_trunk/dist.i486-pc-linux-gnu/etc/lock:
mlennert is currently running GRASS in selected mapset (file /home/mlennert/<UNKNOWN>/<UNKNOWN>/.gislock found). Concurrent use not allowed.

[martin]

Same here; GRASS configured to install in /opt/GRASS70/:

jive: 0:03:55 ~> env | grep -i grass
jive: 0:04:02 ~> env | grep -i gis
jive: 0:04:05 ~> /opt/GRASS70/bin/grass70 -text

WELCOME TO GRASS              Version 7.0.svn         2010
[...]
Hit RETURN to continue
Starting GRASS GIS...
/home/martin/<UNKNOWN>/<UNKNOWN>/.gislock: No such file or directory
FEHLER: /opt/GRASS70/grass-7.0.svn/etc/lock:
Unable to properly access "/home/martin/<UNKNOWN>/<UNKNOWN>/.gislock"
Please notify system personel.

Platform is Debian Lenny, but as far as I understand this isn't relevant in this case.

[hamish]

the old interactive text forms have been removed in grass7. either pass the path to the mapset on the command line or if none is given and you've had a previous session the last session will be used if no command line args are given and GRASS_GUI: text.

of course the error checking, messages, and new text startup workflow can always be improved, you're not looking at the final product.

Hamish

[martin]

Ok, let me try it this way:

jive: 23:30:10 ~> /opt/GRASS70/bin/grass70 -text /home/martin/grassdata/world/PERMANENT
[...]
Hit RETURN to continue
Starting GRASS GIS...
</home/martin/grassdata/world/PERMANENT> is not a valid GRASS location

This doesn't come by surprise, since the entire $GISDBASE has yet to be created. Next try, adding "-c":

jive: 23:32:25 ~> /opt/GRASS70/bin/grass70 -c -text /home/martin/grassdata/world/PERMANENT
[...]
Hit RETURN to continue
Starting GRASS GIS...
The location <world> does not exist. Please create it first.

So, should I conclude that creating a new $GISBASE is currently impossible in 7.0 SVN trunk without using a GUI ?

Cheers, Martin.

[lucadelu]

I have the same problem, is any solution?

[hcho]

This ticket is 3 years old and I tried -c and -text. Both options are working fine and I can create a new database without any problem. I think this problem has been fixed now. Also, we don't even have .grassrc7 anymore.