Catastrophic error: cannot open source file

A while back I was trying to compile the AztecOO library outside of Trilinous. See this early post for more details. In doing so, I received the following error:

catastrophic error: cannot open source file "az_aztec.h"

Solution
This was a simple oversight on my part. To fix this, I added –I./src to the compile statement to make sure it looked in the Aztec src directory for header files, etc. Same goes for anyone experiencing a similar error.

Python TypeError: expected a character buffer object

Error

I received the following python error:

TypeError: expected a character buffer object

The below screenshot shows my code.

Python Error

Solution

I was using the replace method, while the better method for my situation would be to use the re.sub(patter, replace, string) method, the new line became:

my_text = re.sub(comp, '#undef SEEK_SET\n#undef SEEK_END\n
#undef SEEK_CUR\n#include ', f)

The replace method expects string parameters (looks for a string within a string), while I wanted to use a regular expression to search a string.

IIS 7.5 WCF Error: Could not find a base address that matches…

Error

I received the following error while trying to run a WCF application built in Visual Studio 2013 running on a Windows 8 IIS 7.5 server.

Could not find a base address that matches scheme http for 
the endpoint with binding MetadataExchangeHttpBinding. 
Registered base address schemes are [https].

IIS Error

Solution

In this instance, my mex statement was wrong, I needed to make it mexHttpsBinding instead of mexHttpBinding. For other cases, double check that your bindings are correct. I was converting everything to HTTPS and had forgotten to change the mex binding to reflect the change.

<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" 
contract="IMetadataExchange" />

IIS 7.5 WCF Error: The … does not have a Binding with the None MessageVersion.

Error

I received the following error while trying to run a WCF application built in Visual Studio 2013 running on a Windows 8 IIS 7.5 server.

The … does not have a Binding with the None MessageVersion. ‘System.ServiceModel.Description.WebHttpBehavior’ is only intended for use with WebHttpBinding or similar bindings.

Solution

With help from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh556232(v=vs.110).aspx and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7585363/why-does-my-wcf-service-give-the-message-does-not-have-a-binding-with-the-none, I edited my web.config file and added/changed it to include the bolded text. Basically, I was confusing SOAP and REST calls. The below is utilized for REST only, SOAP requires the basicHttpBindings.


<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="XOM.REIT.CNC.ClusterNotificationCenter" behaviorConfiguration="DefaultBehavior">
        <endpoint address="" binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="secureHttpBinding" contract="XOM.REIT.CNC.IClusterNotificationCenter" behaviorConfiguration="DefaultEndpointBehavior"/>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="https://localhost:30022/"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<bindings>
      <webHttpBinding>
        <binding name="secureHttpBinding">
          <security mode="Transport">
            <transport clientCredentialType="None"/>
          </security>
        </binding>
      </webHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="DefaultBehavior">
            <serviceMetadata httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
            <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="DefaultEndpointBehavior">
<webHttp />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>

IIS 7.5 Detailed Error: HTTP Error 404.3 – Not Found

Error

I received the following error while trying to run a WCF application built in Visual Studio 2013 running on a Windows 8 IIS 7.5 server.

HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found
The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension 
configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. 
If the file should be downloaded, add a MIME map.
 IIS 7.5 Error

Solution

My problem was that WCF wasn’t enabled in the IIS server. To fix this, I ran the following commands in an administrator command prompt.

C:\> DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:WCF-HTTP-Activation
C:\> DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:WCF-HTTP-Activation45

Credit is due to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11460142/cannot-serve-wcf-services-in-iis-on-windows-8.

Compiling ParaView v4.1.0 CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project…

Error

I received the following error while configuring ParaView v4.1.0 with ccmake from source.

CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, 
but they are set to NOTFOUND.
Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly 
in the CMake files:
GLUT_Xi_LIBRARY (ADVANCED)
     linked by target "icetTests_mpi" in directory 
     ...ParaView-v4.1.0/ThirdParty/IceT/vtkicet/tests
GLUT_Xmu_LIBRARY (ADVANCED)
     linked by target "icetTests_mpi" in directory 
     ...ParaView-v4.1.0/ThirdParty/IceT/vtkicet/tests

ParaView Compile Error

Solution

To fix this, I set the GLIT_Xi_Library and GLUT_Xmu_LIBRARY variables to the correct libXi and libXmu shared libraries.

ParaView Compile Error

Compiling Mesa 7.9.1 Error: brw_program.c:39:20: error: talloc.h: No such file or directory

Error

I received the following error while configuring mesa version 7.9.1 from its source code (running ./configure).

Error: “brw_program.c:39:20: error: talloc.h: No such file or directory”

Mesa compile error
Solution

To solve this issue, I added a statement to the ./configure line that added talloc’s include directory into the CPPFLAGS.

CPPFLAGS="-I<PATH TO TALLOC INCLUDE DIRECTORY>" ./configure

Make sure to keep the “-I” before the path with no spaces between them. I had talloc installed in a unique location, with a different prefix than the norm. Mesa wasn’t looking in the right places for it. To provide mesa with the correct path, I added it into CPPFLAGS. These flags are used to define include directory paths for the compiler.

Compiling ParaView v4.1.0 Error: libXi.so undefined reference to `_XGetRequest’

Error

While compiling ParaView from the source files, I ran into the following error while running the ‘make’ command.

…libXi.so undefined reference to `_XGetRequest'
make[2]: *** [bin/icetTests_mpi] Error 1
[ThirdParty/IceT/vtkicet/tests/CMakeFiles/
icetTests_mpi.dir/all] Error2

Solution

In my case, the X11 libraries were installed separately and were located in custom directory locations that differed from the default. I fixed this error by checking and correcting the paths for my X11 libraries and include directories within the ccmake configuration menu. The error was then fixed during the next ‘make.’

Compiling ParaView v4.1.0 Error: couldn’t connect to server

Error

I received the following error while trying to compile ParaView from source.

http://www.vtk.org/files/ExternalData/MD5/
7dc839fb2825efa8c55e4275fee02a75 ("couldn't connect to server")

ParaView Compile Error

For some reason, the requested files could not be pulled from the server. You may have proxy issues or restricted internet access.

Solution

Manually download all MD5 files from http://www.vtk.org/files/ExternalData/MD5/ and place into your ExternalData/Objects/ within the build directory.

Compiling ParaView v4.1.0 Error: error: X11/SM/SMlib: error: X11/StringDefs.h: No such file or directory

Error

After using ccmake to configure ParaView options, I received the following errors while running ‘make.’

In file included from ...X11/Shell.h:51:26: error: X11/SM/SMlib.h: 
No such file or directory

and

...VTK/Rendering/OpenGL/vtkXRenderWindowInteractor.h:39:73: 
error: X11/Intrinsic.h: No such file or directory

and

In file included from ...Wrapping/ClientServer/
vtkXRenderWindowInteractorClientServer.cxx:6:
VTK/Rendering/OpenGL/vtkXRenderWindowInteractor.h:38:74: 
error: X11/StringDefs.h: No such file or directory
VTK/Rendering/OpenGL/vtkXRenderWindowInteractor.h:39:73: 
error: X11/Intrinsic.h: No such file or directory
In file included from ...Wrapping/ClientServer/
vtkXRenderWindowInteractorClientServer.cxx:6:

ParaView Error: Missing header

Solution

These issues were due to my libraries being installed in custom locations. Double check all paths supplied in the ccmake configuration and try copying the libxt (X11/all file contents), ICE (X11/ICE), SM (X11/SM) library directories into VTK/Rendering/OpenGL/X11 within your build directory. The error occurred because the compiler could not find the requested libraries.