[daip] problem with TV display

[Eric Greisen]

Rob Willson writes:
 > Hello Eric,
 >  Thanks for your message. I'm not sure if the operating system on our SGI
 > INDY has been upgraded recently - I've been away  and haven't
 > used the AIPS for a while. I'll find out, though.
 >   XAS, however, is running because I can get the display window up on the
 > screen.

       Do any TV verbs work - e.g. TVINIT, etc.  I would expect not.

 > 
 >   Yes, I know I should install a new version of AIPS. In fact, I tried to
 > install a recent version of AIPS on our SGI O2, which is running IRIX 6.3
 > but the graphics didn't work. Pat Murphy said I need a higher version, but
 > that would complicate things regarding other software packages we have on
 > our system. I guess the other option is to install the LINUX version on a
 > PC. Is this what you would suggest?

Linux works well (see the www site for a warning about RedHat 7.0 and
7.1 esp their compiler) and things run well on Linux boxes.  These
specialized SGI boxes do cause trouble.

      http://www.cv.nrao.edu/aips/

Eric Greisen