[daip] Fwd: Mac Aips question

[Wes Young]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Kevin Marvel" <marvel at aas.org>
> Date: March 16, 2004 6:17:55 AM MST
> To: "Wes Young" <wyoung at zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
> Subject: Re: Mac Aips question
>
> Never mind...I figured it all out.  VERY Cool.   I strongly encourage 
> NRAO
> to
> continue to maintain the mac version of AIPS and will make this case 
> at the
> users
> comte. meeting.
>
> Kev.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wes Young" <wyoung at aoc.nrao.edu>
> To: "Kevin Marvel" <marvel at aas.org>
> Cc: <daip at nrao.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Mac Aips question
>
>
>> My guess is you need to configure it as a laptop, i.e. use localhost 
>> as
>> the computer's name.  Eric will know for sure.
>>
>> wes
>>
>> On Mar 15, 2004, at 10:19 PM, Kevin Marvel wrote:
>>
>>> Wes,
>>>
>>> I got everything installed and now seemingly have the standard TV
>>> errors
>>> despite the proper
>>> entries in my /etc/services file:
>>>
>>> XASSEVERS: Start XAS on kevin-marvels-computer, DISPLAY
>>> kevin-marvels-computer:0
>>> _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for
>>> kevin-marvels-computer:
>>>
>>> also:
>>> SMSGDK: OPER=READ LUN=12 NREC=1
>>> MSGWRT ERROR 1000 at OPEN
>>>
>>> Do you have advice for a mac newbie?
>>>
>>> Kev.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Wes Young" <wyoung at aoc.nrao.edu>
>>> To: "gtaylor" <gtaylor at aoc.nrao.edu>
>>> Cc: "Kevin Marvel" <marvel at aas.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 10:48 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Mac Aips question
>>>
>>>
>>>> The easiest way is as the admin do
>>>>
>>>> sudo vi /etc/services
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>> sudo emacs /etc/services
>>>>
>>>> Then type in your password when prompted.  You can always set your
>>>> root
>>>> password via
>>>>
>>>> sudo passwd root
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> wes
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 9, 2004, at 8:20 PM, gtaylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Kevin,
>>>>>
>>>>>    I'm a linux aips user myself, so I forwarded your question
>>>>> to Wes Young who I suspect will know the answer.  Let me know
>>>>> how you like your mac laptop.  I've been tempted to go this
>>>>> route myself.  Ciao,
>>>>>                                                    - Greg
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Kevin Marvel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Greg,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My aips install on my new mac laptop worked like a charm, but can
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> tell me how I can
>>>>>> edit the services file (e.g. how do I know my system root
>>>>>> password?).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kev.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>