[daip] Help with AIPS -- Latest

[Eric Greisen]

Jonathan Mines writes:
 > Eric,
 > 
 > OK.  The files and directories you listed below have now been 
 > installed.  I recompiled.  I got the following output:
 > 
 > [mines at phbehar2 XAS]$ make clean
 > rm -f *.o xas XAS
 > [mines at phbehar2 XAS]$ make
 > /usr/bin/gcc  -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM -O2 -c xas.c
 > /usr/bin/gcc  -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM -O2 -c image.c
 > /usr/bin/gcc  -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM -O2 -c comm.c
 > /usr/bin/gcc  -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM -O2 -c cursor.c
 > /usr/bin/gcc  -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM -O2 -c screen.c
 > /usr/bin/gcc  -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM -O2 -c init.c
 > /usr/bin/gcc  -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM -O2 -c colors.c
 > /usr/bin/gcc  -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM -O2 -c catalog.c
 > /usr/bin/gcc -L/usr/X11R6/lib -O2 -D_BSD -DUSE_SHM xas.o image.o comm.o 
 > cursor.o screen.o init.o colors.o catalog.o -lXext -lX11 -lm  -o xas
 > touch /home/mines/bin/aips/31DEC05/LINUX/LOAD/XAS
 > mv /home/mines/bin/aips/31DEC05/LINUX/LOAD/XAS 
 > /home/mines/bin/aips/31DEC05/LINUX/LOAD/XAS.OLD
 > mv xas /home/mines/bin/aips/31DEC05/LINUX/LOAD/XAS
 > 
 > 
 > When I restarted AIPS, it seemed to work a little better, but... the 
 > TVSERV still doesn't open.  I don't need to open it manually do I?  It 
 > gives the following output:
 > 
 > START_AIPS: I am GUESSING you are at a workstation called phbehar2
 > START_AIPS: Starting TV servers on phbehar2 asynchronously
 > START_AIPS:  - with Internet Sockets...
 > START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on PHBEHAR2 asynchronously...
 > Usage: AIPSEXEC [REMOTE] [DEBUG] [LOCAL] [NOEX]
 > [mines at phbehar2 aips]$ XASERVERS: TVSERV is already running on host 
 > phbehar2, user mines
 > XASERVERS: Start XAS on phbehar2, DISPLAY :0
 > XASERVERS: Start graphics server TEKSRV on phbehar2, DISPLAY :0
 > XAS: ***********************************
 > XAS: **  No TrueColor found
 > XAS: **  Resorting to PseudoColor
 > XAS: ***********************************
 > XAS: No pseudocolor visual - No suitable visual: No such file or directory

XAS is now working - but the machine has the default XWindows setup -
16 bit "TrueColor" which is not useful for science.  You need to
change to either a 24/32-bit TrueColor or an 8-bit PseudoColor.  See
the AIPSManager FAQ page:

       http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/aips/aipsmgr/index.html

Eric Greisen