[daip] AIPS TV problem with Mac OSX 10.4

[Eric Greisen]

Edo Berger writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > I'm running aips (31DEC05) on a MAC laptop.  I have had no problems using 
 > aips for the last year or so, but I recently upgraded to OSX 10.4.  Now, 
 > when I start aips the TV and message servers crash and I get the following 
 > error message:
 > 
 > TVSERVER: could not get ssslock service by name: Invalid argument
 > TVSERVER: Check your /etc/services or NIS/YP map
 > XAS: sssin is not a service
 > XAS: Check /etc/services or YP/NIS services map
 > zssslk: tcp/ssslock NOT A SERVICE
 > XAS: Quitting NOW.
 > ZVTPO3: tcp/aipsmt0 is not a service
 > ZVTPO3: check /etc/services or NIS map!
 > 
 > I'm not sure if this is directly related to OSX 10.4, but this is the only 
 > thing I've changed since I last used aips successfully.
 > 
 > Any ideas what this error message means and how to fix this?
 > 

When you installed TIGER it overwrote the /etc/services file that you
had edited for AIPS.  You need to edit it again.  Such issues are
discussed on the aips manager FAQ page:

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

Eric Greisen