[daip] AIPS displays on MACPPC

[Eric Greisen]

 > When I try to run aips, it gives me the following error:
 > 
 > $ aips
 > ...
 > ?STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST] ***************************************************
 > STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST] FAILED to make hard link
 > ~/AIPS/31DEC07/MACPPC/LOAD/TPMON1 to TPMON.EXE
 > STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST]  - Please ask your friendly AIPS manager to check
 > STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST]    the permissions on the LOAD directory, to make
 > STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST]    the TPMON1 hard link, and to restart TPMON1.
 > STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST]    You cannot restart TPMON1 for virtual drive for
 > FITS disk access
 > STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST] ***************************************************

    You should check the permissions - this hard link would be gopod
to have.

 > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0
 > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0

   On Macs you must start an X session with an xterm and then start
aips from that xterm.  This is probably the cause of this error.

Eric Greisen


 > 
 > I also tried:
 > $ aips tv=local
 > START_AIPS: Will use or start first available Unix Socket based TV
 > START_AIPS: You must have DISPLAY defined to use local TV's
 > 
 > But the only way it "works" is: $ aips notv tpok ...
 > 
 > Do you know how can I make display(s) work?
 > 
 > Thank you very much...
 > Hi again, Eric :<br><br>When I try to run aips, it gives me the following error:<br><br>$ aips<br>...<br>?STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST] ***************************************************<br>STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST] FAILED to make hard link ~/AIPS/31DEC07/MACPPC/LOAD/TPMON1 to 
 > TPMON.EXE<br>STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST]  - Please ask your friendly AIPS manager to check<br>STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST]    the permissions on the LOAD directory, to make<br>STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST]    the TPMON1 hard link, and to restart TPMON1.
 > <br>STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST]    You cannot restart TPMON1 for virtual drive for FITS disk access<br>STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST] ***************************************************<br>xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0<br>
 > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0<br><br>I also tried:<br>$ aips tv=local<br>START_AIPS: Will use or start first available Unix Socket based TV<br>START_AIPS: You must have DISPLAY defined to use local TV's<br>
 > <br>But the only way it "works" is: $ aips notv tpok ...<br><br>Do you know how can I make display(s) work?<br><br>Thank you very much...<br><br>