[daip] AIPS displays on MACPPC

[Eric Greisen]

José Manuel Pont Sarmiento writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > > 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]
 > > ***************************************************
 > 
 > 
 > I tried to chmod 777 LOAD files and to link TPMON1 on my own by:
 > # ln TPMON.EXE TPMON1
 > ln: TPMON1: Operation not supported
 > 

     There may already be a file called TPMON1.  If so delete it and
try the ln operation over again.  The rsync operation of the
install.pl and MNJ may be sending real files while ln'd files are
expected by START_AIPS.

Did you get your start-up TV/message window problem fixed?

Eric Greisen