[daip] AIPS installation

Fri Jan 11 23:53:21 EST 2008

Check your /etc/host file.  We've had issues if the /etc/host file is  
not just right the loopback fails to work for aips. You should have  
the line like

127.0.0.1		localhost.localdomain localhost

and nothing else.

wes
wyoung at aoc.nrao.edu

On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Sridharan Rengaswamy wrote:

> Hello,
>
>  I am a new user of AIPS; have just managed to install (source file  
> installation, not binary)
> it in my personal, linux laptop (ubuntu). Installation seems to
> work fine; I am able to test simple commands such as print,5+5 etc.
>
> [ My name is sridharan rengaswamy (sridhar for short); machine name  
> is chandrama; it is my personal laptop.  ]
> But there is a problem : related to TV display.  I have "exported"  
> the display:  Here is what I get when I start aips.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> sridhar at chandrama:~/aips$ . ./LOGIN.SH
> sridhar at chandrama:~/aips$ export DISPLAY=CHANDRAMA:0
> sridhar at chandrama:~/aips$ aips
> START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the
> START_AIPS:  - system name , AIPS type
>
> START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
>   (Using global default file /home/sridhar/aips/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for  
> DADEVS.PL)
>    Disk 1 (1) is /home/sridhar/aips/DATA/CHANDRAMA_1
>
> Tape assignments:
>    Tape 1 is REMOTE
>    Tape 2 is REMOTE
>
> START_AIPS: I am GUESSING you are at a workstation called CHANDRAMA
> TVDEVS.SH: Remote TV assigned for TVHOST CHANDRAMA  ***
> START_AIPS: Checking if CHANDRAMA is reachable via ssh...
> START_AIPS: Cannot start remote TV servers on CHANDRAMA, sorry!
> START_AIPS: remote command gave this error:
> ssh: connect to host CHANDRAMA port 22: Connection refused
> START_AIPS: check your secure shell setup, in particular
> START_AIPS: whether you have a passphrase enabled.  You may
> START_AIPS: wish to try 'ssh -v CHANDRAMA pwd' to see
> START_AIPS: what the problem is.
> START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on CHANDRAMA asynchronously...
> Starting up 31DEC08 AIPS with normal priority
> Begin the one true AIPS number 1 (release of 31DEC08) at priority  
> =   0
> AIPS 1: You are not on a local TV device, welcome stranger
> AIPS 1: You are assigned TV device/server   2
> AIPS 1: You are assigned graphics device/server   2
> AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
> ?STARTPMON: [CHANDRAMA] Starting TPMON1 with output SUPPRESSED
> ZVTPO3: tcp/aipsmt0 is not a service
> ZVTPO3: check /etc/services or NIS map!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I preses enter here and do the following:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
> ?1
> Password:
> AIPS 1:                          31DEC08 AIPS:
> AIPS 1:      Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Associated Universities, Inc.
> AIPS 1:            AIPS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;
> AIPS 1:                 for details, type HELP GNUGPL
> AIPS 1: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> AIPS 1: under certain conditions; type EXPLAIN GNUGPL for details.
> AIPS 1: Previous session command-line history recovered.
> AIPS 1: TAB-key completions enabled, type HELP READLINE for details.
> AIPS 1: Recovered POPS environment from last exit
> >print,5+5
> AIPS 1:     10
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> 1. obviously,  my machine could not be accessed via ssh.  do I need  
> to register at NRAO site for this?
>
> sridhar at dhandrama:~$ ssh -v chandrama pwd
> OpenSSH_4.6p1 Debian-5ubuntu0.1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
> debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> debug1: Applying options for *
> debug1: Connecting to chandrama [ MailScanner has detected a  
> possible fraud attempt from "127.0.1.1" claiming to be 127.0.1.1]  
> port 22.
> debug1: connect to address MailScanner has detected a possible fraud  
> attempt from "127.0.1.1" claiming to be 127.0.1.1 port 22:  
> Connection refused
> ssh: connect to host chandrama port 22: Connection refused
>
>
> Can't I use AIPS independently, in my machine, even when I am not  
> connected to internet (of course
> I can upgrade it whenever I have access to internet; By the way, I  
> have Wi-fi and I am mostly
> accessing internet via wireless networks.
>
> 2. problems with tape drives: I looked at /etc/services which  
> contains lots of  tcp  names; but I don't know
> how to proceed further; Do we require tape drives? Can't one use  
> data in DVD/CD/external hard disks.
> I mean, can't one disable tape drives option during installation?
>
> How do i change printer/tape seeting; as my machine is not going to  
> be attached with
> any tapes/printers, I plan to convert figures in .ps or .pdf format  
> and copy in external disks
> (pen drives for example)  whenever I need printout.
>
> Can I edit .AIPSRC file to solve these problems? What has to be done?
>
> In short, I have a personal laptop, which I might use even when not  
> connected to internet.
> I want to install AIPS in it, with display enabled.
>
>
> thanks,
> sridhar
>
> PS: here is .AIPSRC file:
>
> # AIPSRC created by install.pl on Fri Jan 11 13:37:27 2008
> #
> LAST_VERSION = 31DEC08
> AIPS_ROOT = /home/sridhar/aips
> GROUP = sridhar
> GROUPWRITE = YES
> INSTALL_FROM_CD = NO
> INSTALL_FROM_NET = NO
> ARCH = LINUX
> IS64 = NO
> SITE = SRIDHARLAPTOP
> THISHOST = CHANDRAMA
> HOSTS = "CHANDRAMA"
> PRINTERS = ""
> DATA_AREAS = "/home/sridhar/aips/DATA/CHANDRAMA_1:NONE"
> TAPE_DRIVES = ""
> TPHOSTS = "MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from  
> "127.0.0.1" claiming to be 127.0.0.1"
> PRINTMED = A
> FORT = /usr/bin/g77
> FORTOPT = -c -fno-automatic -fno-globals -Wno-globals -malign-double  
> -Wimplicit -Wall
> CCOM = /usr/bin/gcc
> CCOMOPT = -c -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -I/home/sridhar/ 
> aips/31DEC08/INC -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHAVE_LINUX_GLIBC
> LINK = /usr/bin/g77
> READLINE =
> DOTWOLIB = NO
> DOWNLOADED = 2008.01.11:12:34.49
> UNPACKED = Unpacked in /home/sridhar/aips at Fri Jan 11 13:35:27 2008
>
> #---- End of AIPSRC file
>
>
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