[daip] VLANT with 31DEC08

[Eric Greisen]

Julie Grant wrote:
> Hi Amy,
> 
> I did the binary install of AIPS.
> 
> Julie
> 
> 
> 
> Amy Mioduszewski wrote:
>> Hi Julie and Alison,
>>
>> I am writing you both since you have the same problem.  I am currently 
>> seeing if I can find a machine that can reproduce the problem with 
>> VLANT.  I know that on the Macs that we have tested so far VLANT works.
>>
>> Did you do a binary install of AIPS?
>>
>> Amy
>>
>> Julie Grant wrote:
>>> Hi Amy,
>>>
>>> There was a baselines.vlais09 file in /tmp.  I removed it and re-ran 
>>> VLANT.  However, I still get the same error.  I also noticed that the 
>>> baselines file contains data for only 2009.  My observations were 
>>> taken in 2007.  Will VLANT be able to get the correct values for my 
>>> observations?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Julie
>>>
>>> Amy Mioduszewski wrote:
>>>> Hi Julie,
>>>>
>>>> We have gotten several reports of VLANT not working on Macs.  
>>>> Sometimes the problem is that there is a Mac firewall that causes 
>>>> VLANT to abort when it tries to get a file from the internet.  Could 
>>>> you look in your /tmp area and see if the baselines.vlais09 file is 
>>>> there?  You might have to rerun VLANT and check if the /tmp area has 
>>>> been cleared.
>>>>
>>>> Amy
>>>>
>>>> Julie Grant wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have just installed AIPS, version 31DEC08 on a Macbook Pro 
>>>>> running Leopard.  I have run the midnight job after I installed.  I 
>>>>> am trying to use VLANT
>>>>>
>>>>> AIPS 1: VLANT    Task to apply VLA antenna position corrections 
>>>>> from OPs
>>>>> AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
>>>>> AIPS 1: 
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> AIPS 1: INNAME     'AG752'                 Input UV file name (name)
>>>>> AIPS 1: INCLASS    'L BAND'                Input UV file name (class)
>>>>> AIPS 1: INSEQ         1                    Input UV file name (seq. #)
>>>>> AIPS 1: INDISK        1                    Input UV file disk unit #
>>>>> AIPS 1: SUBARRAY      0                    Input subarray = AN file
>>>>> AIPS 1: GAINVER       2                    Input CL table 0=>high
>>>>>
>>>>> I seem to get the following error
>>>>>
>>>>> localh> VLANT1: Task VLANT  (release of 31DEC08) begins
>>>>> localh> VLANT1: /tmp/baselines.vlais09 copied from the VLA web site
>>>>> localh> VLANT1: ZABORS: signal 11 received
>>>>> localh> VLANT1: ABORT!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have looked for help regarding this but I have come up empty.  
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>> Julie
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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I have adjusted some system files so that VLANT will be compiled without 
optimization on MACINTs even though it works fine on ours.  If you run 
the MNJ ($HOME/do_daily.<hostname>) tomorrow, you should get a new 
executable which will lack optimization.  Please try that out.

Thanks,

Eric Greisen