[daip] AIPS Installation on Intel Mac

[Michael Busch]

Michael Busch wrote:
> I'm trying to install AIPS on my laptop (Intel MacBook Pro).  I 
> followed the installation instructions as given, and the install seems 
> to execute without problems.  However, when I try to run AIPS the TV 
> will not start.  This holds with TV=local or with the default.
I am told that this may be due to a setting involving shared memory.  In 
a very cookbook fashion, how do I fix this, if it is indeed the 
problem?  The xterm output when I run AIPS follows.

Thank you again.

Michael Busch


AIPS $ ls
31DEC09         DA00            LOGIN.CSH       SETNAME         TVALT
AIPS.BOOT       DATA            LOGIN.SH        SETUNAME        TVDEVS.SH
AIPSASSN.CSH    FITS            OFM             START_AIPS      install.pl
AIPSASSN.SH     HOSTS.CSH       PRDEVS.SH       START_TPSERVERS
AIPSPATH.CSH    HOSTS.LIST      PRINT           START_TVSERVERS
AIPSPATH.SH     HOSTS.SH        RUN             TEXT
AIPS $ ./START_AIPS tv=local
START_AIPS: Will use or start first available Unix Socket based TV

You have a choice of 5 printers.  These are:

   No. [ type  ] Description
-------------------------------------------------------------
    1. [PS-CMYK] Avery Center Black and White
    2. [     PS] PDF
    3. [     PS] PS
    4. [     PS] S Mudd
    5. [     PS] (no description supplied by installer)
-------------------------------------------------------------

START_AIPS: Enter your choice, or the word QUIT [default is 1]: 3
START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the PS
START_AIPS:  - system name _131_215_64_90, AIPS type PS

START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
 (Using global default file /Users/busch/AIPS/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for 
DADEVS.PL)
  Disk 1 (1) is /Users/busch/AIPS/DATA/LOCALHOST_1

Tape assignments:
  Tape 1 is REMOTE
  Tape 2 is REMOTE

START_AIPS: Starting TV servers on localhost asynchronously
START_AIPS:  - WITH Unix Sockets as requested...
START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on LOCALHOST asynchronously...
Starting up 31DEC09 AIPS with normal priority
Begin the one true AIPS number 1 (release of 31DEC09) 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
?UNIXSERVERS: TVSRV1 is already running on host localhost, user busch
UNIXSERVERS: Start XAS1 on localhost, DISPLAY /tmp/launch-QuAQyc/:0
XAS: ** TrueColor FOUND!!!
XAS: ***  Using shared memory option for speed ***
XAS: Using screen width 1430 height 800,
    max grey level 8191 in 16 grey-scale memories
Shared memory id failure: Invalid argument
UNIXSERVERS: Start graphics server TKSRV1 on localhost, display 
/tmp/launch-QuAQyc/:0
UNIXSERVERS: Start message server MSSRV1 on localhost, display 
/tmp/launch-QuAQyc/:0
STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST] Starting TPMON1 with output SUPPRESSED
ZVTPO3: tcp/aipsmt0 is not a service
ZVTPO3: check /etc/services or NIS map!

AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
?2
AIPS 1:                          31DEC09 AIPS:
AIPS 1:      Copyright (C) 1995-2009 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 d