[daip] TV trouble on laptop with external monitor.

[Wes Young]

You'll need to make the shared memory figures larger for the  
considerably bigger screen. Numbers that should work may be found on  
the AIPS Mac page (well at least I think they are there).

wes
wyoung at aoc.nrao.edu


On May 29, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Susan Neff wrote:

> Hi Eric,
>
>
> I have just tried to start AIPS on my laptop, while connected to my
> additional large
> monitor.  I am having TV trouble.  I can live with what I have if the
> fix is not
> easy.
>
>
> When the laptop is connected to the large monitor, I  get the  
> following
> messages
> and no TV:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> You have a choice of 4 printers.  These are:
>
>    No. [ type  ] Description
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>     1. [     PS] lp17
>     2. [     PS] lp32
>     3. [PS-CMYK] lp9 - color
>     4. [PREVIEW] ghostview previewer
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> START_AIPS: Enter your choice, or the word QUIT [default is 1]:
> START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the lp17
> START_AIPS:  - system name lp17, AIPS type PS
>
> START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
>  (Using global default file /Users/neff/aips/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for
> DADEVS.PL)
>   Disk 1 (1) is /Users/neff/aips/DATA/LOCALHOST_1
>   Disk 2 (2) is /Users/neff/aips/DATA/LOCALHOST_2
>
> Tape assignments:
>   Tape 1 is REMOTE
>   Tape 2 is REMOTE
>
> START_AIPS: I am GUESSING you are at a workstation called localhost
> START_AIPS: Starting TV servers on localhost asynchronously
> START_AIPS:  - with Internet Sockets...
> START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on LOCALHOST asynchronously...
> Starting up 31DEC09 AIPS with normal priority
> XASERVERS: Start TV LOCK daemon TVSERV on localhost
> XASERVERS: Start XAS on localhost, DISPLAY /tmp/launch-M8wO9T/:0
> XAS: ** TrueColor FOUND!!!
> XAS: ***  Using shared memory option for speed ***
> XAS: Using screen width 3350 height 1078,
>     max grey level 8191 in 16 grey-scale memories
> TVSERVER: Starting AIPS TV locking, Inet domain
> Shared memory id failure: Invalid argument
> XASERVERS: Start graphics server TEKSRV on localhost, DISPLAY
> /tmp/launch-M8wO9T
> /:0
> Begin the one true AIPS number 1 (release of 31DEC09) at priority  
> =   0
> XASERVERS: Start message server MSGSRV on localhost, DISPLAY
> /tmp/launch-M8wO9T/
> :0
> AIPS 1: You are assigned TV device/server   1
> AIPS 1: You are assigned graphics device/server   1
> AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
> ?STARTPMON: [LOCALHOST] Starting TPMON1 with output SUPPRESSED
> exi
> AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
> ?90
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> When I disconnect from the large monitor, and start AIPS, I get a TV  
> and
> the following
> messages.  I can plug the bit monitor back in and move the TV onto it,
> but I cannot make
> the TV any larger than my laptop screen:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> gs66-thidwick{neff}2: aips
>
> You have a choice of 4 printers.  These are:
>
>    No. [ type  ] Description
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>     1. [     PS] lp17
>     2. [     PS] lp32
>     3. [PS-CMYK] lp9 - color
>     4. [PREVIEW] ghostview previewer
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> START_AIPS: Enter your choice, or the word QUIT [default is 1]:
> START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the lp17
> START_AIPS:  - system name lp17, AIPS type PS
>
> START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
>  (Using global default file /Users/neff/aips/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for
> DADEVS.PL)
>   Disk 1 (1) is /Users/neff/aips/DATA/LOCALHOST_1
>   Disk 2 (2) is /Users/neff/aips/DATA/LOCALHOST_2
>
> Tape assignments:
>   Tape 1 is REMOTE
>   Tape 2 is REMOTE
>
> START_AIPS: I am GUESSING you are at a workstation called localhost
> START_AIPS: Starting TV servers on localhost asynchronously
> START_AIPS:  - with Internet Sockets...
> 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 assigned TV device/server   1
> AIPS 1: You are assigned graphics device/server   1
> AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
> ?XASERVERS: TVSERV is already running on host localhost, user neff
> XASERVERS: Start XAS on localhost, DISPLAY /tmp/launch-M8wO9T/:0
> XAS: ** TrueColor FOUND!!!
> XAS: ***  Using shared memory option for speed ***
> XAS: Using screen width 1430 height 778,
>     max grey level 8191 in 16 grey-scale memories
> XASERVERS: TEKSRV is already running on host localhost, display
> /tmp/launch-M
> 9T/:0, user neff
> XASERVERS: MSGSRV is already running on host localhost, display
> /tmp/launch-M
> 9T/:0, user neff
> ?90
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The laptop and external monitor have  1440 x 900  and  1920 x 1200
> pixels, respectively.
> It looks to me like AIPS is trying to make a single monitor with
> dimensions somewhere in
> between.   Is there a way I can override this, and/or force AIPS to  
> set
> up a TV window that
> will be as large as the larger screen?
>
> I'm running on an Intel Mac Powerbook, OS 10.5.7, if it matters.
>
>
> Thanks for any insights you can offer.   I hope things are well with  
> you.
> I think you are taking off on a birding trip sometime soon, yes?
>
>
> Susan
>
>
>
>
>
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