[daip] problem with lnx64 site

[Rob Ivison]

> From: Eric Greisen <egreisen at nrao.edu>
> To: Rob Ivison <rji at roe.ac.uk>
> Cc: daip at nrao.edu
> Subject: Re: [daip] problem with lnx64 site
> 
> Rob Ivison wrote:
>> hi there -
>> 
>> i run umpteen aips machines in Edinburgh - mac, linux and one instance of 
>> lnx64.
>> 
>> this latter machine suddenly started reporting:
>> 
>> ~ 8:51 > aips notv
>> 
>> You have a choice of 2 printers.  These are:
>>
>>      No. [ type  ] Description
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>       1. [     PS] Crawford, downstairs
>>       2. [     PS] Adeline
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> START_AIPS: Enter your choice, or the word QUIT [default is 2]:
>> START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the Adeline
>> START_AIPS:  - system name ast_ricoh, AIPS type PS
>> 
>> START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
>> DADEVS.PL: This program is untested under Perl version 5.010
>>    (Using global default file /disk1/rji/aips/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for 
>> DADEVS.PL)
>>     Disk 1 (1) is /disk1/rji/aips/DATA/GRAEMSAY_1
>>     Disk 2 (2) is /disk1/rji/aips/DATA/GRAEMSAY_2
>>     Disk 3 (3) is /disk1/rji/aips/DATA/GRAEMSAY_3
>> 
>> START_AIPS: Cannot start AIPS because there are no defined data areas!
>> START_AIPS: (check DADEVS.LIST or .dadevs files, or AIPSASSN.\*)
>> ~ 8:51 >
>> 
>> where
>> 
>> ~ 8:51 > cd /disk1/rji/aips/DA00
>> /disk1/rji/aips/DA00
>> /disk1/rji/aips/DA00 8:51 > more DADEVS.LIST
>> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> # DADEVS.LIST
>> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> # This is a DADEVS list file containing a list of AIPS data directories.
>> # Refer to $AIPS_ROOT/DADEVS.SH for more information.
>> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -  /disk1/rji/aips/DATA/GRAEMSAY_1
>> -  /disk1/rji/aips/DATA/GRAEMSAY_2
>> -  /disk1/rji/aips/DATA/GRAEMSAY_3
>> 
>> and
>> 
>> setenv AIPS_ROOT /disk1/rji/aips
>> 
>> in LOGIN.CSH, START_TVSERVERS etc.
>> 
>> any idea what might be going wrong?
>> 
>> the only thing that i can think might have changed is PERL, because i have 
>> to keep it up to date to run HIPE for Herschel on this machine.
>> 
>> is this the cause, do you think?
>> 
>> i note that my 32-bit linux machines report, e.g.:
>> 
>> START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
>>    (Using global default file /horn/rji/aips/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for 
>> DADEVS.PL)
>>     Disk 1 (1) is /horn/rji/aips/DATA/HORN_1
>> 
>> i.e. without the:
>> DADEVS.PL: This program is untested under Perl version 5.010
>
> I am clueless - it works fine on my LNX64 machine.  To debug, change your 
> START_AIPS - there is after the reference to DADEVS.PL a place wher it 
> executes the file /tmp/DADEVS.$pid and then deletes it.  You could comment 
> out the deletion and see what the file contains.  It should define DA01, 
> DA02, DA03, and NVOL in your case.
>
> Eric Greisen

the /tmp/DADEVS.$pid file is empty.

our sysadmin report that Perl was security-upgraded on 2009-09-09... 
usually a sure sign that something will break ;-)

do you know which version of perl your lnx64 machine is running, Eric?

cheers,

Rob