[daip] xas and the mac

[Wes Young]

On the mac with leopard or snow leopard (10.5 and 10.6) you should NEVER set DISPLAY=localhost:0. Your best option is to open a new window and try it again. 10.5 and 10.6 use something call lauchd to handle X11 which is quite a bit different than linux.

wes
wyoung at aoc.nrao.edu

> Can you help her?
> 
> Amy
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: [daip] Installation issues
> Date: 	Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:22:07 -0500
> From: 	Karen.Lee-Waddell at rmc.ca
> To: 	Amy Mioduszewski <amiodusz at nrao.edu>
> References: 	<f66cff1f4d1b.4b8530d6 at rmc.ca> <4B858635.3060305 at nrao.edu>
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I tried all the "fixes" except one and seem to be getting the same error
> message:
> UNIXSERVERS: Start XAS1 on localhost, DISPLAY /tmp/launch-YAubbK/:0
> /Users/Karen/31DEC10/SYSTEM/UNIXSERVERS: line 250: ./XAS1:
> Permission denied
> 
> I have these screen settings:
> 
>        default visual id:  0x24
>        visual:
>          visual id:    0x24
>          class:    TrueColor
>          depth:    24 planes
> 
> After using export DISPLAY=localhost:0
> 
> I get the error message the same error message as before.
> 
> I think it might be the firewall/port issue but when I follow the
> instructions in the guide I don't seem to get the same screens to change
> the firewall permissions.
> 
> I'm am new to Mac computers so I'm not very familiar with the system
> tools.  I have the Snow Leopard OS.
> 
> Thanks,
> Karen
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Amy Mioduszewski <amiodusz at nrao.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:04 pm
> Subject: Re: [daip] Installation issues
> To: Karen.Lee-Waddell at rmc.ca
> Cc: daip at nrao.edu
> 
> > Hi Karen,
> >
> > First I would suggest looking at the manager FAQ
> > (http://www.aips.nrao.edu/aipsmgr/) there are several TV issues
> > described there.
> >   The most common is the /etc/services one.  If you
> > cannot solve your problem
> > that way please get back to us with any messages AIPS produces
> > when it starts
> > referring to the TV.
> >
> > Amy
> >
> > Karen.Lee-Waddell at rmc.ca wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have installed AIPS onto my MacBook but the TV does not
> > open.  Is
> > > there a step that I'm missing?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Karen
> > >
> > >
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