[daip] problems on a Snow Leopard system

[Eric Greisen]

Dr Sylvie F Beaulieu wrote:
> Quebec, 31.mars.2010
> 
> Hello Eric,
> 
> Thanks for the reply. I was about to email you again actually.
> 
> I was able to successfully install aips on two laptops and we still 
> use the command tv=local which work quite well. This command
> was a suggestions by you a few years ago with Tiger.
> 
> My problem remains on a Mac workstation regarding the tv display.
> I tried not using the setenv setup, also I tried with and without the
> tv=local command. The problem is still there. That computer, 
> as oppose to the laptops, is on a network. So maybe the problem 
> is there. I will review all the settings again and see if I may have
> missed something.
> 
> SL is different also in terms of setting up systems on a network 
> and which access a mounted external disk for the /home. So, I
> will check this out.
> 
> If I find a solution, I'll email you back.
> 
> Cheers - Sylvie.
> 
>  
> On 2010-03-31, at 10:30 AM, Eric Greisen wrote:
> 
>> Dr Sylvie F Beaulieu wrote:
>>> Quebec, 22.March.2010
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I just recently upgraded a Mac from Tiger to Snow Leopard and after
>>> updating Aips, I have now some problems with the TVServer. I followed
>>> all the tricks you highlights in your webpage but I still cannot get it
>>> to run.
>>>
>>> Here's what's happening with the few techniques I tried.
>>>
>>> Just a note that, on Tiger, I used the command:
>>> STAR_AIPS tv=local
>>> which worked quite well.
>>>
>>> If I try using on: START_AIPS there is no tvserver window but
>>> there is a .TVSRV.EXE process running.
>>>
>>> 1] So, following your suggestions, I first tried:
>>>
>>> setenv DISPLAY localhost:0
>>> source /Users/aipsmng/LOGIN.CSH
>>> /Users/aipsmng/STAR_AIPS
>>>
>>> --> a password is asked and then, I am able to get into aips but
>>>     there is no tvserver, no msgserver, and no tekserver windows
>>>     opening. Only TPMON is activated in the list of process. Also,
>>>     if I try to do, say "mcat", it ask for a password.
>>>
>>> I did the "sshkeygen" in my .ssh folder but I could not find a way,
>>> in the "system preference/firewall" to select the port numbers. The
>>> system preference of Snow Leopard has changed a lot since Tiger.
>>> My /etc/services file does include the Aips TCP/UDP ports.
>>>
>>> 2] If I do not set the DISPLAY, but instead use the old way, i.e.
>>> STAR_AIPS tv=local, then, only the msgserver and tekserver windows
>>> open, but no tvserver.
>>>
>>> it seems to start a ./TVSRV.EXE process though when I check with "ps -ef"
>>>
>>> Is there a new way, with Snow Leopard to fix these problems?
>>
>> have you had any better luck?  On leopard and then snow leopard the X
>> Windows is very changed.  It is now very wrong to do the setenv command.
>>  One should not set DISPLAY at all - let the system do the tricks it
>> does.  I suspect that having set the DISPLAY, any command that causes
>> the msgserver to be used will need passwords because the system is
>> treating that window as a separate computer.
>>
>> Let me know how things are going - this level of change has been done by
>> several users without much problem.
>>
>> Eric Greisen
> 
> Dr Sylvie F Beaulieu
> Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Quebec
> Groupe d'Astrophysique
> Dept. de physique, de genie physique et d'optique
> Universite Laval
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> Sec: 418.656.2652
> sbeaulieu at phy.ulaval.ca <mailto:sbeaulieu at phy.ulaval.ca>
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> <http://www.astro.phy.ulaval.ca/staff/beaulieu/index.html>
> 
> 
> 
> 

It would help if you send all the messages that appear when you try aips 
on the desktop machine.  It is true that with Macs the cross-mounting 
mode is little tested.

Eric Greisen