[daip] Shared memory id failure: Invalid argument on mac osx 10.6 w 64bit mode

[Eric Greisen]

Shinnaga Hiroko wrote:
> Dear Eric Greisen, 
> 
>   It turned out that TV doesn't want to show up on my laptop 
> when I start aips.  I read your web at 
> http://www.aips.nrao.edu/aipsmgr/index.html 
> to try to treat this, but still doesn't work.  What I did was 
> 
> 1. I created the file /etc/system and copy/pasted the following 
>    lines.  
> 
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=8388608
> set ufs:ufs_HW=6291456
> set ufs:ufs_LW=4194304
> set priority_paging=1
> 
> 2. I created the /etc/sysctl.conf file and put the following lines 
> 
>             kern.sysv.shmmax=10485760
>             kern.sysv.shmmin=1
>             kern.sysv.shmmni=32
>             kern.sysv.shmseg=8
>             kern.sysv.shmall=4096
> 
> 
> Since I didn't have the command "xdpyinfo", I wasn't able to 
> check the output of this.  
> 
> After I created the above two files, if I start aips, it still says 
> "Shared memory id failure: Invalid argument".  
> 
> How can I treat this problem?  
> 
> Please note that I did " setenv DISPLAY localhost:0" before 
> starting aips.  Also, I added following lines 
> 
> sssin           5000/tcp        SSSIN      # AIPS TV server
> ssslock         5002/tcp        SSSLOCK    # AIPS TV Lock
> msgserv         5008/tcp        MSGSERV    # AIPS Message Server
> tekserv         5009/tcp        TEKSERV    # AIPS TekServer
> aipsmt0         5010/tcp        AIPSMT0    # AIPS remote FITS disk access
> aipsmt1         5011/tcp        AIPSMT1    # AIPS remote tape 1
> aipsmt2         5012/tcp        AIPSMT2    # AIPS remote tape 2
> aipsmt3         5013/tcp        AIPSMT3
> aipsmt4         5014/tcp        AIPSMT4
> aipsmt5         5015/tcp        AIPSMT5
> aipsmt6         5016/tcp        AIPSMT6
> aipsmt7         5017/tcp        AIPSMT7
> 
> 
> in the file /etc/services .  
> 
> I have mac osx 10.6.4 (laptop) with 64bit mode.  
> 
> Hope to hear from you soon.  Thank you very much for your help.  
> 
> Hiroko

I think that you must not - on snow leopard (10.6) - do the setenv 
DISPLAY command.  Did you reboot the computer?

Eric Greisen