[daip] AIPS/Lion

[Eric Greisen]

Chris De Pree wrote:
> Hey Eric,
> 
> It's been a while since I have bugged you, so here goes:
> 
> I have installed AIPS on two macs (binary installs - OSX 10.7.5 Lion).
> Everything seems to be working, I followed all directions, edited various
> /etc files, and aips starts up, and the tvserver starts. However, I can't
> see to control the AIPS-TV. I am attaching a screen shot of when aips starts
> up on my laptop, as hopefully that will provide a clue.
> 
> Commands to the TV seem to hang aips (e.g. tvini, tvfi).
> 
> My suspicion centers on the line "DISPLAY /tmp/launch...". I tried
> specifying setenv DISPLAY localhost:0 and that did not seem to help.
> 
> I cannot find any FAQ questions that apply, so I am appealing to you for
> advice!
> 
> Any help you can provide would be most appreciated!

I am suspicious about the internet loop-back setup in your computer.

Let's try unix sockets (local to computer)

Enter on the command line

aips tv=local

And note that on modern Macs one does NOT set the $DISPLAY variable.  It 
is supposed to be the weird things that you see...

Eric Greisen