[daip] Request for help with AIPS installation on Mac OS X Yosemite

Preeti Kharb kharb at iiap.res.in
Wed Apr 29 01:37:25 EDT 2015


Thank you so much Eric. It all works now.

Best.
Preeti


> On 28-Apr-2015, at 7:38 pm, Eric Greisen <egreisen at nrao.edu> wrote:
> 
> On 04/28/2015 06:53 AM, Preeti Kharb wrote:
>> Dear Eric,
>> 
>> I have just upgraded my Mac OS X to Yosemite.
>> 
>> Now the TV of my new AIPS BINARY installation version 31DEC15 is not
>> showing up. The Message and TEK windows are okay. I have already added
>> the appropriate lines (sssin etc.) to the “services” file in /etc/
>> 
>> The output of "rsync rsync://ftp.aoc.nrao.edu/“ looks similar to what is
>> listed on the “AIPS Managers Frequent Questions” webpage.
>> 
>> I have also done "export DISPLAY=localhost:0”, before starting AIPS.
>> 
>> I get this message when AIPS starts:
>> 
>> bash-3.2$ aips tv=local
>> START_AIPS: Will use or start first available Unix Socket based TV
>> START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the
>> START_AIPS:  - system name , AIPS type
>> START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
>> DADEVS.PL: This program is untested under Perl version 5.018
>>   (Using global default file
>> /Users/preetikharb/soft/aips15/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for DADEVS.PL)
>>    Disk 1 (1) is /Users/preetikharb/soft/aips15/DATA/PREETIS-IMAC_1
>> 
>> Tape assignments:
>>    Tape 1 is REMOTE
>>    Tape 2 is REMOTE
>> START_AIPS: Starting TV servers on preetis-imac asynchronously
>> START_AIPS:  - WITH Unix Sockets as requested...
>> START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on PREETIS-IMAC asynchronously...
>> Starting up 31DEC15 AIPS with normal priority
>> Begin the one true AIPS number 1 (release of 31DEC15) at priority =   0
>> AIPS 1: You are not on a local TV device, welcome stranger
>> AIPS 1: You are assigned TV device/server   2
>> AIPS 1: You are assigned graphics device/server   2
>> AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
>> ?DADEVS.PL: This program is untested under Perl version 5.018
>> UNIXSERVERS: Start TV LOCK daemon TVSRV1 on preetis-imac
>> TVSERVER: Starting AIPS TV locking, Unix (local) domain
>> UNIXSERVERS: Start XAS1 on preetis-imac, DISPLAY
>> /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.0tqVVk3EiO/org.macosf
>> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.6.dylib
>>   Referenced from:
>> /Users/preetikharb/soft/aips15/31DEC15/MACINT/LOAD/./XAS1
>>   Reason: image not found
>> UNIXSERVERS: Start graphics server TKSRV1 on preetis-imac, display
>> /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.0tq
>> UNIXSERVERS: Start message server MSSRV1 on preetis-imac, display
>> /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.0tqV
>> STARTPMON: [PREETIS-IMAC] Starting TPMON1 with output SUPPRESSED
>> 
>> Can you please advise ?
> 
> 1. Do NOT set DISPLAY on Macs.  The correct setting is something complicated and it will get set properly.
> 
> 2. Yosemite installs delete some of the XWindows installation.
> You need to re-install X from
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/ <http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/>
> 
> It sounds as if you ran the MNJ so START_AIPS and START_TVSERVERS should have their yosemite patch in your $AIPS_ROOT (check the date on the files).
> 
> Eric Greisen

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