[daip] [!7784]: AIPS - Display issues with TV window

[Ilse van Bemmel]

Ilse van Bemmel updated #7784
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Display issues with TV window
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           Ticket ID: 7784
                 URL: https://help.nrao.edu/staff/index.php?/Tickets/Ticket/View/7784
           Full Name: Ilse van Bemmel
               Email: bemmel at astron.nl
             Creator: User
          Department: AIPS Data Reduction
       Staff (Owner): -- Unassigned --
                Type: Issue
              Status: Open
            Priority: Default
                 SLA: NRAO E2E
      Template Group: Default
             Created: 04 January 2016 04:17 PM
             Updated: 04 January 2016 04:17 PM
                 Due: 06 January 2016 04:17 PM (2d 0h 0m)
      Resolution Due: 12 January 2016 04:17 PM (8d 0h 0m)



Hi Eric,

I'm experiencing problems with the TV window after running a MNJ and upgrading to MacOS 10.10.5 (from a previous 10.10.x version) somewhere mid-December. Since then, AIPS stopped opening the TV window on my external display. It still works fine when the external display is disconnected.

On the external display it gives me the following output:

MacB> aips tv=local
START_AIPS: Will use or start first available Unix Socket based TV
START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the (no description supplied by installer)
START_AIPS:  - system name XEROX-WC7435-ICT, AIPS type PS

START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
DADEVS.PL: This program is untested under Perl version 5.018
  (Using global default file /Users/bemmel/Software/AIPS/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for DADEVS.PL)
   Disk 1 (1) is /Users/bemmel/Software/AIPS/DATA/BEMBOOK_1
   Disk 2 (2) is /Users/bemmel/Software/AIPS/DATA/LOCALHOST_1

Tape assignments:
   Tape 1 is REMOTE
   Tape 2 is REMOTE

START_AIPS: Starting TV servers on localhost asynchronously
START_AIPS:  - WITH Unix Sockets as requested...
START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on LOCALHOST asynchronously...
Starting up 31DEC15 AIPS with normal priority
Begin the one true AIPS number 2 (release of 31DEC15) at priority =   0
AIPS 2: You are not on a local TV device, welcome stranger
AIPS 2: You are assigned TV device/server   2
AIPS 2: You are assigned graphics device/server   2
AIPS 2: Enter user ID number
?DADEVS.PL: This program is untested under Perl version 5.018
UNIXSERVERS: TVSRV1 is already running on host localhost, user bemmel
UNIXSERVERS: Start XAS1 on localhost, DISPLAY /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.fT8kTepx4B/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
XAS: ** TrueColor FOUND!!!
XAS: ***  Using shared memory option for speed ***
XAS: Using screen width 2550 height 1318,
     max grey level 8191 in 16 grey-scale memories
Shared memory id failure: Invalid argument
UNIXSERVERS: TKSRV1 is already running on host localhost, display /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.fT8kTepx4B/org.macosforge.xquartz:0, user bemmel
UNIXSERVERS: MSSRV1 is already running on host localhost, display /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.fT8kTepx4B/org.macosforge.xquartz:0, user (unknown)

AIPS 2: Enter user ID number

I suspect the issue is the "Shared memory failure", and you have a fix for that on the AIPS pages, but MacOS doesn't have an /etc/system file. Do you have an alternative suggestion to fix this?

Thanks!
Ilse

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