[daip] How to fix aips

[Eric Greisen]

On 04/25/2018 06:39 PM, k7319438 at kadai.jp wrote:
> Dear Eric,
> 
> I saw "http://www.aips.nrao.edu/aipsmgr/index.html", and changed share memory value. However, AIPS said " Shared memory id failure: Invalid Argument".
> Of course I create /etc/sysctl.conf file and put the values in it.
> I typed  "sysctl kern.sysv". The result is follows:
> 
> kern.sysv.shmmax=16777216
> kern.sysv.shmmin=1
> kern.sysv.shmmni=32
> kern.sysv.shmseg=8
> kern.sysv.shmall=4096
> 
> I need your kind advice for fixing this problem.
> 
> Best regards,
> Yuhki Hamae
> 
> ⌘---------------------------------------------------------
> Yuhki Hamae
> Department of Physics and Astronomy
> Faculty of Science
> Kagoshima Univercity
> Mail: k7319438 at kadai.jp
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ________________________________________
> 差出人: Eric Greisen <egreisen at nrao.edu>
> 送信日時: 2018年4月26日 2:54
> 宛先: k7319438 at kadai.jp
> 件名: Re: How to fix aips
> 
> On 04/25/2018 11:42 AM, Yuhki Hamae wrote:
>> Dear Eric,
>>
>> I am Yuhki Hamae, a undergraduate student of Kagoshima University.
>>
>> I have now a trouble in installing AIPS in my iMac(Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4.
>> I can't find the rc file in /etc.
>>
>> I need your kind advice for fixing this problem.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Yuhki Hamae
>>
>> ⌘---------------------------------------------------------
>> Yuhki Hamae
>> Department of Physics and Astronomy
>> Faculty of Science
>> Kagoshima Univercity
>> Mail: k7319438 at kadai.jp
>> ------------------------------------------------------------


I am assuming you followed the instructions to reboot your computer and 
that you entered after the reboot "sysctl kern.sysv" and saw the values 
you typed above.

You must have a very large display screen.  You could try 25165824 which 
is 24 Mbytes.  It does not hurt if it is larger than necessary.  There 
are alternatives - inside AIPS enter HELP XAS.  That will show you 
parameters honored by XAS from your .Xdefaults file.  You can limit the 
size of your XAS TV display or turn off shared memory.  The latter will 
hurt performance but on modern machines it is not too bad.

Eric Greisen