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Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 [message #48784 is a reply to message #48783]

Thu, 18 May 2006 08:47

Mark Branson
Messages: 9
Registered: May 2006

Junior Member

Hi Ben.

Our research group ran into the exact same problem on our G5s, and the
solution is to run this command:

setenv DISPLAY <your machine name>:0

I just inserted that line in my .cshrc file and everything works again
with Terminal.app.

Hope that helps,
Mark Branson

> Am Thu, 18 May 2006 16:17:51 +0200 schrieb Ben Tupper
> <btupper@bigelow.org>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have installed IDL 6.3 onto a Mac OSX (10.4) G4 laptop. In the
>> past (pre 6.3) I have used Terminal.app for the command line - which
>> works great as long as X11 is running. Now I have bumped into a
>> problem with where IDL 6.3 starts and runs from the Terminal.app
>> command line, but when I invoke any graphics commands (PLOT, TV,
>> etc.) IDL exits with a "bus error". Oddly, a HELP, !D,/STRUCT shows
>> that X is the graphics device but HELP, /DEVICE results in the bus
>> error problem. I *can* run IDL 6.3 just fine from the X11 command
>> line - but that command line is quite limited compared to Terminal. I
>> am holding off on installing other places until this gets resolved.
>>
>> The error is logged in /Library/Logs/idl.crash.log but it is all
>> Greek (or is it Latin?) to me. Any thoughts on what might be going on?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Ben
>
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		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 18 May 2006 14:26
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Karl Schultz on Thu, 18 May 2006 10:17
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Edd Edmondson on Thu, 18 May 2006 09:25
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: btt on Thu, 18 May 2006 09:19
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Karl Schultz on Thu, 18 May 2006 09:06
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Karsten Rodenacker on Thu, 18 May 2006 09:00
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Edd Edmondson on Thu, 18 May 2006 08:53
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: btt on Thu, 18 May 2006 08:52
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Mark Branson on Thu, 18 May 2006 08:47
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Karl Schultz on Thu, 18 May 2006 08:50
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Karsten Rodenacker on Thu, 18 May 2006 08:25
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Edd Edmondson on Thu, 18 May 2006 07:59
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 18 May 2006 07:46
		Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 By: btt on Tue, 30 May 2006 09:02

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