| Mac OSX and IDL6.3 [message #48791] |
Thu, 18 May 2006 07:17  |
btt
Messages: 345
Registered: December 2000
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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 [message #48855 is a reply to message #48791] |
Tue, 30 May 2006 13:00  |
btt
Messages: 345
Registered: December 2000
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Senior Member |
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RJA wrote:
> Ben Tupper wrote:
>> resume. I am wondering if a kindly soul might post the exact line for
>> setting the DISPLAY variable in the tcsh shell?
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>> Here's what is in my .tcshrc file now...
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> I have:
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> setenv DISPLAY ":0"
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> Hope that helps.
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> Cheers, Richard.
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Aha! That works! Whew.
Many thanks,
Ben
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| Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 [message #48856 is a reply to message #48791] |
Tue, 30 May 2006 09:57 |
RJA
Messages: 2
Registered: May 2006
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Junior Member |
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Ben Tupper wrote:
> resume. I am wondering if a kindly soul might post the exact line for
> setting the DISPLAY variable in the tcsh shell?
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> Here's what is in my .tcshrc file now...
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I have:
setenv DISPLAY ":0"
Hope that helps.
Cheers, Richard.
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