| Re: IDL 6.4 seg-faults when drawing (Solaris-8) [message #57179] |
Tue, 04 December 2007 08:59 |
JJ
Messages: 36
Registered: January 2007
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Thanks David,
ITT wrote back and resolved my problem (very rapidly - thanks ITT).
> I am guessing the segmentation fault is related to the x11 update that
> occurred on Solaris and Linux systems. Have a look at this tech tip
> which has a link to a fix for IDL 6.4:
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> http://www.ittvis.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=4195
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> Although this is specific for Solaris 10 (which is the supported OS),
> it will also likely work on Solaris 8.
-Jonathan
David Fanning wrote:
> Jonathan Joseph writes:
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>> I'm currently running IDL 6.4 on Solaris 8. I just installed the most
>> recent recommended patch cluster for Solaris 8 (to fix an unrelated
>> issue), and now when I run IDL, if I attemp any window drawing
>> operation, IDL dies with a segmentation fault.
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>> I'm hesitant about upgrading to IDL 7.0 right now to see if this fixes
>> the problem. I'm even more hesitant about backing out the entire patch
>> cluster (which seems to have fixed the the other problem).
>>
>> I have contacted both Sun and ITT, but in the meanwhile, if anyone has
>> observed any similar problems, or has any advice, I'm all ears.
>>
>> I still have two other solaris-8 boxes that I have not yet patched, and
>> IDL still works fine on those - but the one I did patch is our real
>> work-horse machine.
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> Sounds like this problem rearing its ugly head again:
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> http://www.dfanning.com/misc_tips/segfault.html
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> Cheers,
>
> David
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| Re: IDL 6.4 seg-faults when drawing (Solaris-8) [message #57180 is a reply to message #57179] |
Tue, 04 December 2007 08:36  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Jonathan Joseph writes:
> I'm currently running IDL 6.4 on Solaris 8. I just installed the most
> recent recommended patch cluster for Solaris 8 (to fix an unrelated
> issue), and now when I run IDL, if I attemp any window drawing
> operation, IDL dies with a segmentation fault.
>
> I'm hesitant about upgrading to IDL 7.0 right now to see if this fixes
> the problem. I'm even more hesitant about backing out the entire patch
> cluster (which seems to have fixed the the other problem).
>
> I have contacted both Sun and ITT, but in the meanwhile, if anyone has
> observed any similar problems, or has any advice, I'm all ears.
>
> I still have two other solaris-8 boxes that I have not yet patched, and
> IDL still works fine on those - but the one I did patch is our real
> work-horse machine.
Sounds like this problem rearing its ugly head again:
http://www.dfanning.com/misc_tips/segfault.html
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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