| Re: IDL DE startup error on OS X [message #80502] |
Fri, 22 June 2012 06:37 |
Kenneth P. Bowman
Messages: 585
Registered: May 2000
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In article <483aa8eb-bb38-4730-ad57-13c608ed0687@googlegroups.com>,
wlandsman <wlandsman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:07:02 AM UTC-4, Kenneth P. Bowman wrote:
>> I don't normally use the IDL development environment, but we have been
>> following
>> the recommended procedure for eliminating the bogus Time Machine errors on
>> OS X.
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>> Doing so involves starting idl and idlde one time with root privileges.
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> Try checking for any hanging IDL processes (e.g. ps aux | grep idl) and
> killing them.
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>> When we start idlde, we inevitably get this error message:
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>> Workspace in use or cannot be created, choose a different one.
Thanks, Wayne, but no luck. The irony is that a workspace is created,
but apparently it is unable to use it.
Ken
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| Re: IDL DE startup error on OS X [message #80519 is a reply to message #80502] |
Thu, 21 June 2012 08:01  |
wlandsman
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Registered: June 2000
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On Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:07:02 AM UTC-4, Kenneth P. Bowman wrote:
> I don't normally use the IDL development environment, but we have been following
> the recommended procedure for eliminating the bogus Time Machine errors on OS X.
>
> Doing so involves starting idl and idlde one time with root privileges.
>
Try checking for any hanging IDL processes (e.g. ps aux | grep idl) and killing them.
> When we start idlde, we inevitably get this error message:
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> Workspace in use or cannot be created, choose a different one.
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> We have tried deleting any workspaces and .idl directory. When we start idlde
> it creates a new workspace and a new .idl directory, but the error message
> recurs and nothing will let us actually start idlde.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Thanks, Ken
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