| Re: Inconsistent errors when opening itools [message #40050 is a reply to message #39961] |
Wed, 30 June 2004 14:40  |
u2s5thmember
Messages: 11
Registered: January 2004
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I am using X11. Is that what you mean by "using X11 windowing"? Do
you think I might need to check any display settings? If so, where??
Thanks for your reply
Ben Tupper <btupper@bigelow.org> wrote in message news:<2kfvmnF1sgapU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> BG wrote:
>
>> I'm using X11 on a Mac OS X (OS 10.3.4), IDL 6.0
>>
>> If I type:
>> IDL> iplot, indgen(20)
>>
>> sometimes I get this error:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------ ---
>> A system error was detected during tool creation.
>> The value of this error was:
>> Unable to create visualization of type IDLitVisNormDataSpace
>> ------------------------------------------------------------ ---
>>
>> other times I get an almost blank itools window, with no axes, tick
>> marks, or numbers. the only thing that shows up is a straight line,
>> which I am presuming is supposed to be the data. The line shows up in
>> the upper right hand corner, is so much larger than the display window
>> & is mostly out of view until I try to drag it towards the center of
>> the itools window.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Another time I tried this:
>> IDL> x=findgen(20)*2+2
>> IDL> theory=sin(x)
>> IDL> iplot, theory
>>
>> and I got this error message:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------ ---
>> % Unable to invoke method on NULL object reference: OAXISX.
>> % XMANAGER: Caught unexpected error from client application. Message
>> follows...
>> % Unable to create visualization of type IDLitVisNormDataSpace
>> ------------------------------------------------------------ ---
>>
>>
>> I'm guessing this might be a compatibility issue or a problem with my
>> display??
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I tried the steps you describe above and got no problems at all on Mac
> OS 10.3. Are you using Apple's X11 windowing?
>
> Ben
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