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Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 [message #48777 is a reply to message #48776]

Thu, 18 May 2006 09:19

btt
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Karl Schultz wrote:
> On Thu, 18 May 2006 10:17:51 -0400, Ben Tupper wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> Ben,
>
> Did you report this to Tech Support?
>
> We had a similar report a few days ago.
>
> How do you set your DISPLAY variable in the Terminal application and what
> value do you set it to?
>
> We're finding that certain values in the DISPLAY variable can cause this
> problem. You might try setting DISPLAY to :0 to see if that helps.
>
> Let us know if that works.
>
> Karl
>
>
>
Hi Karl,

I have not reported it yet to tech support.

I set IDL_PREF_OBSOLETE_WARN = false and now I get the bus error without
the warning. Well, that worked!

I confess that I haven't ever actually set my display variable (at least
not so I knew it). You have to understand that display means the
monitor to a dope like me - where else would I display stuff? I'll give
the solutions offered by Mark and Edd a whirl.

Edd, does the script you suggest go into .cshrc (or .tcshrc as the case
is for me)?

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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