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Re: Mac OSX and IDL6.3 [message #48786 is a reply to message #48784]

Thu, 18 May 2006 08:25

Karsten Rodenacker
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Registered: July 1997

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Hi Ben, I don't see the problem on my powerbook. But I try regularly to
update (apple, darwin ports, fink). Its not just a help, but

pbkaro:~ karo$ echo $DISPLAY
:0.0
pbkaro:~ karo$ idl
IDL Version 6.3, Mac OS X (darwin ppc m32). (c) 2006, Research Systems,
Inc.
Installation number: ...
Licensed for use by: ...

IDL> help,/device
Available Graphics Devices: CGM HP LJ NULL PCL PRINTER PS REGIS TEK X Z
Current graphics device: X
Server: X11.0, The XFree86 Project, Inc, Release 40400000
Display Depth, Size: 24 bits, (1920,1200)
Visual Class: TrueColor (4)
Bits Per RGB: 8 (8/8/8)
Physical Color Map Entries (Emulated / Actual): 256 / 256
Colormap: Private, 16777216 colors. Translation table: Enabled
Graphics pixels: Decomposed, Dither Method: Ordered
Write Mask: 16777215 (decimal) ffffff (hex)
Graphics Function: 3 (copy)
Current Font: <default>, Current TrueType Font: <default>
Default Backing Store: Pixmap.
IDL> window,0
...

Regards
Karsten

Am Thu, 18 May 2006 16:17:51 +0200 schrieb Ben Tupper
<btupper@bigelow.org>:

> 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 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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