| Re: segmentation fault error in IDL [message #54604 is a reply to message #54518] |
Thu, 21 June 2007 07:56  |
teich
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Registered: May 2007
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On Jun 19, 1:23 am, metachronist <rkombi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 19, 1:34 am, t...@atmsci.msrc.sunysb.edu wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I am getting a segmentation fault error when I restore a .sav file
>> after SSH into a server. I basically do the following:
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>> SSH to server
>> type 'IDL'
>> type 'restore something.sav'
>> type 'something'
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>> This brings up a GUI (or was in the past). Everything was working
>> fine for a few weeks and now I get this error and IDL automatically
>> exits. I didn't do anything to the .sav file (and don't know what was
>> done by the author to create it). I asked the author, and they said
>> when they run it from my directory, it works fine.
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>> Does anyone know what might have happened and what I might try to fix
>> this?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Howie
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> Howie,
> Please allow me to guess :-) IMHO you need to provide more info for me
> to guess better.. Anyways, I am guessing you are using SETENV DISPLAY
> to bring up the "remote display" on your machine. What kind of OS are
> you using (what about the server? UNIX?) If it is GNU/Linux OS, then
> there were some problems with the newer updates of the X.org libraries
> that caused display related problems. So if someone else is running it
> from "their" machine and it works "fine", that means they are able to
> "remotely display" IDL GUI windown on their box. So it would "work
> fine" for them. If you did update your xlibs (I don't know if that is
> the case - I am assuming so- or if the updates after that fixed the
> segfault problem), then you might wanna downgrade them (or apply the
> fixes, if there are any) and try again. It has been discussed here
> before. However, if I am "SO WRONG" then I apologise and please
> imagine you have never read this email before. Another thing to check
> would be your .rc file where you set your display parameters/IDL
> related stuff and such.
> Hth,
> ~rk
Thanks rk,
I am not very familiar with many of these concepts, but at least you
have pointed me in the right direction.
Howie
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