[GRASS-dev] Mac OS X frameworks for support libraries

[Agustin Diez Castillo]

William, I did it but with no success
GRASS 6.1.cvs (spearfish):/Users/Shared/src/grass6 > Error in startup  
script: ERROR: default region is invalid
        line 7: <e-w res: 50.00>
     while executing
"close $input"
     (procedure "MapCanvas::zoom_gregion" line 13)
     invoked from within
"MapCanvas::zoom_gregion $mon"
     (procedure "MapCanvas::create" line 46)
     invoked from within
"MapCanvas::create"
     (procedure "Gm::startmon" line 11)
     invoked from within
"Gm::startmon"
     (procedure "Gm::create" line 74)
     invoked from within
"Gm::create"
     (procedure "main" line 30)
     invoked from within
"main $argc $argv"
     (file "/usr/local/grass-6.1.cvs/etc/gm/gm.tcl" line 528)

On 29/07/2006, at 11:07 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> NVIZ does work on Intel in X11.  I only had problems when trying to  
> start the X11 NVIZ from gis.m running in an Aqua Tcl/Tk.  In an X11  
> Tcl/Tk NVIZ will start from gis.m.  NVIZ will start from the  
> Terminal no matter which Tcl/Tk is used by gis.m.
>
> Have you tried the new version of GRASS.app and the frameworks from  
> today?  The previous one had some startup issues in certain cases.
>
> On Jul 29, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Agustin Diez Castillo wrote:
>
>> William's comments explain me what is going on a IBook, grass  
>> doesn't work and the terminal keeps giving a message about  
>> location not being initialized (I don't remember the exact message  
>> now). This weird behavior happens only in the main user. It seems  
>> that somehow
>> Sad to hear that NVIZ doesn't work at all in MacIntel I want to  
>> buy a MacBookPro.
>> In some of my several attempts to compile grass, NVIZ was working  
>> when started from X11 terminal, but after get rid of the problems  
>> the errors messages when compiling nviz doesn't work.
>> Agustin
>>
>>> On Jul 28, 2006, at 5:06 PM, Michael Barton wrote:
>>>
>>>> William,
>>>>
>>>> I'll wait for your next beta to try it. I and many others would  
>>>> like to exit
>>>> both gism and grass together, but this is more complicated than  
>>>> it seems. No
>>>> one has figured it out yet. The easiest way would be to start  
>>>> gism then
>>>> grass, rather than grass then gism. But this is another issue.
>>>>
>>>> Normally exiting grass kills wish, and hence gism. But gism  
>>>> could keep
>>>> running if started within grass (it needs grass environmental  
>>>> variables to
>>>> get going).
>>>>
>>> Hm, tried it again with latest snapshot.  GRASS.app starts GRASS  
>>> in Terminal, and starts GUI in X11 Wish.  Quit GRASS in Terminal  
>>> and GUI stays running in X11 Wish.  Any attempt to do stuff in  
>>> GUI then gives Location not set error.
>>>
>>> I looked at process ownership - Wish starts out with the GRASS  
>>> shell as the parent.  After quitting GRASS with the Wish GUI  
>>> still running, Wish now has launchd (process 1) as the parent.   
>>> Happens with both X11 Wish and Aqua Wish.  GRASS doesn't seem to  
>>> be killing Wish, just letting it go on with its life.  hehe, some  
>>> parenting and animal behaviours come to mind...
>>>
>>>> In Lorenzo's app, I've successfully started gism in TclTk aqua  
>>>> and used the
>>>> bash terminal. It all works without x11--except of course  
>>>> v.digit, nviz, and
>>>> a couple other modules.
>>>>
>>> I've found an odd problem.  First, with X11 Wish (don't set  
>>> GRASS_WISH or GRASS_TCLSH in .bash_profile), start GRASS.app.   
>>> GUI starts in X11.  Select mapset and start NVIZ from GUI.  All  
>>> OK - NVIZ works normally and starts directly in NVIZ with no  
>>> rasters or vectors selected.  Quit everything.
>>>
>>> Change GRASS_WISH and GRASS_TCLSH to Aqua version in /usr/local/ 
>>> bin.  Start GRASS.app, GUI opens in Aqua Wish.  Select mapset and  
>>> start NVIZ.  NVIZ GUI startup dialog shows to select initial  
>>> data.  Select something and Run.  NVIZ progress shows, then  
>>> disappears.  No display.  NVIZ has a crashlog with something  
>>> completely different from any previous crashes - it's crashing in  
>>> G__open_cell_old.
>>>
>>> BUT, while still in the Aqua Wish GUI, if I start NVIZ from the  
>>> Terminal, it works.
>>>
>>> So, now NVIZ doesn't work from the Aqua GUI.  But otherwise works  
>>> normally.
>>>
>>> Haven't tried Aqua NVIZ again, but thanks to Amilcar Challu, I've  
>>> verified that NVIZ Aqua doesn't work on Intel Macs at all - it's  
>>> not the graphics card difference.
>>>
>>> -----
>>> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos at kyngchaos.com>
>>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>>>
>>> "Those people who most want to rule people are, ipso-facto, those  
>>> least suited to do it."
>>>
>>> - A rule of the universe, from the HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy
>>>
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>>
>
> -----
> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos at kyngchaos.com>
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>
> "I ache, therefore I am.  Or in my case - I am, therefore I ache."
>
> - Marvin
>
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