[GRASS-user] Problem GRASS 6.4 RC5-3 freezing on Leopard; Snow Leopard

[Kurt Springs]

I am not sure which python I am using.  Looking in spotlight there is  
MacPython 2.3 in the developer tools.  I thought 2.5 was supposed to  
come with the install. I never updated it.

Kurt
On Sep 14, 2009, at 5:45 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> On Sep 11, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Kurt Springs wrote:
>
>> I am having a problem with GRASS on OS 10.5.8.  When I launch a  
>> project, GRASS freezes when I resize the Map window by dragging the  
>> corner (which I have done in the past) it freezes.  I can resize  
>> using the green resize but on the window (the one next to the red  
>> close window button and the amber put window in dock button) and it  
>> works fine.  But the moment I try to resize by using the corner, it  
>> refreshes a few times but freezes.  I can't access menus or  
>> scroll.  Interesting point, in the GIS Manager window, the Map  
>> Layers for Display 1 portion of the window runs into the bottom  
>> portion were the layer is chosen and set up. You can see the layer  
>> icon and the check box, but not the text describing the layer.  It  
>> is like this before it freezes.
>>
> Working for me.  Have you updated anything since the last time it  
> worked?  Which Python are you using?
>
>> As a point of interest, I have installed Snow leopard on my lap  
>> top.  GRASS froze when I tried to resize it first, but when I  
>> opened my map file first, populating the Map Layers, it worked  
>> fine.  I did get an error code when I started up:
>>
>> Last login: Fri Sep 11 10:38:37 on ttys000
>> kurt-springss-macbook-pro:~ kurtsprings2$ '/Applications/ 
>> GRASS-6.4.app/Contents/MacOS/grass.sh'; exit
>> Rebuilding Addon HTML manual pages index...
>> Rebuilding Addon menu...
>> 2009-09-11 11:12:11.503 osascript[633:903] Error loading /Library/ 
>> ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit  
>> Types:  dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/ 
>> Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found.   
>> Did find:
>> 	/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/ 
>> Adobe Unit Types: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
>> osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ 
>> ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable  
>> handlers.
>
> This part is expected - all the old Applescript additions are 32bit,  
> which won't load in 64bit apps.
>
>> Warning: No Python 2.5 found, needed by wxPython.
>>         The wxPython GUI may not work properly.
>> Cleaning up temporary files ...
>>
>> This was from my lap top running 10.6.1.
>
> The Python detection on startup is broken for Snow, because it's  
> expecting 2.5 but finding 2.6.  It will still try to run the GUI in  
> 2.6, which may work, except that the wxnvzi and vdigit probably  
> won't because they are built explicitly for 2.5.  The other problem,  
> even if you do force GRASS to use Python 2.5, is that even the  
> system 2.5 executable is now 64bit, while wxpython is 32bit.
>
> I'm surprised the GUI ran for you at all - besides the 64bit  
> problem, I've had a problem with the reexec function that restarts  
> with pythonw (needed by wxpython), it fails quietly, no GUI.
>
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> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>
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