Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4MG can't start

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Subject: Re: CCP4MG can't start
From: Kendall Nettles knettles {- at -} SCRIPPS {- dot -} EDU
Date: 2008-07-28

Hi Bill,
I commented out the export DISPLAY lines, but it didn't help. What did fix
it was reinstalling x11 from the OSX 10.5 CD. Any ideas? I've attached the
launch script as a text file.

Thanks!
Kendall

On 7/25/08 12:27 PM, "William G. Scott" wrote:

> Hi Kendall:
>
> I haven't used CCP4Mg^2+ but if it is launched by a shell script that
> dumbly sets the DISPLAY variable, then on 10.5 this is equivalent to a
> suicide directive, since the new X11 (as of 10.5) sets the DISPLAY
> variable using launchd. If this is the case, hack that line out of
> the script or put in a conditional test for the operating system
> version.
>
> The latest X11 for 10.5.4 is worth getting too, as it has a lot of
> improvements:
>
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.3.0
>
> Bill
>
> William G. Scott
>
> Contact info:
> http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2008, at 9:18 AM, Kendall Nettles wrote:
>
>> CCPMG is launching X11 right before it quits. Could it relate to the
>> version
>> of X11? Coot was not working with the version that updates with the
>> OSX, so
>> I had to install the Xquartz version to get Coot to work.
>>
>> Kendall
>>
>>
>> On 7/25/08 10:53 AM, "Jendrek" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've had the same problem and discovered that in order to start
>>> CCP4MG the
>>> X11
>>> must be closed.
>>> So, just quit your X11 and then start again. It worked fine for me.
>>>
>>> Andrzej
>>>
>>> Kendall Nettles wrote:
>>>> I have tried installing the newest version of CCP4MG 1.1.1, the
>>>> closedirfix
>>>> version, and QtMG 1.99.0. In each case, the program does not
>>>> start. I did
>>>> get a problem report for pyton, shown below.
>>>>
>>>> Mac ppc dual 2.7 GHz, OSX 10.5.4
>>>> X11= XQuartz 2.3.0(xorg-server 1.4.2-apple5)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Kendall

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