[scilab-Users] Re: cannot get any Scilab 5.x version starting on my Intel iMac

[Jeff DuMonthier]

I just downloaded and tried scilab-master-1289308877, which I believe is the current 5.3 beta build for Mac.  The crashing behavior is gone and it's back to hanging like it did before.

On Nov 25, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Antoine Monmayrant wrote:

> Le 24/11/10 23:30, Sylvestre Ledru a écrit :
>> Oh, a new Mac OS X bug! Youpi! :)
>> I don't know if you are the one who reported this bug:
>> http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8460
>> The conversation about this issue will continue on this bug report.
>> 
>> Antoine, Scilab is supposed to run under Leopard (10.5) and Snow Leopard
>> (10.6). If you are experiencing an other issue that bug #8460, please
>> report a new bug.
> OK, I just check on scilab-branches-5.3-1290177191 and it seems to be the same bug:
> 
> Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
> Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
> Crashed Thread:  0
> 
> Dyld Error Message:
>  unknown required load command 0x80000022
> 
>> Anyway, thanks for the feedback, it is appreciated.
>> Sylvestre
>> 
>> On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 17:15 -0500, Jeff DuMonthier wrote:
>>> I've tried this and the 64 bit 1.6 is already at the top.
>>> 
>>> Previous versions have hung.  The Scilab icon changes to a generic Java icon after a few bounces and that's it until I kill it.  I just tried the 5.3.0-beta-5 and that version crashes instead of hangs.  I'm not sure if that's in improvement or not.  Maybe, because at least I got an error message in the crash report which was this:
>>> 
>>> Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
>>> Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
>>> Crashed Thread:  1
>>> 
>>> Dyld Error Message:
>>>   Symbol not found: _libiconv_open
>>>   Referenced from: /Users/jeff/Applications/scilab-5.3.0-beta-5.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/thirdparty//libintl.3.dylib
>>>   Expected in: /Users/jeff/Applications/scilab-5.3.0-beta-5.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/thirdparty//libiconv.2.dylib
>>> 
>>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 4:56 AM, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Le jeudi 18 novembre 2010 à 09:51 +0000, Heinz Nabielek a écrit :
>>>>> Sylvestre Ledru<sylvestre.ledru at ...>  writes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 20:37 +0000, Heinz Nabielek a écrit :
>>>>> SciLab and Mac friends:
>>>>> I cannot get any Scilab 5.x version starting on my Intel iMac 10.6.5.
>>>>> A Scilab 5.2 beta version had  worked at one time, but not any more.
>>>>> Starting error messages are shown below.
>>>>> Help greatly appreciated. Heinz..................
>>>>> 
>>>>> We are aware of the recurring issues under Mac OS X. ............
>>>>> I heard that if you go in the Java Preferences menu on
>>>>> your system andyou change the order of the JVM, it might fix your problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sylvestre
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I can see "Java Preferences now shows all discovered JVMs
>>>>> in a single list in the General tab".
>>>>> 
>>>>> But, sorry, where do I find and change Java Preferences?
>>>> In the finder, search for an application called "Java Preferences" (in
>>>> French, it is "Préférences Java").
>>>> You will see some implementations of Java.
>>>> Drag and drop the 1.6 64 bits on the top.
>>>> 
>>>> It is my personal opinion but I found the way Apple is managing various
>>>> JVMs pretty bad. We are working on tackling these issues from Scilab but
>>>> since they are changing things regularly, it is hard to keep track...
>>>> 
>>>> Sylvestre
>>>> PS: When you reply, please configure your mailer to add the ">". Thanks
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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