[scilab-Users] Re: Scilab 5.2.2 fails to start on Mac OS 10.6.3

[Sylvestre Ledru]

It would be nice if you could try again Scilab 5.2.1 to see if it
happens or not
I made a small change to improve the Java detection (the previous was
not Apple-official) [1] & [2]
If it is working with Scilab 5.2.1 and not with Scilab 5.2.2, this might
be the cause of the issue.
If Scilab 5.2.1 works, could you give me the output of:
/usr/libexec/java_home --arch x86_64 --failfast --version 1.6+
and
ls /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home/

Thanks for your feedback guys. It is appreciated!

Sylvestre
[1]
http://gitweb.scilab.org/?p=scilab.git;a=commitdiff;h=a6bcd928a4d66bc50922ef5bede689a7703380bf#patch2
[2]
http://gitweb.scilab.org/?p=scilab.git;a=commitdiff;h=47d58004ff4866ba10adc376457c8d8fc093e6ed#patch2

Le lundi 17 mai 2010 à 14:52 -0400, Jeff DuMonthier a écrit :
> It's the same for me.  Scilab works on a MacBook Pro but fails on my 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo iMac.  Version 5.2.1 used to work, but after running Software Update at the same time I installed 5.2.2, neither will start anymore.  It seems to be a problem with Java only on certain machines (maybe just iMac's?).
> 
> On May 17, 2010, at 2:26 PM, Kay-Uwe Goetz wrote:
> 
> > Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru at ...> writes:
> > 
> >> 
> >> We don't have this issue on our testing Mac OS X machines and I confirm
> >> that we are not doing anything with the sound card on the start up of
> >> the software.
> >> However, we noticed some random behaviors under Mac. Please let me know
> >> if you find a workaround on this issue.
> >> 
> >> Sylvestre
> >> 
> > 
> > I have exactly the same problems on my iMac. It must have to do something with
> > Java, since I can start scilab with the -nogui option. I get the same message
> > about using 1.6.0 since 1.5.0 could not be found. However, this can be excluded
> > as a reason, since my MacBook which has the same OS-version is able to run
> > scilab with the gui enabled. I've compared the scilab scripts and run them with
> > SCI_VERBOSE on both machines. They produce the very same output, but on the iMac
> > the process hangs (no reply) whereas on the MacBook it runs fine.
> > 
> > A solution is essential for me since I use Scilab for teaching purposes and if
> > the next update kills Scilab on my MacBook I will be upset :-(
> > 
> > Kay-Uwe
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 

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