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

[Jeff DuMonthier]

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
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