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

[Sylvestre Ledru]

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.

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
> > 
> > 
>