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

[Antoine Monmayrant]

  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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