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From: belinda thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: March 6, 2007 1:07:25 PM PST
To: Ernesto Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Pyro-users] mac os x install issues / observations /
questions
Hi Ernesto,
I wish I could say I've gotten more running, but I haven't.
I believe you need SWIG for the vision stuff (Doug: is this
correct? Also, note another problem cited in 2nd to last
paragraph), and I wasn't able to get SWIG working on the test cases
described here:
http://www.dabeaz.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SwigFaqMaxOSXSharedLibraries
so I never bothered to try getting it to compile the requisite C code.
I am uncertain what the problem is, but since Apple distributes
older versions of Python, wx, Tcl, etc. I've had other problems,
e.g.getting matplotlib and scipy to compile. I suspect the problem
here is an incompatibility w/the default stuff on my machine. I had
mailed David (above link) for help, but never heard back.
Even if SWIG was working, you'd need to change the compiler options
that Doug's self-configuring make file creates. The "shared
library" flag is not recognized on Mac OS X 10.4.8.
I agree it is very frustrating and would love to get this fixed,
but I don't have the time right now. If you were to make progress,
please keep me in the loop, and perhaps I could find some time to
help. My first recommendation is to try the tests from the link
above and let me know if on your machine you are more successful.
Once those passed, mere changing compiler options might be
sufficient to get things running.
On another note: when running the vacuum cleaner world simulator,
there is another Mac OS X problem. Something about Tk and
threading. The symptom: graphics for the world don't update unless
you move the mouse over on top of them. Do you see this behaviour
as well? On my dual processor machine, this behaviour doesn't
occur, but on single processor machines (on a G4, another an Intel)
it does. I found some stuff online about threading issues w/Tk, and
was able to determine this problem was in fact occurring on my G4,
but I didn't know how to go in and fix it on the Pyro end (I
believe the command that hangs is the draw command inside the world
file).
HTH,
--b
On Feb 21, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Ernesto Costa wrote:
Hi,
I wonder if you were able to put Pyro to work properly with Mac OS
X 10.4.8.
I was able to follow your instructions and they work. But it is
very frustating to have just the simulator and not the whole thing.
Thanks in advance.
Ernesto Costa
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