On 11/12/2010 08:29 PM, Mike Witt wrote:
> On 11/12/2010 05:49:49 PM, Mitesh Patel wrote:
>> On 11/12/2010 06:43 PM, Mike Witt wrote:
>> > On 11/12/2010 04:14:29 PM, Mitesh Patel wrote:
>> >> On 11/12/2010 05:48 PM, Mike Witt wrote:
>> >> > After a new Fedora 14 installation, I ended up with the "default"
>> >> > version of Java they use (IdedTea?) -- This didn't work for
>> >> > Sage/JMOL, either on the command line or in the Notebook. So, I
>> >> > installed the Oracle version. But both versions are now installed.
>> >> > I figured out how to tell Firefox to use the Oracle version, and
>> >> > now JMOL works fine in a notebook. But from the sage command line
>> >> > it's still not working.
>> >> >
>> >> > So, I suspect that the sage command line is still calling the
>> >> > other version of Java. Is there any way I can check what path
>> >> > it's using?
>> >>
>> >> Could you check the symbolic link /etc/alternatives/java?  What happens
>> >> if you make this point to /path/to/oracle/java/bin/java?
>> >
>> > I believe it's correct:
>> >
>> >   [m...@vector ~]$ /usr/bin/java -version
>> >   java version "1.6.0_22"
>> >   Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04)
>> >   Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 17.1-b03, mixed mode)
>> >
>> > However, it was pointing to the IcedTea java when I built
>> > Sage. I just wondered if perhaps that got "cached" somehow.
>> > I guess that seems unlikely. Maybe the lack of 3d display
>> > from the command line is an unrelated problem?
>>
>> Which Sage version are you using?
>>
>> Making a Jmol plot on the command-line invokes
>>
>> SAGE_LOCAL/bin/jmol
>>
>> Maybe JMOL_HOME is set incorrectly in this script?  What happens if
>> you put
>>
>> JMOL_HOME="/explicit/path/to/sage_root/devel/sagenb-main/sagenb/data/jmol"
>>
>>
>> near the top?
> 
> Well, yes, that seems to be it. It took me a bit to figure out
> what to do, but now that I found the script ... as far as I can
> tell, JMOL_HOME was getting set to: /sagenb/data/jmol
> 
> When I reset it, as you suggested, at the top of the script
> then everything started working (from the command line). So,
> it does appear that they were two separate problems.
> 
> Oh, I'm using 4.6. If this is already a known issue, then
> my apologies. But thanks very much for the solution!

Does anyone else have this problem?

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