August 2011 - Ag-tech - mailman3.cels.anl.gov

Re: [AG-TECH] AG on Mac OSX 10.7
by Jason Bell 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

G'day All I thought I would highlight the issues with running Access Grid on Mac OSX 10.7. * It is my understanding that one of the primary issues with Mac OSX 10.7, is that by default it uses python 2.7. Unfortunately the AG software has many issues running on this version of python. Interestingly, Mac OSX supports three different versions of python and therefore, it would be possible to "repackage" the AG software to "force" it to use python 2.5, but in its current packaged form, I would not recommend using it on this operating system. * The other issue is in regards to audio - as many people are aware, there are issues with the audio quality and I do not recommend that the Access Grid be used on any Mac operating system (unless you use Mac for display nodes only and another system for audio). o As a side note - there have been some improvements to Mac Audio for the Access Grid on a Mac, but the quality is still poor and additional improvements need to be made. o I am currently testing some code modifications (attempting to change buffer sizes, etc) to improve the audio quality and I do this in my own personal time and therefore, is a very slow process. In regards to EVO - the developers are aware of the "Deskshare" issue and are currently trying to resolve it. If anyone is interested, you are welcome to download the latest beta version of this application to try (please provide feedback to me so I can pass this back to the developers). Try this version: http://evo.caltech.edu/evoBeta/bin/deskshare2-macos32-1060.zip Put this in the .KoalaNext/plugins/EVO_DeskShare/ dir and unzip it to get the updated EVO_DeskShare.app. I hope this clarifies a few things. Many regards, Jason. From: ag-tech-bounces(a)lists.mcs.anl.gov [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Capehart, William J Sent: Friday, 26 August 2011 11:05 AM To: Ross Bennetts; Capehart, William J Cc: Nichols, Charles; ag-tech(a)mcs.anl.gov Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] AG on Mac OSX 10.7 Unsatisfactory results with desk sharing in EVO. OSX 10.7 seems to have a number of new features and upgrades that conflict with science-based software. FlexLM licenses (thus IDL, and certain compilers) are likewise affected. From: Ross Bennetts <rbennett(a)une.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:00:24 -0600 To: William Capehart <William.Capehart(a)sdsmt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: "Nichols, Charles" <Charles.Nichols(a)mso.umt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>>, "ag-tech(a)mcs.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]>" <ag-tech(a)mcs.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] AG on Mac OSX 10.7 Apparently there are problems with the version of Python used in Lion. I also had some issues with EVO DeskShare not quite working. Have you had similar experiences? Ross... On 26/08/2011, at 10:29 AM, Capehart, William J wrote: When I installed and attempted to run it, it failed (message below). It also did not work on my Parallels Windows 7 partition. [wjc@mandrenke:/Applications]% open ./AccessGrid3.app LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Applications/AccessGrid3.app. I've chosen to table it for now. In favor of EVO. On 8/25/11 18:25 MDT, "Nichols, Charles" <Charles.Nichols(a)mso.umt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Does AccessGrid run on Mac OSX 10.7? -Charles [cid:[email protected]] Ross M. W. Bennetts Information Technology Directorate University of New England<http://www.une.edu.au/> ARMIDALE NSW 2351 AUSTRALIA Room 3.25 (ITD - C34) Phone: +61 (2) 6773 2754 Fax: +61 (2) 6773 3390 H.323: 129.180.236.12 Email: ross.bennetts(a)une.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>

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Re: [AG-TECH] AG on Mac OSX 10.7
by Ross Bennetts 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

I got windowed DeskShare working with the instructions below, but there still seem to be issues if I try to go fullscreen. From: "Martin Harcar via RT" <evosupport(a)vrvs.org<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: August 3, 2011 7:25:01 AM PDT To: undisclosed-recipients:; Could you try this version https://vk.upjs.sk/~voyager/deskshare/Test/Hari/EVO_DeskShare.zip Unzip/copy it to /Users/geoffrey/.KoalaNext/plugins/EVO_DeskShare and start evo, go to the meeting, start deskShare. Let me know if this version is working for you. Thanks MaRTiN. On 26/08/2011, at 11:04 AM, Capehart, William J wrote: Unsatisfactory results with desk sharing in EVO. OSX 10.7 seems to have a number of new features and upgrades that conflict with science-based software. FlexLM licenses (thus IDL, and certain compilers) are likewise affected. From: Ross Bennetts <rbennett(a)une.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:00:24 -0600 To: William Capehart <William.Capehart(a)sdsmt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: "Nichols, Charles" <Charles.Nichols(a)mso.umt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>>, "ag-tech(a)mcs.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]>" <ag-tech(a)mcs.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] AG on Mac OSX 10.7 Apparently there are problems with the version of Python used in Lion. I also had some issues with EVO DeskShare not quite working. Have you had similar experiences? Ross... On 26/08/2011, at 10:29 AM, Capehart, William J wrote: When I installed and attempted to run it, it failed (message below). It also did not work on my Parallels Windows 7 partition. [wjc@mandrenke:/Applications]% open ./AccessGrid3.app LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Applications/AccessGrid3.app. I've chosen to table it for now. In favor of EVO. On 8/25/11 18:25 MDT, "Nichols, Charles" <Charles.Nichols(a)mso.umt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Does AccessGrid run on Mac OSX 10.7? -Charles <image001.gif> Ross M. W. Bennetts Information Technology Directorate University of New England<http://www.une.edu.au/> ARMIDALE NSW 2351 AUSTRALIA Room 3.25 (ITD - C34) Phone: +61 (2) 6773 2754 Fax: +61 (2) 6773 3390 H.323: 129.180.236.12 Email: ross.bennetts(a)une.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]] Ross M. W. Bennetts Information Technology Directorate University of New England<http://www.une.edu.au/> ARMIDALE NSW 2351 AUSTRALIA Room 3.25 (ITD - C34) Phone: +61 (2) 6773 2754 Fax: +61 (2) 6773 3390 H.323: 129.180.236.12 Email: ross.bennetts(a)une.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>

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Re: [AG-TECH] AG on Mac OSX 10.7
by Capehart, William J 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Unsatisfactory results with desk sharing in EVO. OSX 10.7 seems to have a number of new features and upgrades that conflict with science-based software. FlexLM licenses (thus IDL, and certain compilers) are likewise affected. From: Ross Bennetts <rbennett(a)une.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:00:24 -0600 To: William Capehart <William.Capehart(a)sdsmt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: "Nichols, Charles" <Charles.Nichols(a)mso.umt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>>, "ag-tech(a)mcs.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]>" <ag-tech(a)mcs.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] AG on Mac OSX 10.7 Apparently there are problems with the version of Python used in Lion. I also had some issues with EVO DeskShare not quite working. Have you had similar experiences? Ross... On 26/08/2011, at 10:29 AM, Capehart, William J wrote: When I installed and attempted to run it, it failed (message below). It also did not work on my Parallels Windows 7 partition. [wjc@mandrenke:/Applications]% open ./AccessGrid3.app LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Applications/AccessGrid3.app. I've chosen to table it for now. In favor of EVO. On 8/25/11 18:25 MDT, "Nichols, Charles" <Charles.Nichols(a)mso.umt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Does AccessGrid run on Mac OSX 10.7? -Charles [cid:[email protected]] Ross M. W. Bennetts Information Technology Directorate University of New England<http://www.une.edu.au/> ARMIDALE NSW 2351 AUSTRALIA Room 3.25 (ITD - C34) Phone: +61 (2) 6773 2754 Fax: +61 (2) 6773 3390 H.323: 129.180.236.12 Email: ross.bennetts(a)une.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>

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Re: [AG-TECH] AG on Mac OSX 10.7
by Ross Bennetts 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Apparently there are problems with the version of Python used in Lion. I also had some issues with EVO DeskShare not quite working. Have you had similar experiences? Ross... On 26/08/2011, at 10:29 AM, Capehart, William J wrote: When I installed and attempted to run it, it failed (message below). It also did not work on my Parallels Windows 7 partition. [wjc@mandrenke:/Applications]% open ./AccessGrid3.app LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Applications/AccessGrid3.app. I've chosen to table it for now. In favor of EVO. On 8/25/11 18:25 MDT, "Nichols, Charles" <Charles.Nichols(a)mso.umt.edu<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Does AccessGrid run on Mac OSX 10.7? -Charles [cid:[email protected]] Ross M. W. Bennetts Information Technology Directorate University of New England<http://www.une.edu.au/> ARMIDALE NSW 2351 AUSTRALIA Room 3.25 (ITD - C34) Phone: +61 (2) 6773 2754 Fax: +61 (2) 6773 3390 H.323: 129.180.236.12 Email: ross.bennetts(a)une.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>

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Re: [AG-TECH] AG on Mac OSX 10.7
by Capehart, William J 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

When I installed and attempted to run it, it failed (message below). It also did not work on my Parallels Windows 7 partition. [wjc@mandrenke:/Applications]% open ./AccessGrid3.app LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Applications/AccessGrid3.app. I've chosen to table it for now. In favor of EVO. ================================================================ Bill Capehart <William.Capehart(a)sdsmt.edu> Associate Professor Department of Atmospheric Sciences 213 Mineral Industries Building Skype: wcapehart South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Ph: +1-605-394-1994 501 East Saint Joseph Street Fax: +1-605-394-6061 Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Mobile: +1-605-484-5692 =================== http://capehart.sdsmt.edu ================== On 8/25/11 18:25 MDT, "Nichols, Charles" <Charles.Nichols(a)mso.umt.edu> wrote: >Does AccessGrid run on Mac OSX 10.7? > >-Charles > >Charles Nichols >Associate Professor, Composition and Music Technology >University of Montana, School of Music >32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812 >office (406) 243-5360, fax (406) 243-2441 >www.charlesnichols.com<http://www.charlesnichols.com/>

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AG on Mac OSX 10.7
by Nichols, Charles 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Does AccessGrid run on Mac OSX 10.7? -Charles Charles Nichols Associate Professor, Composition and Music Technology University of Montana, School of Music 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812 office (406) 243-5360, fax (406) 243-2441 www.charlesnichols.com<http://www.charlesnichols.com/>

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Re: [AG-TECH] Fwd: [VTAS-AG] Access Grid - Jabber stop working
by Thomas Uram 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Hi Martin: The Argonne jabber server should be back up now. If you encounter any further problems with it, please let us know. Thanks, Tom Uram On Aug 24, 2011, at 4:39 AM, Martin Turner wrote: > Hi guys, > is the anl, Argonne Jabber down. > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [VTAS-AG] Access Grid - Jabber stop working > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:03:15 +0100 > From: JVCS Management Centre <vidconf(a)JVCS.JA.NET> > Reply-To: JVCS Management Centre <vidconf(a)jvcs.ja.net> > Organisation: JVCS > To: <VTAS-AG(a)listserv.manchester.ac.uk> > > Hi Guys, > > Jabber is not working on either virgo or knight - error HTTP ERROR: 500 - no > response from server and I think it might be a problem with jabber running > on sam. Can you help with this? > > Thanks > Ewan > > JANET Videoconferencing Service Management Centre > Computing Services > James Clerk Maxwell Building > The Kings Buildings Campus > Mayfield Road > Edinburgh > Scotland > EH9 3JZ > > Tel. - +44 (0)131 650 4933 > > The VTAS-AG list is archived at: > http://listserv.manchester.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A0=VTAS-AG

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Power outage at NCSA to affect NCSA VenueServer and AGSchedule
by Michael Miller 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

NCSA has scheduled a power outage on Saturday September 17, 2011 that will affect the NCSA VenueServer and AGSchedule. The power outage is expected to be from 7am - 7pm CDT. We expect all services to be back in production shortly after that time. If you have further questions, please contact the AGSchedule Administrator agschedule(a)ncsa.illinois.edu Thank you, Michael Miller System Engineer NCSA 217 649 0747 "If you're clear in your vision and trust the people in your team with clear objectives, they will invariably do their best to achieve everything desired, and usually deliver everything you could have hoped for and even more." -Paul Debevec

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Fwd: [VTAS-AG] Access Grid - Jabber stop working
by Martin Turner 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Hi guys, is the anl, Argonne Jabber down. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [VTAS-AG] Access Grid - Jabber stop working Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:03:15 +0100 From: JVCS Management Centre <vidconf(a)JVCS.JA.NET> Reply-To: JVCS Management Centre <vidconf(a)jvcs.ja.net> Organisation: JVCS To: <VTAS-AG(a)listserv.manchester.ac.uk> Hi Guys, Jabber is not working on either virgo or knight - error HTTP ERROR: 500 - no response from server and I think it might be a problem with jabber running on sam. Can you help with this? Thanks Ewan JANET Videoconferencing Service Management Centre Computing Services James Clerk Maxwell Building The Kings Buildings Campus Mayfield Road Edinburgh Scotland EH9 3JZ Tel. - +44 (0)131 650 4933 The VTAS-AG list is archived at: http://listserv.manchester.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A0=VTAS-AG

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AcessGrid.org ok (was: AccessGrid.org broken?)
by Eric Olson 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

Hi all, Thanks for letting us know. There was database maintenance being done last night so the AG website wasn't working temporarily. It should be working fine now. Let us know if you still see any problems. Thanks, Eric On 08/09/2011 01:10 AM, Lev Lafayette wrote: > Unable to connect to database server.

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