On Tuesday 13 July 2010 01:22:18 pm Claire Gervais wrote:

Hello,

I have recently installed ATHENA on my laptop (Lenovo X200) and runs into trouble when I try to open a file: The "data column" window opens well, and the plot is there but then I am stalled. At the bottom of the main window is written: "you have not used any memory yet" I know that a previous thread was written on it ([Ifeffit] A problem with Athena from 2008) but it seems to remain an open issue...

Here is my configuration: OS: Ubuntu Jaunty AMD64 Athena version: 0.8.059 Ifeffit version: 1.2.11d I have also tried with a previous Athena version, and on WindowsXP via Virtualbox. The problem remains. My data file is according to ATHENA standard (i.e. # for comments followed by columns).

If you have any idea, I would be delighted to read it!

The "you have not used any memory yet" is part of Athena's attempt to keep track of memory usage. Since Ifeffit is written in Fortran, there is no dynamic memory allocation. Athena tries to keep track of things so that it can warn you before you run out of the statically allocated memory pool. What you describe suggests something else is going on. What do you mean by "but then I am stalled"? Is the "OK" button on the column selection dialog not visible on the screen? Or is it there but you are unable to press it and have the program move on. It has been a while since I have installed the codes on a 64 bit machine, but I am setting up ubuntu lucid on a brand new Xeon machine this afternoon. If I run into a problem like this, I'll let you know. B -- Bruce Ravel ------------------------------------ bravel@bnl.gov National Institute of Standards and Technology Synchrotron Methods Group at NSLS --- Beamlines U7A, X24A, X23A2 Building 535A Upton NY, 11973 My homepage: http://xafs.org/BruceRavel EXAFS software: http://cars9.uchicago.edu/~ravel/software/exafs/