[Ifeffit] Ifeffit/iXAFS won't launch in OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

[Jeff Terry]

Hi All,

We will take a look at this when we get a 10.6 machine.

Jeff

On Sep 8, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Joel Kelly wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I recently upgraded to OS 10.6 (snow leopard) on my intel Mac. It
> comes with version 2.3.4 of X11.
>
> Now, I can't seem to run any of the Horae GUI applications! I've tried
> launching Athena from iXAFS or from the stand alone IFEFFIT suite.
>
> When I run iXAFS, the normal launch window with Athena, Artemis,
> Hephaestus and the iXAFS shell appears. Clicking on the Athena,
> Artemis, and icons Hephaestus causes X11 to launch with an xterm
> window, but Aquaterm does not load. However, the iXAFS shell seems to
> load, though I'm not experienced enough with the shell to know if it's
> fine or not.
>
> Upon launching the Athena standalone program from IFEFFIT (downloaded
> here: http://cars9.uchicago.edu/~ifeffit/src/Ifeffit-1.2.10-Mac10.4_Intel_horae066.dmg) 
> ,
> clicking on "X11 graphics" launches xterm but not Aquaterm, and
> clicking on "Aquaterm" closes the program.
>
> Not sure if this is a Snow Leopard related problem or not- there has
> been a new version of X11 released (2.4) that is unsupported in OS
> 10.6, and unfortunately it doesn't seem to allow me to install a
> previous 2.3.2 version. Looks like I'll have to downgrade back to
> Leopard, these cat names are getting confusing. Has anyone experienced
> anything similar, or have any insight on how to fix the problem?
>
> Best regards,
> Joel Kelly
> University of Alberta
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