[Ifeffit] Demeter not working on Windows 8.1 64bit

[Matt Newville]

Hi Shoaib,

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Shoaib Muhammad <mshoaibce at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have recently upgraded my computer to Windows 8.1 Pro x64 and after this
> upgrade I can’t run Athena and Artemis. The problem symptoms are:
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> 1-      If I use Demeter version 0.9.13, Athena opens but when I try to open
> previously saved file, Athena simply crashes without showing any error.
> Artemis also shows similar behavior.
>
> 2-      By using latest build Demeter 0.9.19, Athena behavior is slightly
> different it opens the files and show the plot. But pressing the E,k,R
> buttons does not change the plot. Artemis still crashes by opening any
> project file without any error.
>
>
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> I have tried following things, installed in compatibility mode of Windows7.
> Athena worked fine only once after installing in compatibility mode.
>
> Installed in different drives but situations remains the same. Tried to “run
> as Admin” but no improvement.
>
> Installed Demeter on three different computers running Windows 8.1 x64 but
> similar behavior is received.
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>
>
> Kindly suggest me some work around because I have to use Demeter on almost
> daily basis. I have attached log file obtained from Demeter 0.9.13 running
> under Window 8.1 x64.
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> Thanks,
>
> Shoaib Muhammad
>
> Department of Energy Science
>
> Sungkyunkwan University
>
> South Korea
>
>
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I think you might be in mostly uncharted waters with 64-bit Windows 8.
 I have access to many Windows machines, but I don't know of any
64-bit Windows 8.1 machines in our group.

If you're up for it, it might be worth installing demeter from source
from the github repository, following
http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/pods/installation.pod.html
and asking for help if you get stuck.

I'm sure it would be a great help to others if you did this....

--Matt