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Hi Chris- > According to this thread: > http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-82958.html > if I am running Leopard on an Intel Core 2 Duo, it should run in 64- > bit mode. Thanks for the information. Could you try the nightly build at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly and let me know if that works (or not)? Thanks. Don > On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > > Hi Chris- > > > >> I *think* it's 64-bit; it's an Intel Core 2 Duo chip. How can I tell > >> for sure? > > > > I think on the Finder menu, there's a System Configuration menu (I'm > > at home and don't have access to a Mac, so don't know for sure). If > > you can take a screen shot of that and send it along, that would be > > good. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Don > > > >> On Jan 22, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Chris- > >>> > >>> We're still trying to track down this issue. You are not the only > >>> one to report this, but we are unable to reproduce it on our systems > >>> which are all 64-bit. Are you running on a 32-bit system? > >>> > >>> Don Murray > >>> > >>>> Yeah, I had already tried that. There must be some other checks > >>>> going > >>>> on there, because it fails to open at all: > >>>> > >>>> macwork:IDV_2.8> open IDV.app > >>>> LSOpenFromURLSpec() failed with error -10810 for the file / > >>>> Applications/IDV_2.8/IDV.app. > >>>> > >>>> I also tried setting my administrator's account Java preferences to > >>>> 1.6 and reinstalling IDV 2.8, but no improvement there. > >>>> > >>>> Here are my current Java settings: > >>>> > >>>> macwork:IDV_2.8> java -version > >>>> java version "1.6.0_17" > >>>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_17-b04-248-9M3125) > >>>> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.3-b01-101, mixed mode) > >>>> (see also attachment below). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Also, if I uncheck the J2SE 5.0 boxes above, leaving only Java SE > >>>> 6, I > >>>> get the same error as when I change the 1.5 to 1.6 in Info.plist. > >>>> > >>>> I don't have JAVA_HOME or JDK_HOME set to anything. Could that > >>>> be a > >>>> problem? > >>>> > >>>> Or is it looking for a 32-bit version of Java 1.6 and not finding > >>>> it? > >>>> > >>>> And why would runIDV work just fine? > >>>> > >>>> On Jan 19, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi again, > >>>>> > >>>>> I just came across this write up that mentions the java version: > >>>>> > >>>>> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Java/Reference/Java_InfoplistRef/Articles/JavaDictionaryInfo.plistKeys.html > >>>>> > >>>>> Can you try editing the xml file: > >>>>> <IDV install dir>/IDV.app/Contents/Info.plist > >>>>> and changing the folowing: > >>>>> <key>JVMVersion</key> > >>>>> <string>1.5+</string> > >>>>> > >>>>> to: > >>>>> <key>JVMVersion</key> > >>>>> <string>1.6+</string> > >>>>> > >>>>> Or just copy the attached file over the installed file. > >>>>> > >>>>> -Jeff > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Ticket Details > >>>>> =================== > >>>>> Ticket ID: KNP-408989 > >>>>> Department: Support IDV > >>>>> Priority: Normal > >>>>> Status: Open<Info.plist> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Christopher Lynnes NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2 > >>>> 301-614-5185 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Ticket Details > >>> =================== > >>> Ticket ID: KNP-408989 > >>> Department: Support IDV > >>> Priority: Normal > >>> Status: Open > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Christopher Lynnes NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2 > >> 301-614-5185 > >> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: KNP-408989 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > -- > Christopher Lynnes NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2 > 301-614-5185 > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: KNP-408989 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open