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Hi SJ, re: what is the output of 'uname -a'? > [measwx:gempak/model/gfs] ldm% uname -a > Darwin measwx.meas.ncsu.edu 11.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.0: Mon Apr 9 > 19:32:15 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.26.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 > > surprise surprise. Still running ldm on a Mac. It is running Lion, 10.7.4, > which is 64 bit This raises a couple of red flags (for me, at least): - our experience with running the LDM on recent versions of MacOS-X is not good We, and at least one of our sites, has observed that the LDM runs fine for about a day, and then data that has been REQUESTed from upstream host(s) starts to peter out. Steve has spent quite a bit of time working with one site (SJSU) and opened a trouble report with Apple which did not result in a resolution of the problem. - I do not have a current binary distribution for the ldm-mcidas decoder package for MacOS-X. Questions: - have you been running the LDM under the Lion version of MacOS-X for an extended period of time? If yes, have you noticed any "strangeness"? What I mean by strangeness is the volume of data actually getting to your machine decreasing (reasonably rapidly) with time after the first 24 hours or so of operation. - would it be possible to login to your machine (via SSH, of course) as the 'ldm' user so I could try out a build of the latest ldm-mcidas package in your environment? Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MNK-989154 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed