Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Noboru Yamamoto <[email protected]> · Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:15:09 +0900

Hi, All:

I also used to have same problem and used same method descirbed by Eric,
right click on display to create componets.

Now, I don't have the problem anymore. I don't remember when this
problem went away, but my current environment:

MacOSX 10.6.2
X11 2.3.4
openMotif 2.2.3
EPICS base 3.14.11
medm 3.1.4

does not have the problem reported.

Regards,

Noboru Yamamoto
J-PARC control group
JAPAN

(10/01/07 10:57), David Dudley wrote:
> Is this problem under Leopard, or Snow Leopard?
> 
> I've had the same problem with both EDM and MEDM ever since I updated up to
> Snow Leopard.
> 
> I finally tracked the problem down (at least on my system...) to OpenMotif
> 2.32.
> 
> Backing down to OpenMotif 2.30 corrected the problem for me.  Upgrading back
> to 2.32 and rebuilding caused the problem to return.
> 
> David Dudley
> 
> 
> On 1/6/10 4:52 PM, "Eric Norum"<[email protected]>  wrote:
> 
>> The XKEYSYMDB change didn't work for me.  Josh?
>> I suspect that this problem lies elsewhere, since the controls seem to work
>> other places in MEDM.  One possible thing to look at is that the widgets in
>> question in the palette window seem to have 'tool tips' associated with them.
>> Whenever I mouse over one of the widgets I get a pop-up describing the widget.
>> Perhaps it is this operation that is somehow getting in the way of the mouse
>> click getting through to the widget?
>>
>> On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:27 PM, Matt Newville wrote:
>>
>>> Josh,
>>>
>>> It sounds like it's probably a problem with XKeysymDB.   A fix may be
>>> as simple as
>>>    export XKEYSYMDB=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB.   (or whereever XkeysymDB
>>> is)
>>>
>>>
>>> --Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Mark Rivers<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>> OK, so the problem is with the X server, not the client, since that
>>>> behaviour does not occur when displaying MEDM from the other platform on
>>>> Linux or Windows, right?  Do you know when the problem started?  I am
>>>> not a Mac user, but Lewis Muir and Eric Norum are, so maybe they have
>>>> some ideas?
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Josh Stein [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:10 PM
>>>> To: Mark Rivers
>>>> Cc: EPICS tech-talk
>>>> Subject: Re: Odd MEDM behavior on OS-X
>>>>
>>>> Good question Mark, and I should have pointed this out before...
>>>>
>>>> Running MEDM on other platforms while exporting the display back to my
>>>> Mac produces identical results (e.g. those specific buttons are still
>>>> non-functional).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark Rivers wrote:
>>>>> Can you isolate the problem to the X server or client?  What happens
>>>> if
>>>>> you run the same version of medm on a Linux system and display on your
>>>>> Mac, or run medm on your Mac and display on Linux or Windows?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Stein
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:02 PM
>>>>> To: EPICS tech-talk
>>>>> Subject: Odd MEDM behavior on OS-X
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, we're having an odd problem here at APS which has myself and
>>>> others
>>>>> scratching our heads.
>>>>>
>>>>> When running MEDM on my Mac (OS X - Leopard) I am able to open and
>>>>> execute existing screens, but when I try to add an object (using the
>>>>> object pallet) things get bizarre. I am unable to successfully
>>>> interact
>>>>> with any of the object buttons within the palette (so, for example, if
>>>> I
>>>>>
>>>>> wanted to place a static rectangle using the drawing object, I cannot
>>>>> seem to get that button to "press"). All buttons within the object
>>>>> palette are similarly crippled.
>>>>>
>>>>> Other uses of the mouse button within MEDM seem fine - for example
>>>> when
>>>>> a screen is operating and connected to PVs, I can click on related
>>>>> displays, or other controllers and have them function properly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Furthermore the other two palette types (Resource and Color) function
>>>>> fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I realize I can place objects by right-clicking on the display - but
>>>>> something has changed recently, as I've traditionally always used the
>>>>> object palette.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas? Our Mac people have tried differing versions of the OS with
>>>>
>>>>> no difference noted.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Josh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
> 

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