Re: installing Playe rPro killed using Mathematica itself:
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg88098] Re: installing Playe rPro killed using Mathematica itself:
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:58:58 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University System of Maryland
- References: <2008422101316.456043@jfultz2winlap> <fumr0c$seh$1@smc.vnet.net>
Such a gross oversight on Wolfram's part is unexpected. I suspect that unless the problem is fixed in short order that PlayerPro will not make it for very long. Given all that I have heard, I would not install it on my system. I am just thankful that my procrastination delayed prevented this problem for me. I would like to thank all those who quickly alerted the group. Kevin Murray Eisenberg wrote: > Yes, this fixes the problem with the mathpass for Player Pro under my > configuration effectively killing the mathpass for Mathematica itself. > Thank you. > > Of course the problem should have been avoidable by the installer > program, or at least by installation directions, in the first place. > > John Fultz wrote: >> Yes, this is because of the overlapping use of MATHEMATICA_USERBASE. Anybody >> who does not set this variable will not see the problem. To work around this... >> >> * Take your current mathpass file and move it into Mathematica's installation >> directory in Configuration\Licensing. >> * Start Player Pro and enter your password. >> * Take the newly generated mathpass file and move it into Player Pro's >> installation directory in Configuration\Licensing. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> John Fultz >> jfultz at wolfram.com >> User Interface Group >> Wolfram Research, Inc. >> >> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:26:41 -0400 (EDT), Murray Eisenberg wrote: >>> With an existing installation of Mathematica 6.0.2 under Windows, I just >>> installed Player Pro. The result: if I start Mathematica itself and >>> open a new notebook there, I am prohibited from typing any and all input. >>> >>> This sort of thing is intolerable! An utterly time-frittering >>> aggravation. >>> >>> I suspect that the scenario involved here was not tested by WRI: My >>> mathpass for Mathematica itself is in the Licensing subdirectory of my >>> USERBASE directory, which is the same as my BASE directory (both set by >>> Windows environment variables MATHEMATICA_BASE and MATHEMATICA_USERBASE). >>> >>> This is hardly the first time I have run into trouble with multiple >>> passwords from multiple Wolfram Research products. It is something they >>> have just not yet gotten right. Beware! >>> >>> What I did as a temporary fix was to use my Windows backup program to >>> restore my pre-existing mathpass file. Now regular Mathematica works. >>> But of course Player Pro does not. >> >> > -- Kevin J. McCann Research Associate Professor JCET/Physics Physics Building University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250