Re: Mathematica 7.01 and Mac OS 10.6
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- Subject: [mg104026] Re: Mathematica 7.01 and Mac OS 10.6
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:18:41 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <20091014112311.136472@jfultz2winlap>
- Reply-to: drmajorbob at yahoo.com
I can't think of anything correlated with the problem, unless it's just what John Fultz said... the first Mathematica session after booting. I'll keep an eye out and share if I discover anything. Bobby On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:29:05 -0500, peter <plindsay.0 at gmail.com> wrote: > Following an update to 10.6, I got the initial problem with M7.01 > where it wouldn't start properly. That kind-of fixed itself after I > loudly verbalised my disapproval and restarted M. I am not currently > experiencing problems with M. > > I'm running one of the new macbook pro things, but doubt that is of > any real significance. All latest OS updates [ inc sleeping disk ] > installed. > > Anything particular I should try to induce the problem ? > > Peter > > 2009/10/15 DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>: >> OK. I'll try to keep track of whether it's only the first start after >> booting or not, and let somebody know if it isn't. >> >> Bobby >> >> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:23:11 -0500, John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com> >> wrote: >> >>> If it's consistent with what we've seen elsewhere, then it happens the >>> first >>> time you launch Mathematica after you reboot your computer, and never >>> again >>> until the next reboot. That's another Snow Leopard-specific problem >>> which we're >>> investigating. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> John Fultz >>> jfultz at wolfram.com >>> User Interface Group >>> Wolfram Research, Inc. >>> >>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:56:27 -0400 (EDT), DrMajorBob wrote: >>>> My M7/Snow Leopard problem is that the kernel often freezes (while >>>> loading) the first time I evaluate a cell after opening Mathematica. >>>> >>>> Then I go to Evaluate>Stop Kernel, and trying again always seems to >>>> work. >>>> >>>> It's not a HUGE problem, but it wastes a minute of my time whenever it >>>> happens... about 20% of my Mathematica sessions. >>>> >>>> Bobby >>>> >>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:18:07 -0500, monochrome <bayard.webb at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have experienced this once and was directed by customer service to >>>>> do the same thing. It has not recurred. >>>>> >>>>> Bayard >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 13, 4:18 am, Andrzej Kozlowski <a... at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: >>>>>> Actually the situation is even worse than I described below. When I >>>>>> try to restart Mathematica after force quitting it, I get the >>>>>> message >>>>>> that the 2-user limit on this license has been reached. Contact >>>>>> Wolfram Research or an authorized Mathematica distributor for >>>>>> information on upgrding your license configuration. >>>>>> >>>>>> It seems that I have to restart my computer to be able to use >>>>>> Mathematica again, which is really getting somewhat ridiculous. >>>>>> >>>>>> Andrzej Kozlowski >>>>>> >>>>>> On 13 Oct 2009, at 17:56, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have been experiencing rare but very irritating problems running >>>>>>> Mathematica 7.01 under Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) on a MacBook. >>>>>>> What = >>>>>>> >>>>>>> happens is that for some reason the kernel suddenly quits during an >>>>>>> evaluation. When I try to restart it (by evaluating some >>>>>>> expression) = >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I get the message: "The kernel failed to start because you >>>>>>> attempted = >>>>>>> >>>>>>> to run more Mathematica kernels than you have licensed." There are >>>>>>> two buttons, Purchase and Cancel. I find it rather annoying that >>>>>>> the = >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Purchase button is selected by default but not half as annoying as >>>>>>> the fact that clicking on either button produces no effect. >>>>>>> Everything is actually frozen and there is no way out other than >>>>>>> force quitting Mathematica. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Has anyone experienced anything similar? As I mentioned - this >>>>>>> seems = >>>>>>> >>>>>>> fairly rare; it has happened twice since I installed Snow Leopard >>>>>>> about a month ago and I can't reproduce it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Andrzej Kozlowski >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> DrMajorBob at yahoo.com >> >> > > > -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com