OSX 2.3 Beta with media tools - A problem

[Eric Olson]

Brian,
Can you specify which hardware and which OS version you're running on?
I'll look for some more machines around here and see if I can reproduce 
the problems you're seeing.

Eric

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Brian Corrie wrote:

> Some further information. When I run vic from the command line it works 
> fine except it does not allow me to get control of the window after it 
> starts. I get the following error message:
> 
> SetFrontProcess failed,-606
> 
> I also found a device that has line-level audio input. It works fine in 
> the Preferences sound control but I get no input through rat...
> 
> Any pointers?
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> Brian Corrie wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > Installed this yesterday. Everything went well, with only one problem.
> > 
> > When I start the VideoService the vic GUI behaves very strangely. Vic 
> > starts up as expected, but it appears that I can never get focus on the 
> > application to move any of the windows around. Oddly enough, I can click 
> > on the thumbnails to open up the video feeds but the window with the 
> > thumbnails and the individual windows with video feeds can not be moved 
> > around on the screen.
> > 
> > Has anyone else expereinced this problem???
> > 
> > I also had one question. What are people using for microphones on the 
> > macs? As far as I can tell the 1/8 mini plug on the mac is a line-level 
> > input, and therefore a normal mic will not work. At least it doesn't on 
> > the macs that I have tried this on. Going into the sound preferences I 
> > get no input levels from the mic input. Even if it was at line level I 
> > would have thought I would have seen something... The audio from the 
> > iSight works fine for other apps so it isn't a fundamental sound problem...
> > 
> > Any pointers? Haven't spent too much time on this one yet, but wanted 
> > some feedback from others. Are you using USB headsets?
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> > 
> > Eric Olson wrote:
> > 
> >> Here's an update to the osx package with minor changes.
> >>
> >> http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/releases/2.3/macosx/AGTk-2.3b-beta2.dmg.gz 
> >>
> >>
> >> Changes:
> >> A terminal now pops up when you start a VenueServer or ServiceManager 
> >> so you can stop them more easily.
> >>
> >> Tom's globus patch is built in (the fix for most hanging server issues).
> >>
> >> The vnc shared app client application path was corrected.
> >>
> >> Eric
> 
>