Bugs: GUIs - CIAO 3.4

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Matching CIAO and CALDB Versions

CIAO 3.4 requires CALDB 3.3.0 or higher to operate properly.

CALDB 3.4.0 and higher should not be used unless you are running CIAO 3.4 or CIAO 4.0.

Are your versions mismatched? Time to update CIAO and CALDB!

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11 Nov 2008

These are the webpages relative to the CIAO 3.4 release (18 December 2006). They are no longer actively updated, however the CXC will continue limited support of CIAO 3.4 for the near future.

CIAO 3.4 users should check the CALDB 3 website for compatible calibration updates.

15 Dec 2008

The newest version of the Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations software, is CIAO 4.1, released on 15 December 2008. Read the release notes for detailed information. This release requires that CALDB 4.1.0 be installed for the software to work correctly.

Bugs

Warning: XtRemoveGrab asked to remove a widget not on the list
(Red Hat 6.2, Red Hat 8.0, and Mac OS X)

On the Red Hat 6.2, Red Hat 8.0, and Mac OS X platforms, the GUIs (prism, filtwin, taskmonitor, and peg) will issue this message when the GUI is closed via an XPA quit command.

unix% peg &

unix% xpaset -p peg quit
Warning: XtRemoveGrab asked to remove a widget not on the list

It can be ignored. Other exit methods, such as the Exit option in the File menu or the window-manager's Close option, do not produce this message.

Some messages are echoed to the terminal instead of the GUI dialog box.

The default browser for the Help -> On Application menu option is Netscape. (29 Jan 2007)
(Mac OS X)

By default, the Help -> On Application menu is configured to use Netscape, which is not commonly available on Mac OS X machines. An error of this sort is seen:

Couldn't open file: /Users/username/local/ciao3411/doc/html/prism.html

Workarounds:

Edit $ASCDS_INSTALL/config/system/CXCdefaults to remove the "-a Netscape" from the HelpBrowserOpenFILECommand. It will then look like:
```
*HelpBrowserOpenFILECommand       : open $ &
```

Create a local ~/.CXCdefaults file with this syntax:

unix% cat > ~/.CXCdefaults
*HelpBrowserOpenFILECommand       : open $ &

"Browse CIAO installation README" from Help -> About menu does not work. (29 Jan 2007)
(Mac OS X)

If you select the Help -> About menu item and then select the "Browse CIAO installation README" button, an X terminal appears with the error message:

xterm: Can't execvp /bin/more: No such file or directory

On Mac OS X, the program is /usr/bin/more.

Workaround:

Open the local copy of the README, $ASCDS_INSTALL/README, with the program or pager of your choice.