ROOT from source on macOSX 10.6.7

MadBaron · April 8, 2011, 10:44am

Hi everyone,

I have some problems with the installation of ROOT from source on my new macbook pro (macOSX 10.6.7).
I need this kind of installation because of the roofit libraries.
I follow all the instructions listed in the web page and everything seems to go well, except that when I try to open a TBrowser i get the following errors.

*** Break *** segmentation violation

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There was a crash.
This is the entire stack trace of all threads:

Thread 1 (process 3105):
#0 0x00007fff8674cf80 in wait4 ()
#1 0x00007fff8676153e in system ()
#2 0x0000000100110d85 in TUnixSystem::StackTrace ()
#3 0x000000010010ded1 in TUnixSystem::DispatchSignals ()
#4
#5 0x0000000104c9bd53 in _XReply ()
#6 0x0000000104c82e99 in XAllocColor ()
#7 0x0000000105092733 in find_useable_visual ()
#8 0x0000000105092e02 in query_screen_visual_id ()
#9 0x000000010509461b in create_asvisual_for_id ()
#10 0x0000000105004c82 in TASImage::InitVisual ()
#11 0x000000010500eeb3 in TASImage::ReadImage ()
#12 0x0000000102f64203 in TImage::Open ()
#13 0x00000001044c6d1b in TGPicturePool::GetPicture ()
#14 0x000000010459871c in TGVSplitter::TGVSplitter ()
#15 0x00000001045d2821 in TRootBrowser::CreateBrowser ()
#16 0x00000001045d328d in TRootBrowser::TRootBrowser ()
#17 0x00000001045d33c8 in TRootBrowser::NewBrowser ()
#18 0x000000010488eba6 in G__G__Gui3_391_0_46 ()
#19 0x000000010088ef4a in Cint::G__CallFunc::Execute ()
#20 0x00000001000de511 in TCint::CallFunc_ExecInt ()
#21 0x0000000100026bf0 in TMethodCall::Execute ()
#22 0x0000000100010ba5 in TPluginHandler::ExecPlugin ()
#23 0x00000001045eba4d in TRootGuiFactory::CreateBrowserImp ()
#24 0x000000010006f860 in TBrowser::TBrowser ()
#25 0x000000010020921b in G__G__Base1_77_0_3 ()
#26 0x000000010088c5f6 in Cint::G__ExceptionWrapper ()
#27 0x000000010094e3cc in G__execute_call ()
#28 0x000000010095092b in G__call_cppfunc ()
#29 0x00000001009246a5 in G__interpret_func ()
#30 0x00000001009136a0 in G__getfunction ()
#31 0x00000001008daac1 in G__define_var ()
#32 0x00000001009799eb in G__exec_statement ()
#33 0x00000001008d094f in G__exec_tempfile_core ()
#34 0x00000001008d0c56 in G__exec_tempfile_fp ()
#35 0x0000000100987335 in G__process_cmd ()
#36 0x00000001000202be in TCint::ProcessLine ()
#37 0x000000010006805e in TApplication::ProcessLine ()
#38 0x000000010125e54f in TRint::HandleTermInput ()
#39 0x000000010125cb27 in TTermInputHandler::Notify ()
#40 0x000000010125ea4d in TTermInputHandler::ReadNotify ()
#41 0x000000010010db92 in TUnixSystem::CheckDescriptors ()
#42 0x000000010010e0a6 in TUnixSystem::DispatchOneEvent ()
#43 0x00000001000a5a9d in TSystem::InnerLoop ()
#44 0x00000001000a8463 in TSystem::Run ()
#45 0x0000000100066937 in TApplication::Run ()
#46 0x000000010125d78b in TRint::Run ()
#47 0x00000001000019a0 in main ()

The lines below might hint at the cause of the crash.
If they do not help you then please submit a bug report at
root.cern.ch/bugs. Please post the ENTIRE stack trace
from above as an attachment in addition to anything else
that might help us fixing this issue.

#5 0x0000000104c9bd53 in _XReply ()
#6 0x0000000104c82e99 in XAllocColor ()
#7 0x0000000105092733 in find_useable_visual ()
#8 0x0000000105092e02 in query_screen_visual_id ()
#9 0x000000010509461b in create_asvisual_for_id ()
#10 0x0000000105004c82 in TASImage::InitVisual ()
#11 0x000000010500eeb3 in TASImage::ReadImage ()
#12 0x0000000102f64203 in TImage::Open ()
#13 0x00000001044c6d1b in TGPicturePool::GetPicture ()
#14 0x000000010459871c in TGVSplitter::TGVSplitter ()
#15 0x00000001045d2821 in TRootBrowser::CreateBrowser ()
#16 0x00000001045d328d in TRootBrowser::TRootBrowser ()
#17 0x00000001045d33c8 in TRootBrowser::NewBrowser ()

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

bcabrer · April 18, 2011, 6:32pm

Last week, I instaled root v5.28.00b from the source in my macbook (macOSX 10.6.7, Intel Core 2 Duo). Everything seemed to go ok with the installation since it did not report any error. I can load and read data from a root file fine. But then I get the same problem reported here ( and error same message) when trying to open a TBrowser or a TCanvas.

Does anyone have a suggestion?

gregork · May 29, 2011, 6:33am

Hello,

I’m having exactly the same problem. Did you find a way to solve it?

Thanks & Cheers,
-g

pcanal · June 2, 2011, 3:21pm

Hi,

I have seen this kind of problem being resolved by simply restarting the X11 application/server.

Cheers,
Philippe.

gregork · June 7, 2011, 6:18am

Hi,

thanks for the suggestion - but re-starting the XServer (or the computer, for that purpose) does not seem to affect the problem.

Cheers,
-g

pcanal · August 15, 2011, 4:39pm

Hi,

Did you install X11 via fink or macports? Those 2 distributions are known to be incompatible with ROOT, uninstalling them and using the X11 provided by APPLE should solve the problem.

Cheers,
Philippe.