> Since the gui build process was integrated into the CLI build process, the gui has not run under MacOS X. I'm not certain, but I think gnuplot had a similar problem.
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> http://www.digipedia.pl/usenet/thread/12789/10528/#post10548
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> When I try to run the gui, I get the error below (repeated 16 times). Which is the same error encountered by the gnuplot developers.
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> The process has forked and you cannot use this CoreFoundation functionality safely. You MUST exec().
> Break on __THE_PROCESS_HAS_FORKED_AND_YOU_CANNOT_USE_THIS_COREFOUNDATION_FUNCTIONALITY___YOU_MUST_EXEC__() to debug.
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> Fixing this is beyond my abilities. but I can test patches.
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> I've had a quick look and my understanding is that somewhere we use a CoreFoundation API before forking, which is not allowed by Mac OS X (God knows why...), if you also want to use CF API after forking.
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> AFAIK there aren't many places in octave where there's a direct access to the underlying graphics system, one of them is display_info class. Indeed, this class is used before forking, in octave_starting_gui (libinterp/octave.cc). So as first try, you could edit src/main.cc and replace the call to octave_start_gui() with true to see whether it makes any difference.
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> Michael.
Definitely made a difference, but I can't tell if it is an improvement or not.
The error no longer shows up, but neither Octave nor the gui starts either. There is just a short delay and the shell prompt returns.
Sigh.... Mac OS X is definitely "different". Try to run in gdb, maybe you'll get some useful backtrace or information.
Michael.