[mesa-users] No plotting on test runs in release 5819?

[Bill Paxton]

You might take a look at pgstar.README in star/defaults.

-Bill





On Jan 19, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Astronomer Tom wrote:

> Bill,
> 
> Your example works perfectly, which means I'm clearly misunderstanding something on the plotting is controlled.
> 
> I'm searching for release notes to see if anything changed in how the defaults or examples work since summer 2013, but can't find anything.  Are the changes documented somewhere?  
> 
> The inlist files I experimented with last summer do not work either.
> 
> It there an Idiot's Guide to the Inlist file? ;^)
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom
> On Jan 19, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Bill Paxton <paxton at kitp.ucsb.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Let's try a test case where I get plot output on my machine.
>> 
>> cd star/test_suite/40M_z1m4_to_cc
>> edit inlist_40M_z1m4_to_cc so that pgstar_flag is true.
>> take a look at the end of the inlist in the &pgstar section while you are at it.
>> then
>> ./mk and ./rn
>> 
>> Hopefully you'll get a plot window something like this:
>> <grid6_00004.png>
>> 
>> 
>> Most of the test_suite inlists have an empty &pgstar section, so you won't see anything even if pgstar_flag is true.
>> Perhaps that was happening?
>> 
>> -Bill
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Astronomer Tom wrote:
>> 
>>> Prior to compiles, I set
>>> % export MESASDK_ROOT=/Applications/mesasdk
>>> % source $MESASDK_ROOT/bin/mesasdk_init.sh
>>> in expectation it was missing on linking.
>>> 
>>> In other paths, I see:
>>> MESA_DIR=/Users/Shared/3rdPartyCodes/mesa/
>>> MESASDK_ROOT=/Applications/mesasdk
>>> PGPLOT_DIR=/Applications/mesasdk/pgplot
>>> 
>>> I get the same behavior if I use the star/work set as well.  
>>> 
>>> pgstar_flag = .true.
>>> mesa_dir = ''
>>> 
>>> is set in inlist_project.
>>> 
>>> In that directory, I first do
>>> ./clean
>>> then
>>> ./mk
>>> then
>>> ./rn
>>> 
>>> which generates text output but no plots.
>>> 
>>> Then I noticed that the new 'get started' page recommends testing with star/test, not star/work.  So I tried that option, fixing the quote in the inlist changes.  I also added the pgstar_flag=.true.
>>> 
>>> I get this with ./rn
>>> 
>>>> Failed while trying to read control namelist file: inlist_first_thing_to_try
>>>> Perhaps the following runtime error message will help you find the problem.
>>>> 
>>>> At line 2111 of file ../private/pgstar_ctrls_io.f (unit = 30, file = 'inlist_first_thing_to_try')
>>>> Fortran runtime error: Cannot match namelist object name main_win_flag
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Still no plots.
>>> 
>>> I tried my runs from a MESA version from summer 2013 with similar errors.
>>> 
>>> I still haven't ruled out that I've done something stupid, like perhaps something didn't link right.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tom
>>> On Jan 19, 2014, at 12:03 PM, Bill Paxton <paxton at kitp.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The test_suite default setup doesn't use pgplot (unless I forget and leave it on!).
>>>> You'll need to set pgstar_flag = .true. in the inlist and rerun.
>>>> 
>>>> Good luck,
>>>> Bill
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jan 18, 2014, at 7:38 PM, Astronomer Tom wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I just updated by MESA to 5819.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I downloaded the new SDK.
>>>>> I updated XQuartz (and running on MacOS 10.8.5.  Xcode release just short of version 5.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I did the build and it seemed to link to the PGplot components.  I've rebuilt several times, double-checking that I've initialized all the $MESA environment variables.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The test runs generate terminal output, but no plots.  There is output in LOGS/, but only the xn00 directories under photos/.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My guess is I'm missing a default setting somewhere that is overriding the output.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Tom
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