Perfect, I will try to probe the ground for points c) and d), and I will get back to all of you if I manage to shed some light to this mystery :D
A. On 4 April 2013 09:12, Edsko de Vries <edskodevr...@gmail.com> wrote: > a) 7.6.2 vs 7.6.1 seems unlike to be the issue, although theoretically > possible I guess. > b) Actually, the blog post is how to set things up by hand for better > control than either of those tools give you; but again, I don't think it's > relevant. > c) This might be a bigger difference. I don't know what version brew > installs, where it installs it, etc. etc. > d) And this might be related too; yes, I'm using XQuartz and have the GTK > compiled for it; currently using 2.7.4 but I don't know if I upgraded since > building. > > -E > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Alfredo Di Napoli < > alfredo.dinap...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Edsko, thanks for the reply. >> The only things that might affect the outcome are: >> >> a) Ghc version: I'm running ghc 7.6.2 instead of 7.6.1 >> b) Don't know if you are using cabal-dev as sandboxing (like any good >> Haskell programmer I'm too lazy to open your blog post :D ), whilst I'm >> using hsenv >> c) I've brewed GTK instead of manually installing it, but gtk-demo runs >> just fine >> d) Are you using XQuartz? If yes, which version? >> >> Thanks again! >> A. >> >> >> On 4 April 2013 08:52, Edsko de Vries <edskodevr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Alfredo, >>> >>> No dark magic as far as I recall (except in the actual bundling as a Mac >>> app, unfortunately that required some magic, the GTK libraries don't >>> relocate so easily :-( ). I didn't have any problems building. I compiled >>> it with ghc 7.6.1, with the GTK libraries installed manually (there are >>> some suggestions on how to do that at the very end of my Comprehensive >>> Haskell Sandboxes post, >>> http://www.edsko.net/2013/02/10/comprehensive-haskell-sandboxes/). It >>> used to be a lot more painful (requiring the latest versions of Haskell >>> libraries, with patches etc.) but these days the situation is a lot better. >>> (That's not so say that problems like the one you reported don't still crop >>> up from time to time, and can cause many a sleepless night..). >>> >>> Edsko >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Alfredo Di Napoli < >>> alfredo.dinap...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Edsko, the app is awesome and it's starting just fine. >>>> Even though this fixes my problem, it doesn't solve the root, namely >>>> why it was failing. >>>> >>>> Can you tell me a bit more about the dark magic you used to make it >>>> work? >>>> Which GHC version did you use? >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot, >>>> A. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3 April 2013 12:40, Edsko de Vries <edskodevr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I provide a ThreadScope binary on my site ( >>>>> http://www.edsko.net/2013/01/24/threadscope-0-2-2/) which runs fine >>>>> for me on 10.8.3. >>>>> >>>>> -E >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Dominic Steinitz <domi...@steinitz.org >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Alfredo Di Napoli <alfredo.dinapoli <at> gmail.com> writes: >>>>>> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Said that,has someone had any luck in running Threadscope on Mac OS >>>>>> X 10.8 at all? >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Thanks, >>>>>> > A. >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> I think I have encountered the same problem: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/parallel-haskell/-lhrgNN8elw/KzqLM9BzoJwJ >>>>>> >>>>>> In my experience, anything that uses gtk is a problem on a MAC. >>>>>> >>>>>> I still intend to do some analysis *not* using threadscope but using >>>>>> event-logs directly >>>>>> but that is at least a few weeks away. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dominic. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >>>>>> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >>>>>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >>>>> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >>>>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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