FAQ modified by Raimondas Sasnauskas

Raimondas Sasnauskas — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:16:01 -0000

--- v1
+++ v2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Please perform the following checks:

 1. Make sure that the software requirements indicated in the build manual are met.
-2. Note that SPELL 2.X is only compatible with Python 2.5 or 2.6 libraries. 
+2. Note that SPELL 2.X is only compatible with Python 2.5, 2.6, or 2.7 libraries. 
 3. Make sure that the configuration stage of the autotools succeeded.

 #### Failure to start the SPELL server
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@

 #### Failure to start the SPELL GUI

-1. If in GNU/Linux environments, are the X working properly (e.g. may not be the case if in an SSH session without X-forwarding enabled)
-2. Delete the directories <SPELL HOME="">/spel-gui/configuration/org* and retry.
-3. Is the Java VM 1.6 available?
-4. Are you running the GUI with the same Java version as the one used to compile the jar files?
+1. If in GNU/Linux environments, is the X working properly (e.g. may not be the case if in an SSH session without X-forwarding enabled)
+2. Is the Java VM available?

 #### All procedures just hang in LOADED status when open in the GUI

FAQ modified by Rafael Chinchilla

Rafael Chinchilla — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:30:39 -0000

Failure to build the SPELL binaries from the sources

Please perform the following checks:

Make sure that the software requirements indicated in the build manual are met.
Note that SPELL 2.X is only compatible with Python 2.5 or 2.6 libraries.
Make sure that the configuration stage of the autotools succeeded.

Failure to start the SPELL server

Look at the server logs: is there an error message indicating failure to create any socket? Check the ports being used.
Is there a segmentation fault right away? Try to rebuild and reinstall the binaries and libraries.

Failure to start the SPELL GUI

If in GNU/Linux environments, are the X working properly (e.g. may not be the case if in an SSH session without X-forwarding enabled)
Delete the directories <SPELL HOME="">/spel-gui/configuration/org* and retry.
Is the Java VM 1.6 available?
Are you running the GUI with the same Java version as the one used to compile the jar files?

All procedures just hang in LOADED status when open in the GUI

Typically the SPELL driver being used has an issue in the setup() phase and is not finishing it, getting stuck at some place. Check your driver logs.

All procedures crash right away when open in the GUI

Check that the SPELL-Executor binary loads successfully in order to discard library/build issues. Just invoke the binary; you should get some help text and not a crash or similar.
Make sure the crash is not happening at the setup() phase of your driver.

Recent changes to FAQ

FAQ modified by Raimondas Sasnauskas

FAQ modified by Rafael Chinchilla

Failure to build the SPELL binaries from the sources

Failure to start the SPELL server

Failure to start the SPELL GUI

All procedures just hang in LOADED status when open in the GUI

All procedures crash right away when open in the GUI