Re: Newbie question: Running ns after installation fails

[Haobo Yu <haoboy@isi.edu>]

Can you send the last 20+ lines of the tcl script dump? They show exactly
where the error occurred. 

> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 16:49:36 +0100
> >From: Michael Wolf <michael.m.wolf@daimlerchrysler.com>
> >To: ns-users@mash.CS.Berkeley.EDU
> >Subject: Newbie question: Running ns after installation fails
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm doing my first steps in using ns.
> >After a successful installation of ns2b1.all-inone on Solaris 2.6
> >(the messages indicated it after the installation process)
> >I tried to run ns:
> >I get a lot of output seeming that something is wrong with
> >perl and/or tcl/tk:
> >
> >ns:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >proc warn {msg} {
> >global warned_
> >if {![info exists warned_($msg)]} {
> >puts stderr "warning: $msg"
> >set warned_($msg) 1
> >}
> >}
> >
> >if {[info commands debug] == ""} {
> >proc debug args {
> >warn {Script debugging disabled.  Reconfigure with --with-tcldebug, and
> >recompile.}
> >}
> >}
> >
> >proc assert args {
> >if [catch "expr $args" ret] {
> >set ret [eval $args]
> >}
> >if {! $ret} {
> >error "assertion failed: $args"
> >}
> >}
> >
> >proc find-max list {
> >set max 0
> >foreach val $list {
> >if {$val > $max} {
> >set max $val
> >}
> >}
> >return $max
> >}
> >
> >
> >Class Simulator
> >
> >
> >
> >proc checkout_executable {exe_var best alternate text} {
> >global $exe_var
> >set $exe_var $best
> >if {![file executable $best]} {
> >puts stderr $text
> >set $exe_var $alternate
> >}
> >}
> >
> >checkout_executable PERL  perl " When configured, ns found the right version of
> >perl in
> >but it doesn't seem to be there anymore, so ns will fall back on running the
> >first perl in your path. The wrong version of perl may break the test suites.
> >Reconfigure and rebuild ns if this is a problem. "
> >checkout_executable TCLSH /home/funk/ns/ns-allinone-2.1b6/tclbox/bin/tclsh8.0
> >tclsh " When configured, ns found the right version of tclsh in
> >/home/funk/ns/ns-allinone-2.1b6/tclbox/bin/tclsh8.0
> >but it doesn't seem to be there anymore, so ns will fall back on running the
> >first tclsh in your path. The wrong version of tclsh may break the test suites.
> >Reconfigure and rebuild ns if this is a problem. "
> >
> >
> >etc.....
> >
> >First I hadn't set the PERL and TCLSH since it wasn't mentioned
> >in the README.
> >I set PERL and TCLSH variable according to the locations
> >(perl was installed before under /usr/local/bin (perl 5.0))
> >where they are located but got the same behaviour....
> >
> >nam is working (at least I get a window...)
> >
> >I assume it is a known matter...
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>