[Vm-dev] How to run a Mac Interpreter VM without sound?

[Frank Shearar]

Trying the Official VM means installing freetype ("dyld: Library not
loaded: /Users/Z/Desktop/FreeType//lib/libfreetype.6.dylib"), which is
a bit beyond my limits right now.

However, rebuilding the interpreter VM, I see this:

/Users/jenkins/workspace/SqueakTrunk-OSX/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/Cross/plugins/Mpeg3Plugin/libmpeg/video/slice.c:74:
warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Undefined symbols:
  "_sqMemoryBase", referenced from:
      _primitiveMPEG3Open in Mpeg3Plugin.c.o
      _primitiveMPEG3CheckSig in Mpeg3Plugin.c.o
ld: symbol(s) not found

Which is odd. The build slave isn't something I develop on, or really
even use for anything other than a a build slave. I've not updated the
machine, installed or uninstalled any libraries, or similar things in
a long, long time. The Interpreter VM it _used_ to have (used to,
because I just deleted it so I could build a new one!) I built using
CI. And now it seems that indeed my development environment is broken,
even though I don't recall breaking it.

So I'll sit and think about this a while, and see if I can delve
around the list archives and find out what I need to do.

frank

On 8 September 2014 21:16, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know of any reason that it shouldn't work, but I don't have a Mac
> and I can't say what the issue is.
>
> My suggestion was to narrow down the problem by checking if a pre-built VM
> from squeakvm.org/unix works. If the pre-built VM works, but your locally
> compiled VM does not work, then you are probably dealing with some kind of
> issue related to your development environment. If so, I'm sure we could
> narrow the problem down from there.
>
> Dave
>
>
>>
>> I am using a Unix VM on a Mac. I guess that's not the right thing to
>> do, despite OS X being a Unix-like system? I don't care about visuals
>> or audio: I'm only interested in interacting with the image through
>> stdout/stdin so had thought that wouldn't be a problem.
>>
>> I can _build_ the VM just fine. I just can't _run_ it, because
>> squeak.sh demands a sound driver, and I don't know why it can't find
>> one of the many that were built.
>>
>> frank
>>
>> On 8 September 2014 15:30, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It sounds like you are compiling a Unix VM on Mac. I can't tell if this
>>> is
>>> a build problem or a runtime problem. Does the official VM from
>>> http://squeakvm.org/unix/ work on your build slave machine?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The OS X (10.8.0) build slave I use for CI fails to run any
>>>> interpreter-vm-using commands because of sound issues. If I use the
>>>> arguments "-vm-display-null" it says
>>>>
>>>> squeak: could not find any sound driver
>>>>
>>>> and aborts.
>>>>
>>>> If I use the arguments "-vm-display-null -vm-sound-null" it says
>>>>
>>>> could not find module vm-sound-null
>>>>
>>>> and aborts.
>>>>
>>>> This is a VM that's freshly baked, from the standard
>>>> download-configure-make dance. An ls in the bld/ directory shows a
>>>> wealth of sound plugins: vm-sound-null, vm-sound-MacOSX, and so on.
>>>> Using any of these plugins fails, all because the VM "could not find
>>>> module vm-sound-FOO".
>>>>
>>>> -help says
>>>>
>>>> Available drivers:
>>>>   vm-display-custom
>>>>   vm-display-null
>>>>
>>>> and you'll note the absence of any sound drivers there. The sad thing
>>>> is I don't even _care_ about sound. The machine runs CI jobs only. If
>>>> I could do without random Beep sounds, I'd be even happier.
>>>>
>>>> So how do I find out what incantation I need to chant while
>>>> sacrificing the chicken, if I want to run an Interpreter VM on OSX?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> frank
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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