Strange error message, stranges inofficial work arround, installig SPSS 17 on an Intel-Mac
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Hallo,
till now, three users of SPSS on an Intel-mac got the following error message "Could not instantiate a required server object inet:Local Computer 0." This error is known to SPSS. The complicated work around form SPSS is appended. In the past an easy work around was to uninstall and reinstall. This fact contradicts the explanation of SPSS below. Is there a reasonable explanation? Will the bug be fixed in 17.0.2? (Today another user got this error) Reinhart Willers ---------------- SPSS-Resolution --------------- Resolution number: 79927 Created on: Sep 30 2008 Last Reviewed on: Oct 30 2008 Problem Subject: SPSS 16 or Statistics 17 on Macintosh only launches with an error 'Could not instantiate a required server object' Problem Description: I have installed SPSS 16 and/or 17 on my Macintosh computer and the installation went fine but now that I try to start SPSS I only get an error message and then a server login dialog box. The error I get is this: Could not instantiate a required server object inet:Local Computer 0. The next dialog box is just a Server Login screen and no matter what I select in this dialog I still cannot launch SPSS. How can I get SPSS to function? Resolution Subject: The SPSS application will need to be "touched" in order to make it usable. Resolution Description: In order to make SPSS functional on this machine it will be necessary to "touch" the application. This means to use the touch command to update the access and modification times on the file which will allow it to launch successfully again. Here are the easiest steps to accomplish this: 1. Open up the Terminal application from 'Applications->Utilities->Terminal'. 2. Type the following command into the terminal 'touch ' without the single quotes but with the trailing space. 3. Go into the 'Applications->SPSSInc->SPSS->Statistics17 (or SPSS16)' and find the SPSS application. 4. Drag the SPSS application into the Terminal window. 5. Replace focus into the terminal window (mouse click) and then press the 'Enter' key. After you have pressed the 'Enter' key the Terminal cursor will return to what it was before the command was entered and now SPSS should launch correctly again. Since this process will need to be run every time the computer is started this process should be set up as a shell script and put into the users Start Up directory. These steps are detailed below: 1. In the Terminal window in step 5 highlight the touch command. 2. Go under the 'Shell' menu and select 'Export Selected Text As'. 3. Give the file some meaningful name like 'spss17touch' and be sure to show the extension of 'txt' and then change this extension to 'sh' to make the file a shell script. 4. Put this file some where you can find it (Desktop) and then move or copy this file into the folder '/local hard drive/System/Library/StartupItems' so that it can be executed at every boot of the machine. 5. Once the file has been placed into the '/local hard drive/System/Library/StartupItems' directory then the proper permissions for the file will need to be set so that it executes at every boot of the machine. 6. In the Terminal window change into the '/local hard drive/System/Library/StartupItems' directory and run the command 'ls -elf' to check the permissions on the file in the directory. 7. Now run the command 'chmod 755 spss17start.sh' and you can then re-run the 'ls -elf' command to confirm that the permissions have been changed. Once this is done the SPSS Statistics 17 application should be functional every time the computer is booted up. Product(s) Affected: Product Version SPSS 17.0.1 SPSS 17.0 Trial SPSS 17.0 GP SPSS 17.0 SPSS 16.0.2 SPSS 16.0.1 SPSS 16.0 ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
Re: Strange error message, stranges inofficial work arround, installig SPSS 17 on an Intel-Mac
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Hello Reinhart,
This is an Apple Java issue and SPSS currently has a bug filed with Apple. (This was Apple Radar bug #6146763, which Apple closed and marked as a duplicate of Radar bug #5562575, should you wish to ask Apple about the status of the problem). It will not be fixed in SPSS 17.0.2. Until it is resolved, the SPSS developers that I consulted have recommended the Touch command script, as described in Resolution 79927 (which you pasted below), rather than reinstalling. David Matheson SPSS Statistical Support -----Original Message----- From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of willers Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:51 AM To: [hidden email] Subject: Strange error message, stranges inofficial work arround, installig SPSS 17 on an Intel-Mac Hallo, till now, three users of SPSS on an Intel-mac got the following error message "Could not instantiate a required server object inet:Local Computer 0." This error is known to SPSS. The complicated work around form SPSS is appended. In the past an easy work around was to uninstall and reinstall. This fact contradicts the explanation of SPSS below. Is there a reasonable explanation? Will the bug be fixed in 17.0.2? (Today another user got this error) Reinhart Willers ---------------- SPSS-Resolution --------------- Resolution number: 79927 Created on: Sep 30 2008 Last Reviewed on: Oct 30 2008 Problem Subject: SPSS 16 or Statistics 17 on Macintosh only launches with an error 'Could not instantiate a required server object' Problem Description: I have installed SPSS 16 and/or 17 on my Macintosh computer and the installation went fine but now that I try to start SPSS I only get an error message and then a server login dialog box. The error I get is this: Could not instantiate a required server object inet:Local Computer 0. The next dialog box is just a Server Login screen and no matter what I select in this dialog I still cannot launch SPSS. How can I get SPSS to function? Resolution Subject: The SPSS application will need to be "touched" in order to make it usable. Resolution Description: In order to make SPSS functional on this machine it will be necessary to "touch" the application. This means to use the touch command to update the access and modification times on the file which will allow it to launch successfully again. Here are the easiest steps to accomplish this: 1. Open up the Terminal application from 'Applications->Utilities->Terminal'. 2. Type the following command into the terminal 'touch ' without the single quotes but with the trailing space. 3. Go into the 'Applications->SPSSInc->SPSS->Statistics17 (or SPSS16)' and find the SPSS application. 4. Drag the SPSS application into the Terminal window. 5. Replace focus into the terminal window (mouse click) and then press the 'Enter' key. After you have pressed the 'Enter' key the Terminal cursor will return to what it was before the command was entered and now SPSS should launch correctly again. Since this process will need to be run every time the computer is started this process should be set up as a shell script and put into the users Start Up directory. These steps are detailed below: 1. In the Terminal window in step 5 highlight the touch command. 2. Go under the 'Shell' menu and select 'Export Selected Text As'. 3. Give the file some meaningful name like 'spss17touch' and be sure to show the extension of 'txt' and then change this extension to 'sh' to make the file a shell script. 4. Put this file some where you can find it (Desktop) and then move or copy this file into the folder '/local hard drive/System/Library/StartupItems' so that it can be executed at every boot of the machine. 5. Once the file has been placed into the '/local hard drive/System/Library/StartupItems' directory then the proper permissions for the file will need to be set so that it executes at every boot of the machine. 6. In the Terminal window change into the '/local hard drive/System/Library/StartupItems' directory and run the command 'ls -elf' to check the permissions on the file in the directory. 7. Now run the command 'chmod 755 spss17start.sh' and you can then re-run the 'ls -elf' command to confirm that the permissions have been changed. Once this is done the SPSS Statistics 17 application should be functional every time the computer is booted up. Product(s) Affected: Product Version SPSS 17.0.1 SPSS 17.0 Trial SPSS 17.0 GP SPSS 17.0 SPSS 16.0.2 SPSS 16.0.1 SPSS 16.0 ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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I have the same problem although I don't get any error message.
Just get stuck in the dialogue box server login. I have tried the touch thing but the problem persists. I have installed a trial version of spss 17 but the month is going, I have my work to do and it doesn't work. Any ideas? Thanks
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Re: Strange error message, stranges inofficial work arround, installig SPSS 17 on an Intel-Mac
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With regard to the usage of trial versions of SPSS:
Please note the following (from http://www.spss.com/downloads/Papers.cfm?ProductID=00035&Name=SPSS_Base&DLType=Demo): This evaluation version will install SPSS Statistics Base and all add-on modules for 30 days. This version is to be used only to review, demonstrate and evaluate SPSS Statistics, and cannot be reinstalled once the time period has expired. For purchasing options, please contact SPSS Inc. sales at [hidden email]. If you purchase SPSS during or after the evaluation period, please consult your local sales office to ensure you order the correct modules for the features you require. The license code you will receive from SPSS Inc. for your purchase will fully activate your installed trial version with the correct modules and time period. You will not need to take delivery of an SPSS Statistics 17.0 CD or download the Electronic version if you elect Electronic Delivery or order from the Web store. --------------- With regard to the technical issue: Our developers seem pretty sure that the method discussed in the resolution to work around this Apple issue should allow SPSS to be launched. Another option has also been suggested: 1) Open a new text file using any editor. Insert the following two lines, changing the second one as necessary to match the exact path where SPSS Statistics 17 is installed on your machine: #!/bin/sh /Applications/SPSSInc/Statistics17/Statistics17.0.app/Contents/MacOS/statistics $@ Save the file with a .sh extension, as in start_stats17.sh (it should be saved into a directory that's on your path, or else you'll need to specify the path to the file when you later use it). 2) Open a terminal session. Type: chmod a+x start_stats17.sh (or replace the last string here with the chosen file name from step 1). 3) To launch SPSS Statistics 17, in a terminal window, type start_stats.sh (or the name of the file you chose). This method bypasses the part of the Apple operating system that contains the flaw and should work reliably. David Nichols -----Original Message----- From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of macking1 Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:22 AM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] Strange error message, stranges inofficial work arround, installig SPSS 17 on an Intel-Mac I have the same problem although I don't get any error message. Just get stuck in the dialogue box server login. I have tried the touch thing but the problem persists. I have installed a trial version of spss 17 but the month is going, I have my work to do and it doesn't work. Any ideas? Thanks willers wrote: > > Hallo, > till now, three users of SPSS on an Intel-mac got the following error > message > > "Could not instantiate a required server object inet:Local Computer 0." > > This error is known to SPSS. The complicated work around form SPSS is > appended. In the past an easy work around was to uninstall and reinstall. > This fact contradicts the explanation of SPSS below. > Is there a reasonable explanation? > Will the bug be fixed in 17.0.2? > > (Today another user got this error) > > Reinhart Willers > > ---------------- > SPSS-Resolution > --------------- > Resolution number: 79927 Created on: Sep 30 2008 Last Reviewed on: > Oct 30 > 2008 > > Problem Subject: SPSS 16 or Statistics 17 on Macintosh only launches > with an error 'Could not instantiate a required server object' > > Problem Description: I have installed SPSS 16 and/or 17 on my > Macintosh computer and the installation went fine but now that I try > to start SPSS I only get an error message and then a server login > dialog box. The error I get is this: > > Could not instantiate a required server object inet:Local Computer 0. > > The next dialog box is just a Server Login screen and no matter what I > select in this dialog I still cannot launch SPSS. How can I get SPSS > to function? > > Resolution Subject: The SPSS application will need to be "touched" in > order to make it usable. > > Resolution Description: > In order to make SPSS functional on this machine it will be necessary > to "touch" the application. This means to use the touch command to > update the access and modification times on the file which will allow > it to launch successfully again. Here are the easiest steps to accomplish this: > > 1. Open up the Terminal application from > 'Applications->Utilities->Terminal'. > > 2. Type the following command into the terminal 'touch ' without the > single quotes but with the trailing space. > > 3. Go into the 'Applications->SPSSInc->SPSS->Statistics17 (or SPSS16)' > and find the SPSS application. > > 4. Drag the SPSS application into the Terminal window. > > 5. Replace focus into the terminal window (mouse click) and then press > the 'Enter' key. > > After you have pressed the 'Enter' key the Terminal cursor will return > to what it was before the command was entered and now SPSS should > launch correctly again. > > > Since this process will need to be run every time the computer is > started this process should be set up as a shell script and put into > the users Start Up directory. These steps are detailed below: > > 1. In the Terminal window in step 5 highlight the touch command. > > 2. Go under the 'Shell' menu and select 'Export Selected Text As'. > > 3. Give the file some meaningful name like 'spss17touch' and be sure > to show the extension of 'txt' and then change this extension to 'sh' > to make the file a shell script. > > 4. Put this file some where you can find it (Desktop) and then move or > copy this file into the folder '/local hard > drive/System/Library/StartupItems' > so > that it can be executed at every boot of the machine. > > 5. Once the file has been placed into the '/local hard > drive/System/Library/StartupItems' directory then the proper > permissions for the file will need to be set so that it executes at > every boot of the machine. > > 6. In the Terminal window change into the '/local hard > drive/System/Library/StartupItems' directory and run the command 'ls -elf' > to check the permissions on the file in the directory. > > 7. Now run the command 'chmod 755 spss17start.sh' and you can then > re-run the 'ls -elf' command to confirm that the permissions have been changed. > > Once this is done the SPSS Statistics 17 application should be > functional every time the computer is booted up. > > Product(s) Affected: > Product Version > SPSS 17.0.1 > SPSS 17.0 Trial > SPSS 17.0 GP > SPSS 17.0 > SPSS 16.0.2 > SPSS 16.0.1 > SPSS 16.0 > > ===================== > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to > [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except > the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a > list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO > REFCARD > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Strange-error-message%2C-stranges-inofficial-work-arround%2C-installig-SPSS-17-on-an-Intel-Mac-tp22678854p22802264.html Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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