Hi
I am currently using Simile 6.6 to teaching ecological modelling to a class of 4th year undergraduates and MSc's.
Two students with Macs are having issues with simile hanging or unexpectedly closing. It doesn't appear to be related to any one action that they are doing. The model they are working with is simple (one compartment, a couple of flows and variables).
Do you have any other issues like this and can you suggest a fix?
Below are details of the machine for one of the students and the first lines of the error report.
All the best
Jon
Machine details:
OS X El Capitan
Version 10.11.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
Serial Number C02GGQFTDV13
Bug Report:
Problem Report for Simile:
Process: Simile [3516]
Path: /Applications/Simile v6.6 64-bit.app/Contents/MacOS/Simile
Identifier: com.Simulistics.Simile
Version: 6.6 (6.6)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Simile [3516]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2016-02-03 16:23:19.726 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.11.2 (15C50)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: CF435C62-73DE-EAAB-13CF-74002940E82E
Sleep/Wake UUID: DDD61B1C-B65A-42AB-BEC6-522C45A86CA2
Time Awake Since Boot: 48000 seconds
Time Since Wake: 1900 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000004d555458
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
VM Regions Near 0x4d555458:
-->
__TEXT 000000010338c000-0000000103390000 [ 16K] r-x/rwx
SM=COW /Applications/Simile v6.6 64-bit.app/Contents/MacOS/Simile
Application Specific Information:
objc[3516]: garbage collection is ON
TKWindow
[3516] stack overflow
Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B2C, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4
GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.68f99
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE,
0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE,
0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom
BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
Bluetooth: Version 4.4.3f4 16616, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 22.1
Comments
#1
We've had quite a few reports of problems with OSX 10.11. Unfortunately no-one at Simulistics has a Mac new enough to run this version of the OS. I have ordered one and will be investigating these problems as soon as it arrives.
--Jasper
#2
#3
We finally got hold of a Mac capable of running El Capitan, and have now fixed this problem. The current download of the 64-bit Mac version, v6.6p3, is stable is all versions of Mac OS X from 10.6 on.