On May 6, 11:23 am, Jonathan Joseph <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I just got a new mac (macbook pro running leopard 10.5.2) and installed
IDL
> 7.0. Up til now, I've worked on sun solaris and windows pc, and have
not
> upgraded to 7.0 yet on those machines.
>
> Anyway, when I start IDL and open a graphics window (IDL> window) or run
any
> application that creates a graphics window, I get the following error
> message:
>
> % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating underflow
>
> But after that everything seems to work properly. This message only
appears
> once, the first time a window is created and never again during the IDL
> session - so it's not really too obtrusive. Though so far I've only
done
> some cursory tests on this installation to make sure things work.
>
> I Just wanted to mention it in case something really isn't working
that's
> going to come back and bite me later.
>
> Anyone else seen this problem?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
I have the same system and also get this error only under the
conditions you describe. I have not experienced any obvious problems
so it appears to be benign.
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