[ome-users] OMERO client install attempt under Mac OS X 10.6 - would appreciate some help on the client login popup

Will Moore will at lifesci.dundee.ac.uk
Tue Jun 8 08:54:01 BST 2010


Hi Ronald,

  Have you tried:

localhost (port 4063)
user:  root
password:  omero

Unless I'm missing something, that should work for you?

   Will.

On 7 Jun 2010, at 22:37, Taylor, Ronald C wrote:

>
> Just in case anybody was wondering: I did try "127.0.0.1" for the  
> server address (and left the port at the default of 4063). Did not  
> work - at least, not combined with a Username of "omero" and  
> Password of "omero".
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taylor, Ronald C
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 2:26 PM
> To: 'Arcieri, Kenneth (NIH/NICHD) [V]'; ome-users at lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk 
> ; 'callan at lifesci.dundee.ac.uk'; Swan, Jeremy (NIH/NICHD) [C]
> Cc: Taylor, Ronald C; 'Ronald Taylor'
> Subject: OMERO client install attempt under Mac OS X 10.6 - would  
> appreciate some help on the client login popup
>
>
> Ken, Jeremy, other OMERO users,
>
> I think I am very close to getting (finally) OMERO running on at  
> least one machine. I have been following Ken's Mac 10.6 install  
> manual, except instead of creating a separate omero account I have  
> been doing the install in my pre-existing "RT" account.
>
> This is being done on my own personal Mac, just upgraded to 10.6.  
> (Waiting on a OS 10.6 upgrade to a larger Mac server in our lab.)
>
> I have apparently installed everything for the OMERO server  
> correctly this time. I do an
>
>  omero admin start
> And
>  omero admin diagnostics
>
> And the diagnostics appear OK, from what I can gather.
>
> However, I cannot bring up the client successfully. I have not yet  
> installed the OMERO web server - from what I understand, that is not  
> required to get a client connection on the same machine, and the  
> server-client combination is the thing I want to test as fast as  
> possible. Do I have that correct - I can use the client before  
> installing the web server?
>
> Presuming I could manage without the web server for my test, I went  
> ahead and installed the OMERO client zip file OMERO.clients- 
> Beta4.1.1.mac.zip, which matches the server release.
>
> I then double-clicked on the OMERO.insight icon in the client  
> directory. Got the popup. This is where my current problem is.
>
> When I earlier installed the server and ran
>   bin/omero db script
>
> I gave the server the root password of "omero". Also, the omero  
> Postgres account was named "omero" and has the password "omero". All  
> this is being done in my Mac OS account of "RT".
>
> My problem now is I can't get past the popup. I enter "omero" for  
> the Username and "omero" for the Password. Is that the correct thing  
> to do? Does my OS account of "RT" come into play here in any way?
>
> Also - the client popup window says that I need to "Add a new  
> server". Don't know what this means. When I click on that option I  
> get an empty text box, followed by something for a port that  
> defaults to "4063". Have no idea how to fill this out.
>
> As I write this, my MacBook is not connected to the net - personal  
> machines are not allowed on the lab intranet. So - it does not any  
> IP address to put in. I tried entering "localhost", but that did not  
> work.
>
> What server is this entry panel referring to - the server started by  
> "omero admin start"? Does that come up by default on port 4063? Or  
> does this refer the OMERO web server, which I have not set up yet?  
> Do I need to set up the web server before getting the client app to  
> work?
>
> I checked they OMERO clients User Guide. Sadly, cannot find anything  
> useful on how to fill out the initial log in screen! In sect 2.2 it  
> says
>
> "When you start OMERO.importer, you will be asked to log in (See  
> Figure 2.2-1). The administrator who set up OMERO can provide you  
> with a user account and the address of the OMERO.server where your  
> images will be stored.
> You provide the address of the OMERO server by selecting the button  
> and entering the details in the form provided."
>
> Well - duh. Unforunately, I'm the admin and I don't know how to  
> provide myself with the correct account name and server address to  
> use.
>
> Would very much appreciate some help - hopefully OMERO users (who  
> have logged in!) can answer these questions in just a couple  
> sentences.
>
>  - Ron
>
> ___________________________________________
> Ronald Taylor, Ph.D.
> Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Group Pacific Northwest  
> National Laboratory
> 902 Battelle Boulevard
> P.O. Box 999, Mail Stop J4-33
> Richland, WA  99352 USA
> Office:  509-372-6568
> Email: ronald.taylor at pnl.gov
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taylor, Ronald C
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: 'Arcieri, Kenneth (NIH/NICHD) [V]'; ome-users at lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk 
> ; 'callan at lifesci.dundee.ac.uk'
> Cc: Taylor, Ronald C
> Subject: RE: [ome-users] Mcpp install failure during OMERO install  
> attempt under Mac OS X 10.6
>
>
> Chris, Ken,
>
> Well, whoops. I did not see the suggested edit to internal.H on p. 6  
> of Ken's document. Just made the edit, ran make and make install,  
> and mcpp appears to install normally.
>
> As for checking the README in the ThirdParty directory as Chris  
> suggested - yep, I was doing that - that was actually my main  
> reference document for installing these particular libs, and that's  
> why I forgot to check Ken's instructions. Unfortunately, the README  
> has nothing on patching or modifying the internal.H file for mcpp.  
> It does tell you how to run configure for mcpp under Mac OS X, which  
> I guess gave me a false sense of security. That is, wouldn't there  
> be an additional note saying the "make" will fail unless internal.H  
> is modified? Because, jeez, it will fail. I think the README needs  
> some elaboration in the mcpp section! (I also checked the README in  
> the mcpp directory - no help there.)
>
> BTW - the ThirdParty README does tell you how to patch BerkeleyDB,  
> which I did successfully. But those are the only patches given.
>
> Anyhoo - I'm continuing with the OMERO install using Ken's guide for  
> OS X 10.6 (while reading it more closely).
>
> Thanks for the prompt help, everybody.
> Ron
>
> ___________________________________________
> Ronald Taylor, Ph.D.
> Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Group Pacific Northwest  
> National Laboratory
> 902 Battelle Boulevard
> P.O. Box 999, Mail Stop J4-33
> Richland, WA  99352 USA
> Office:  509-372-6568
> Email: ronald.taylor at pnl.gov
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ome-users-bounces at lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk [mailto:ome-users-bounces at lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk 
> ] On Behalf Of Arcieri, Kenneth (NIH/NICHD) [V]
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 6:46 AM
> To: ome-users at lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [ome-users] Mcpp install failure during OMERO install  
> attempt under Mac OS X 10.6
>
> Hello Listserv!
>
> I just thought I would chime in on this.
>
> The reason why we did everything from source was so that we knew  
> what was being installed where and what dependencies were being  
> used. If you use an RPM or any other type of automatic installer,  
> make sure you know where the files are going so that you can use  
> them for other dependencies or for OMERO itself.
>
> As for MCPP.  When you download the "Third Party" tarball from ICE's  
> site for 3.3.1 (3.4.x will NOT work now unless Chris says  
> otherwise), look into the readme file included with that on how to  
> patch MCPP correctly.  On top of that patch, delete the lines from  
> that header file as outlined in my install guide.
>
> If you have any questions about the install guide let me know!
>
> -Ken
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William Moore
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