[argyllcms] Re: problem with dispcal : Error - Configuring USB port (OS X)
- From: Rishi Sanyal <rishi.j.sanyal@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 21:16:09 -0800
Terry, go to System Preferences (access from the Apple Menu). You'll
find an item there at the bottom that says "X-Rite Devices". Click on
it. You'll see under the list of devices "ColorMunki Photo" (or
whatever). Uncheck it.
-Rishi
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Rishi Sanyal <rishi.j.sanyal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So to recap, here are the list of potentially offending processes as
> far as the ColorMunki goes:
>
> ls -l /Library/LaunchAgents:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 464 Oct 9 2009 com.xrite.colormunkid.plist
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 426 Jun 2 2009 com.xrite.device.message.plist
>
> ls -l /Library/LaunchDaemons:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 461 Jun 2 2009 com.xrite.device.colormunki.plist
>
> Anything I should try/do?
>
> Rishi
>
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Grzegorz Wróbel [felix] wrote:
>>>
>>> Report after command "ps -A -c" are saved in "log.txt"
>>> File "trying.txt" was made few days before, so PID are different than in
>>> "log.txt".
>>
>> Hi, that helps a little. It would be good to know for certain what's being
>> started by
>> launchd though, ie:
>>
>> ls -l /Library/LaunchDaemons /Library/LaunchAgents
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Here is another version of the programs that (hopefully) addresses
>> the problem more conveniently: <http://www.argyllcms.com/osxtools.tgz>
>>
>> To see if they work, you'll need to initially run them as root, ie.:
>>
>> sudo spotread
>>
>> since the newer X-Rite driver daemons are running as root, and a normal
>> user process can't stop them.
>>
>> If that works, the need to use sudo can be removed by modifying
>> the X-Rite daemons to run as your user account, by adding the appropriate
>> tag to the .plist file.
>>
>> For the ColorMunki for instance, you would need to:
>>
>>> To do this you need to edit the script that controls the X-Rite Daemon.
>>>
>>> cp /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.xrite.device.colormunki.plist temp.plist
>>> open temp.plist
>>>
>>> and add one child below the root:
>>>
>>> _Item_ _Type_ _Value_
>>> UserName string myusername
>>>
>>> where "myusername" is your username, and save the file. You then need to
>>> copy the modified file back:
>>>
>>> sudo cp temp.plist
>>> /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.xrite.device.colormunki.plist temp.plist
>>>
>>> You will then need to restart the machine for this change to take effect,
>>> or invoke the following commands:
>>>
>>> sudo launchctl unload
>>> /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.xrite.device.colormunki.plist
>>> sudo launchctl load
>>> /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.xrite.device.colormunki.plist
>>
>> I don't currently know what the .plist file associated with the EyeOne
>> driver
>> is, but the "ls -l /Library/LaunchDaemons" may provide the answer.
>>
>> Graeme Gill.
>>
>>
>
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