slimv - error connecting to clojure swank server

Question

Tried to get slimv running today, but ran into an issue. These are the steps I went through:

Installed clojure 1.3.0: brew update && brew install clojure
Setup swank-clojure: lein plugin install swank-clojure 1.3.3
Cloned slimv: hg clone ssh://hg@bitbucket.org/kovisoft/slimv
Restarted macvim, opened existing clojure project, verified the slimv menu shows up
Started a swank server with lein swank

Tried to connect to it from macvim. This error showed up in the terminal that was running swank:

exception in read loop
java.lang.Exception: Error reading swank message
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at clojure.lang.Compiler$NewExpr.eval(Compiler.java:2100)
at clojure.lang.Compiler$DefExpr.eval(Compiler.java:361)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5429)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:5857)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:340)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:331)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:409)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:381)
at clojure.core$load$fn__4519.invoke(core.clj:4915)
at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:4914)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.core$load_one.invoke(core.clj:4729)
at clojure.core$load_lib.doInvoke(core.clj:4766)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:142)
at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:542)
at clojure.core$load_libs.doInvoke(core.clj:4804)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:544)
at clojure.core$use.doInvoke(core.clj:4892)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:436)
at swank.core.connection$eval174$loading__4414__auto____175.invoke(connection.clj:1)
at swank.core.connection$eval174.invoke(connection.clj:1)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5424)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5415)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:5857)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:340)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:331)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:409)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:381)
at clojure.core$load$fn__4519.invoke(core.clj:4915)
at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:4914)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.core$load_one.invoke(core.clj:4729)
at clojure.core$load_lib.doInvoke(core.clj:4766)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:142)
at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:542)
at clojure.core$load_libs.doInvoke(core.clj:4804)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:544)
at clojure.core$use.doInvoke(core.clj:4892)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:457)
at swank.core$eval46$loading__4414__auto____47.invoke(core.clj:1)
at swank.core$eval46.invoke(core.clj:1)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5424)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5415)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:5857)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:340)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:331)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:409)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:381)
at clojure.core$load$fn__4519.invoke(core.clj:4915)
at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:4914)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.core$load_one.invoke(core.clj:4729)
at clojure.core$load_lib.doInvoke(core.clj:4766)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:142)
at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:542)
at clojure.core$load_libs.doInvoke(core.clj:4800)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:544)
at clojure.core$use.doInvoke(core.clj:4892)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:512)
at swank.swank$eval40$loading__4414__auto____41.invoke(swank.clj:1)
at swank.swank$eval40.invoke(swank.clj:1)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5424)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5415)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:5857)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:340)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:331)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:409)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:381)
at clojure.core$load$fn__4519.invoke(core.clj:4915)
at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:4914)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.core$load_one.invoke(core.clj:4729)
at clojure.core$load_lib.doInvoke(core.clj:4766)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:142)
at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:542)
at clojure.core$load_libs.doInvoke(core.clj:4800)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
at clojure.core$apply.invoke(core.clj:542)
at clojure.core$require.doInvoke(core.clj:4881)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at user$eval27.invoke(NO_SOURCE_FILE:1)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5424)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5415)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:5391)
at clojure.core$eval.invoke(core.clj:2382)
at clojure.main$eval_opt.invoke(main.clj:235)
at clojure.main$initialize.invoke(main.clj:254)
at clojure.main$null_opt.invoke(main.clj:279)
at clojure.main$main.doInvoke(main.clj:354)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:421)
at clojure.lang.Var.invoke(Var.java:369)
at clojure.lang.AFn.applyToHelper(AFn.java:163)
at clojure.lang.Var.applyTo(Var.java:482)
at clojure.main.main(main.java:37)

Any ideas? I also tried using swank-clojure 1.2.1 and clojure 1.2.

also see for an answer, fyi: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7525519/slimv-segfaulting-on-os-x-lion — devth, Nov 18 '11 at 21:52

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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There seems to be a python related problem in macvim (see this thread for example). Some macvim snapshots work, some don't. A user tried to compile a snapshot that was segfaulting with python support linked against 2.6 instead of 2.7, and it solved the crashes. So it must be a problem with the python 2.7 binding, try to change it to 2.6 if you can.

You can verify the python version from within vim via this command:

:python import sys
:python print sys.version_info

However, I'm not sure you have the same problem, as you did not mention any segfaults, but maybe the difference is that you use clojure instead of clisp.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Oct 23 '11 at 16:33

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Python version is 2.7.1 final. If I launch mvim from terminal, I see "Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV Vim: Finished." after lein swank throws an exception. – devth Oct 25 '11 at 06:24
I've just received the following information from the macvim developer: It seems this is a 64 bit issue -- compiling MacVim 32 bit appears to fix it. Please compile a 32 bit version. Build instructions are [here](https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/wiki/Building), in order to build 32 bit the "configure" line must include the flag "--with-macarchs=i386". – Tamas Kovacs Nov 06 '11 at 16:23
A new macvim snapshot (63) has just been released which is 32 bit. It can be downloaded instead of trying to build from sources. There is a link to it on the [change log page](https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/wiki/ChangeLog). – Tamas Kovacs Nov 10 '11 at 21:32
Thank you, Tamas. I'll see if I can get it working with snapshot 63. – devth Nov 18 '11 at 21:56

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '12 at 15:25

Today(2012.05.15)

brew install macvim

can't work Slimv(64bit).

But install from http://code.google.com/p/macvim/ Download MacVim 7.3 (snapshot 64) for Mac OS X Lion. (Released Jan 2, 2012.), though I tried only ccl & sbcl, it works! If you use OS X Lion, please try it.

slimv - error connecting to clojure swank server

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