[GRASS5] [bug #3185] (grass) v.digit crashes with "X connection to localhost:10.0 broken" error

[Radim Blazek]

Request Tracker wrote:
> this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=3185
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> Subject: v.digit crashes with "X connection to localhost:10.0 broken" error
> 
> After having v.digit running for a couple of hours, digitizing several hundred
> new points, all of a sudden the v.digit GUIs vanish and this error appears on
> the console:
> 
> X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> Monitor <x0>: Premature EOF
> GRASS 6.1-cvs>
> 
> ?!#$^#!!!!.
> 
> Started with standard DBF connection, v.digit -n bgcmd=1;2;3;4;...
> 
> dbf/ and vector/ directories both contain data.
> 
> try to salvage with v.build:
> 
> G61> v.build map=field_depths
> WARNING: coor files of vector 'field_depths at map1' is
>          larger than it should be (17835 bytes excess).
> Building topology ...
> 615 primitives registered
> Building areas:  100%
> 0 areas built
> 0 isles built
> Attaching islands:
> Attaching centroids:  100%
> Topology was built.
> Number of nodes     :   615
> Number of primitives:   615
> Number of points    :   615
> Number of lines     :   0
> Number of boundaries:   0
> Number of centroids :   0
> Number of areas     :   0
> Number of isles     :   0
> 
> 
> but the "coor files of vector is larger than it should be" warning remains.
> how to get rid of it and make things clean?

The size is written to the coor when it is closed, obviously it is wrong 
if v.digit crashes. Currently there is no other way to rewrite the size 
except to open and close in v.digit (which schould be done anyway to 
check last changes).

Radim

> 
> Everthing seems fine but the last entry is missing its attrs (ok since it
> broke on "submit".
> 
> 
> Running self-compiled on debian over tunneled X via ssh (100mbit TCP/IP
> connection in same room) with some usleep()s thrown in to keep processor usage
> under 100% and network traffic down to "busy" from "extreme".
> 
> 
> Hamish
> 
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