[GRASS5] [bug #3038] (grass) IRIS RGB

[Paolo Cavallini]

You're right. On another pc, it doesn't crash.
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At 02:38, mercoledì 02 marzo 2005, Hamish has probably written:
> > this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=3038
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> >
> > Subject: IRIS RGB
> >
> > Dumping NVIZ monitor to IRIS RGB crashes X badly.
>
> a) X shouldn't crash. OpenGL+video card driver problem?
> b) works for me. (6.0beta2 self compiled on debian/testing)
>
> > Unclear whether this is an useful command; perhaps better remove it
> > altogether?
>
> While lightly used, I think it is useful. Especially for folks with SGI
> machines and in general for animation frames. IIRC it isn't very much
> extra code, esp. with the PPM output still there. (PNG would be nice,
> but that requires a lot more code IIRC again)
>
> Many (some?) video encoders use the SGI RGB format for individual
> frames. Exporting & repeating a single frame may be useful for titles,
> etc.
>
> this is all from distant memory though.
>
>
> bonus tip: use 'sgitopnm' from NetPBM tools to convert from RGB format.
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> Hamish
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