[GRASS-dev] Re: GRASS 7 compiled from source on Ubuntu 11.04, error with 3-D view.

[Isaac Ullah]

No ideas?

~Isaac

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah at asu.edu> wrote:

> Actually, now that I am thinking about it, this may be related to an
> ongoing NVIZ problem that I have had since moving to Ubuntu 11.03.
> Essentially, what happens is that NVIZ only *sort of* works in that I can
> get it to load up and display a map, but as soon as i touch any of the
> controls with the mouse, the map canvas goes blank. I can see glimpses of
> the map in coarse mode as if I rotate the view or zoom perspective or raise
> the height, but the display always goes back blank as soon as I stop
> moving. Sometimes the display DOES come back if I briefly click the eye
> arrow and then don't move the mouse, but this is only temporary. This
> happens on all three versions of grass I have installed (6.4.1 from ubuntu
> GIS repository, 6.4.2 from SVN snapshot binary, and 7.0 compiled from
> source). This is *not* the same exact issue with the 3D map display in 7.0,
> which just doesn't even load through, but it *is* an error I have been
> having with 3D display of maps in GRASS in general...
>
> ~Isaac
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah at asu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>   After some time I've decided to start testing latest devel versions of
>> GRASS on Ubuntu again. I have just today successfully compiled this week's
>> SVN snapshot on Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit with the following configuration
>> options: CFLAGS="-g -Wall" ./configure --with-cxx --with-freetype=yes
>> --with-postgres=no --with-sqlite=yes
>> --with-tcltk-includes=/usr/include/tcl8.5
>> --with-freetype-includes=/usr/include/freetype2
>> --with-python=/usr/bin/python-config --with-wxwidgets=yes --with-nls
>> --enable-largefile --with-proj-share=/usr/share/proj --enable-64bit
>> --with-libs=/usr/lib64 --with-gdal=/usr/bin/gdal-config
>>
>> There was one error upon compile in the NVIS directory where StdCmap.h
>> was not found. It was because libxmu-dev was not installed. Apparently
>> libxmu is a necessary component for NVIS to compile, but it is strangely
>> not listed as a necessary component on the requirements page (
>> http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/snapshot/REQUIREMENTS.html).
>> Anyhow, after I installed libxmu-dev then GRASS 7 compiles with no
>> errors.
>>
>> So far, most basic functionality seems to work, except for the 3-D view
>> in the map display. I get the following errors when I try to use it:
>>
>> Starting 3D view
>> mode...
>> Exception in thread Thread-5:
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 552, in
>> __bootstrap_inner
>>     self.run()
>>   File "/usr/local/grass-7.0.svn/etc/gui/wxpython/nviz/mapwi
>> ndow.py", line 62, in run
>>     self._display = wxnviz.Nviz(self.log, self.progressbar)
>>   File
>> "/usr/local/grass-7.0.svn/etc/gui/wxpython/nviz/wxnviz.py",
>> line 104, in __init__
>>     self.data_obj = nv_data()
>> NameError: global name 'nv_data' is not defined
>> Exception
>> AttributeError
>> :
>> "'Nviz' object has no attribute 'data'"
>>  in
>> <bound method Nviz.__del__ of <nviz.wxnviz.Nviz object at
>> 0x53f3390>>
>>  ignored
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/local/grass-7.0.svn/etc/gui/wxpython/mapdisp/to
>> olbars.py", line 229, in OnSelectTool
>>
>> self.parent.AddNviz()
>>   File "/usr/local/grass-7.0.svn/etc/gui/wxpython/mapdisp/fr
>> ame.py", line 296, in AddNviz
>>
>> Map = self.Map, tree = self.tree, lmgr = self._layerManager)
>>   File "/usr/local/grass-7.0.svn/etc/gui/wxpython/nviz/mapwi
>> ndow.py", line 152, in __init__
>>
>> self.decoration = self.nvizDefault.SetDecorDefaultProp(type
>> = 'arrow')
>>   File "/usr/local/grass-7.0.svn/etc/gui/wxpython/nviz/works
>> pace.py", line 330, in SetDecorDefaultProp
>>
>> UserSettings.Get(group = 'nviz', key = 'arrow', subkey =
>> 'color')[:3])
>> TypeError
>> :
>> %d format: a number is required, not str
>>
>>
>> Is this a known issue? Or something ubuntu-specific? It looks like an
>> error with a specific variable that's being called in a python script
>> before it is assigned. Any ideas on what to tinker with to get it working?
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Isaac I Ullah, M.A.
>>
>> Archaeology PhD Candidate,
>> ASU School of Evolution and Social Change
>>
>> Research Assistant,
>> Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics Project
>> ***************************************************
>> isaac.ullah at asu.edu
>> ullah at archaeologist.com
>>
>> http://www.public.asu.edu/~iullah
>> ***************************************************
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Isaac I Ullah, M.A.
>
> Archaeology PhD Candidate,
> ASU School of Evolution and Social Change
>
> Research Assistant,
> Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics Project
> ***************************************************
> isaac.ullah at asu.edu
> ullah at archaeologist.com
>
> http://www.public.asu.edu/~iullah
> ***************************************************
>



-- 
Isaac I Ullah, M.A.

Archaeology PhD Candidate,
ASU School of Evolution and Social Change

Research Assistant,
Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics Project
***************************************************
isaac.ullah at asu.edu
ullah at archaeologist.com

http://www.public.asu.edu/~iullah
***************************************************
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