[GRASSLIST:165] Still having 5.0.2 problems

[Michael Ash]

I am still having some problems with the transition from
pre3 to 5.0.2 on Cygwin/WinGRASS/Xserver.

- Starting the monitors gives warnings (but the behavior
seems otherwise fine). I am unable to get a clean start even
after running various d.mon options. The problem is in 5.0.2
but not pre3 (I reverted and checked.)

GRASS:~ > d.mon stop=x0
Monitor 'x0' terminated
GRASS:~ > d.mon start=x0
Socket is already in use or not accepting connections.
Use d.mon to select a monitor
Problem selecting x0. Will try once more
using default visual which is TrueColor
ncolors: 16777216
Graphics driver [x0] started


- spearfish (the version I downloaded with pre3 and the
newest version) is fine with 5.0.2

- vector maps and site maps that I created in pre3 seem to
be fine 5.0.2

- raster maps that I created in pre3 have strange values
that look like confusion among datatypes, e.g., huge
negative numbers.  I told grasslist that I would recreate
the data in 5.0.2 and then report, and I haven't had a
chance to do so yet.  I will report as soon as I can, but
the project is dauntingly large.

- one suggestion was change in lzw algorithm to zlib, but
the lzw algorithm was switched between beta10 and beta11,
i.e., well before pre3.  From the beta11 change log:
# LZW removal switched on: GRASS is using DEFLATE/zlib now (Eric G. Miller)


Best regards,
Michael

Michael Ash, Assistant Professor
  of Economics and Public Policy
Department of Economics and CPPA
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel 413-545-6329 Fax 413-545-2921
Email mash at econs.umass.edu
http://people.umass.edu/maash