[GRASSLIST:168] Re: Still having 5.0.2 problems

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Ash wrote:

> 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

The warnings are a known issue on Cygwin.

> - 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.

Odd; the internal format for integer maps hasn't changed since 4.3.
Is it possible that the maps were created in text mode? This will
cause \x0a to be written as \x0d\x0a.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>