[GRASS-user] Re: gis.m: file ppm not found

[Michael Barton]

I just got it up and tried it. The maps in the problem region don't display.

Is everyone having a problem working in a latlon region?

Michael


On 1/12/07 4:45 PM, "Stefan Paulick" <stefan.paulick at urbeli.com> wrote:

> Sorry Michael, 
> 
> the names were untouched since creation.
> 
> Full accessibily is granted due to the fact that I am working as root on the
> system. 
> 
> Did you have a look at the faulty mapset? I wonder if the error can be
> transported. (www.urbeli.com/grass/grassuser_err.tar.gz)
> 
> 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With kindest regards
> 
> Stefan Paulick 
> 
> 
> http://www.urbeli.com
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> 
> Michael Barton schrieb:
> 
>> Eric, Agustin, and Martin,
>> 
>> I've tried some tests and here's what I get.
>> 
>> If I change the name of a vector file that is listed in the GIS Manager
>> layer tree, I get an error in the console that says 'file &.ppm not found'.
>> The display does not change. That is, if a vector was displaying initially
>> and you change it's name, it still shows as before. If you try to change
>> anything on its display, the changes don't show up--it simply continues to
>> display as before. If you try to display a new vector with an incorrect
>> name, it simply doesn't display. I can add a line to commonlayer.tcl that
>> will change the error to 'file [vector] not available'.
>> 
>> However, I'm concerned that what I'm seeing is not the problem you are
>> reporting. I get no crashes, no lockups. Correct files continue to display
>> fine. Only the misnamed vector file does not display.
>> 
>> Is this what you folks are getting or is it something else?
>> 
>> Michael 
>> 
>> 
>> On 1/12/07 7:32 AM, "Patton, Eric" <epatton at nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> I noticed this ppm problem after I had added a vector to gis.m, renamed the
>>> table in sqlite (for whatever reason), and attempted to redisplay the vector
>>> without updating the database connection. I think it can also reproduced by
>>> adding a vector to gis.m, then renaming the vector using g.rename, and
>>> refreshing the map display while leaving the old vector name in the gis.m
>>> table of contents.
>>> 
>>> ~ Eric. 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: grassuser-bounces at grass.itc.it
>>> To: Michael Barton; Martin Wegmann; grass user
>>> Sent: 1/12/2007 6:24 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] gis.m: file ppm not found
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> I've found the same problem after compiling the January 6 snapshot in
>>> a ppc Mac with XCode provided by www.kyngchaos.com. In my case the
>>> same mapsets work with Grass6.2 and the latest 6.3 binary from the
>>> www.kyngchaos.com.
>>> Agustin 
>>> 
>>>> Since this works with Spearfish but not with some other locations,
>>> my first
>>>> suspect would be a permissions problem.
>>>> 
>>>> To do the graphic display, the GUI needs to send d.* output to
>>> *.ppm files
>>>> in .../$MAPSET/tmp/[userpid] -- whatever is specified by g.tempfile.
>>>> 
>>>> If there are permission problems, this would not work.
>>>> 
>>>> Another potential problem might be with the GRASS environmental
>>> variables
>>>> that set the output to a PPM file rather than an xdisplay.
>>>> 
>>>> Michael 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 1/11/07 7:51 AM, "Martin Wegmann" <wegmann at biozentrum.uni-
>>> wuerzburg.de>
>>>> wrote: 
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello,  
>>>>> 
>>>>> I did a GRASS 6.3 cvs update one hour ago and now I cannot
>>> display maps
>>>>> (raster/vector) anymore. The error message "file *.ppm not found"
>>> appears.
>>>>> 
>>>>> But that happens only in some locations, if I use spearfish it
>>> works fine.
>>>>> BTW I can display my maps via d.mon-d.rast commands hence I think
>>> it is a
>>>>> gis.m problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> any idea, how to fix this?
>>>>> 
>>>>> thanks in advance, Martin
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>> Arizona State University
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School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

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