[mapserver-users] SYMBOLSET does not work on Linux (CentOS 4.2), but FONTSET works

[Stephen Woodbridge]

You have to have SYMBOLSET as the first non-comment line in the file.

-Steve W

kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com wrote:
> I have compiled MapServer 5.4.2, PHP 5.2.11, and Apache 2.2.14 on a CentOS 4.2 box. I also have compiled Geos 3.11, GDAL 1.6.2, and Proj 4.7.0. Here is the result of mapserv -v:
> MapServer version 5.4.2 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=ICONV SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=GEOS INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE
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> I tried small PHP MapScript page to test it, as well as a simple mapfile. Everything works fine (including raster and PostGIS-stored maps), until I tried to use SYMBOLSET on my mapfile. It just doesn't work.
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> All I got is a blank screen. The "normal" HTML part still shows, but everything from <?php $map = ms_newMapObj('mapfile') just disappears.
> 
> By the way, I never got any error message with this compilation. It also happens with other kind of errors.
> 
> First I thought that I put the ./symbols directory in the wrong place (or I refer to the directory wrong way), but I have tried everything ad nauseam. SYMBOLSET just doesn't work.
> 
> Funnily enough, SYMBOLSET work flawlessly on my MS4W. Windows XP. MapServer 5.0.2, Apache 2.2.8, PHP 5.2.5.
> 
> Here is the result of mapserv -v of the ms4w:
> MapServer version 5.0.2 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=PDF OUTPUT=SWF OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=AGG SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER SUPPORTS=SOS_SERVER SUPPORTS=FASTCGI SUPPORTS=THREADS SUPPORTS=GEOS INPUT=JPEG INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE
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> However, FONTSET works on both the Linux box and my Windows laptop.
> 
> What happens? I attached the symbol.sym file. I think the .sym is pretty simple, why does it cause error?
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> -Kresh
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