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

[kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com]

It works now, thanks!

I just wonder; why does such thing work in MS4W, while not in linux-based MapServer?


--- On Sun, 11/22/09, Pavel Iacovlev <iacovlev.pavel at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Pavel Iacovlev <iacovlev.pavel at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] SYMBOLSET does not work on Linux (CentOS 4.2),  but FONTSET works
> To: "kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com" <kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com>
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 8:55 AM
> Your symbols.sym file should start
> with a "SYMBOLSET" and end with "END"
> 
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:48 PM, kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com
> <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
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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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