[Chameleon] Getting the samples working

[c p]

Thanks for your help... I've sent off an SOS to the mapserver users
list.  Incidentally, is anyone here using an RPM-based installation
(that works) or does everyone go throught the custom-compile route?

Regards,
Corey

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:44:51 -0500, Paul Spencer
<pspencer at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
> sounds like an issue with freetype.  It is entirely possible that
> shp2img is compiled with a different version of freetype than
> php-mapscript, or that php and php-mapscript are compiled with different
> versions.  This is often a problem with php-mapscript in general.  You
> have to make sure that your php and php-mapscript are built with
> identical versions of the various libraries.
> 
> You can probably get more help on this on the mapserver-users list
> 
> Paul
> 
> c p wrote:
> > I've done some further testing by commenting out most of the popplace
> > layer definition until I got something that worked without crashing
> > and then working back.  It seems to be the FONT, TYPE & SIZE tags
> > inside the LABEL definitions for the popplace layer that are causing
> > the crash.  Commenting out those three tags result in the layer
> > displaying (albeit with some default bitmap font).  I assume the
> > freetype library is being used in the case of the truetype fonts.  Can
> > anyone give me any ideas on how to get truetype rendering working?  I
> > suppose it could still be configuration related somehow.  The puzzling
> > thing is that shp2img renders the layer fine...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Corey
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:21:20 -0700, c p <cplists at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>The shapefile loads fine in JUMP.  I've also attempted to reproduce
> >>the crash using the shp2img tool but when I render the chameleon.map
> >>using shp2img everything renders fine including the popplace layer.
> >>So the problem must be with php/mapscript?
> >>
> >>Corey
> >>
> >>
> >>On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:28:41 -0500, Paul Spencer
> >><pspencer at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>>not sure.  Sounds like the popplace shape file might be corrupt.  Can
> >>>you open it in something else (OpenEV, JUMP, Thuban, etc)
> >>>
> >>>c p wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Another followup on my problems getting the sample to work (Chameleon
> >>>>v2.0).  The crashes seem to be caused by "popplace" layer.  Has anyone
> >>>>else had this problem?  I suppose this would be best posted to the
> >>>>Mapserver list.  I'm running Fedora Core 2 with the rpms from Mapping
> >>>>Hacks which is MapServer v4.4.1.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>Corey
> >>
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