[Chameleon] Getting the samples working

[Corey Puffalt]

Thanks for the pointer.  It looks like I may have to resort to using
that or else building the packages myself.  I would much rather a
working set of RPMs though...

Corey


On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:40:33 -0500, Paul Spencer
<pspencer at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
> There is this thing called FGS on the maptools site, its a pre-compiled
> package of everything needed to run mapserver.  However, it is still
> pre-release status (mostly due to lack of documentation).
> 
> Check out http://www.maptools.org/fgs/
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Paul
> 
> c p wrote:
> > 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