[Chameleon] Chameleon WMS problems??

[Paul Spencer]

Jason,

a quick test to confirm this would be to write a small php mapscript 
test of your mapfile:

<?php

dl('php_mapscript_44.so'); //replace with your mapscript module name
$oMap=ms_newMapObj('path/to/alaskamap.map');
$oImg=$oMap->draw();
$szURL = $oImg->saveWebImage();
echo "<img src='$szURL'>";
?>

if your map file works here then it is most likely a Chameleon problem 
(although I have no idea what it could be at this point).

Also, if you can, update to Chameleon 2.0.

Cheers

Paul

Jason Grimes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have set up a WMS server on my Linux box using mapserv version 4.4.0
> and I renamed it ginawms.  I wrote a wms.map file following the
> guidelines in the mapserver WMS server documentation.  I added the
> Apache directive to point to this map file whenever ginawms is called. 
> I tested it directly from a URL setting all of the necessary parameters
> and I was able to do a get capabilities and get an image for all the
> layers.  So far so good.
> 
> I then created a map file (alaskamap.map) for chameleon following the
> mapserver WMS client documentation.  Chameleon points to the mapserv CGI
> that also resides in the cgi-bin directory along with ginawms.  They are
> both version 4.4.0 and have both WMS client and server support compiled
> in.  I tested this map file as well from a URL and it responds as it
> should except that it only sends back a 8-bit PNG, but that is another
> problem. :-)
> 
> When I create a simple Chameleon template with just a MapDHTML widget in
> it I get the following error in the display area:
> 
> Error rendering map image:
> a fatal error occurred drawing the map
> 
> In the apache error log the following error is logged:
> 
> [client 137.229.79.215] PHP Warning:  [MapServer Error]: msDrawMap():
> Failed to draw WMS layer named 'Blue_Marble'. This most likely happened
> because the remote WMS server returned an invalid image, and XML
> exception or another unexpected result in response to the GetMap
> request. Also check and make sure that the layer's connection URL is
> valid.\n in
> /usr/local/chameleon/chameleon-1.99beta4/htdocs/common/wrapper/drawmap.php on line 533, referer: https://phobos.gina.alaska.edu/alaskamap/index.phtml
> 
> At first glance I thought that this must be a MapServer problem but I
> can test it and MapServer appears to work.  My only other conclusion is
> that this is a Chameleon error.  I'm running Chameleon version
> 1.99beta4.  Thank you for any help or insight.  :-)
> 
> Jason
> 
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